Warkentin House

Newton, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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Heritage registerNational Register of Historic Places↗

The Warkentin House in Newton, Kansas, is a Queen Anne–style residence built between 1886 and 1887 for Bernhard Warkentin and his wife Wilhelmina Eisenmayer Warkentin. Listed on both the Kansas Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places, the house stands as a splendid example of Victorian-era American architecture and furnishings. Remarkably, approximately 80 percent of the original furnishings remain intact, offering visitors an unusually complete window into late nineteenth-century domestic life and taste.

Movement

Queen Anne style

Built: 1887
Type: house
Heritage: listed on the Register of Historic Kansas Places, National Register of Historic Places listed place
Place: Newton, United States