Robertson House

Eureka, United States

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Heritage registerNational Register of Historic Places↗

Robertson House, located at 403 North Plum Street in Eureka, Kansas, is a 1923 stucco dwelling that embodies the prosperity and subsequent collapse of the Kansas oil boom. Built by oil drill contractor Russell Roy Robertson at the considerable cost of $40,000, the house showcases an eclectic Prairie School design—noted as unique in Kansas—that reflected the owner's confidence in sustained oil wealth. The home's construction coincided with a pivotal shift in the regional oil industry, as workers transitioned from temporary company towns to permanent residence in established communities like Eureka. Within a decade, however, plummeting oil prices and market saturation devastated the local economy; the property changed hands at the onset of the Great Depression and was sold at sheriff's sale by 1933 when crude oil prices had fallen to 66 cents per barrel. Now recognized for its association with Kansas's oil industry heritage and its distinctive blend of Prairie and Mission styles, the house is listed on both the National Register of Historic Places and the Register of Historic Kansas Places.

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Prairie School architecture

Built: 1923
Type: house
Materials: stucco
Heritage: listed on the Register of Historic Kansas Places, National Register of Historic Places listed place
Place: Eureka, United States

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