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Carry Nation House Placed on the National Historic Landmark |
Photo courtesy of Kansas State Historical Society
Statement of Significance (as of designation - May 11, 1976): The following was taken from the NATIONAL REGISTER INFORMATION SYSTEM of the National Park Service "Carry Nation and her saloon-destroying hatchet resuscitated public interest in prohibition at the turn of the 20th century. While living in this small brick house in 1900, she received a "divine call" to "go to Kiowa," a nearby town, where she wrecked three saloons. She sold the house in 1902, using its proceeds to open a home for drunkards' wives in Kansas City. She then continued on her crusading rampage; lecturing touring, and smashing. Her Medicine Lodge house is now a museum."
From 1889 to 1902, this was the residence of Carry Nation (1846-1911), the temperance leader who became the foremost symbol of a reinvigorated prohibition movement at the turn of the century.