National Register of Historic Places
Bown-Corby School
Marion, Marion County, Kansas
The record
- Listed
- April 14, 2015
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 412 N. 2nd St., Marion
- County
- Marion
- State
- Kansas
- Contributing resources
- 1 building
- Coordinates
- 38.35100, -97.02145
- Reference number
- 15000146
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The story
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The Bown-Corby School is a 2-story rectangular building at 412 N. 2nd St. in Marion, built in 1929 in the Late Gothic Revival style. Its architect was Samuel Siegfried Voigt of Wichita, and its builder was Howard Thomas.
Why it's listed
It was listed in the National Register in 2015 under criteria A and C, with local significance in education and architecture. Its significance runs from 1929 to 1965, reflecting its 1929 construction.
Physical character
The walls are red brick with ashlar limestone detailing and quoined stone surrounds, under intersecting gabled roofs of red composition shingles. The symmetrical facade has a central entrance, pointed arch openings and half-height brick buttresses with beveled stone caps. Later changes include aluminum-framed glass doors in place of original wood doors, aluminum storm windows, and an accessible entrance added at the front in 1992.
Historical context
The school housed kindergarten through 8th grade from 1930 to 1961, and kindergarten through 3rd grade from 1961 to 1992. USD 408 vacated the school in 1992, and it was sold to a private developer in 2014. The nomination ties the property to Jenny Corby, who came to Marion in 1898 and retired in 1941.