George Grant Villa
George Grant Villa | |
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  Location within Kansas  Location within the United States | |
| Coordinates | 38°46′05″N 99°07′11″W / 38.7681°N 99.1196°W |
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| Built | 1873 |
| Architect | Robert William Edis |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000496 |
The George Grant Villa is a building outside of Victoria, Kansas which was the home of George Grant, who founded the town. It was built in 1873 as part of his English colonization project there. Grant brought London architect Robert William Edis to design it.[1]
During Grant's lifetime, it was a central meeting point in Victoria among the local settlers. It was built as a fusion of the English country house and the vernacular hewn stone houses seen on the Great Plains. It was designed with steeply pitched gables and broad overhangs to protect from the weather conditions on the plains.[2] It was built, along with the nearby farm buildings, of post rock collected near Big Creek.[3] Grant built the house 5 miles outside of Victoria and died there in 1878.[4]
The interior features a 12 by 22 foot dining room, a study, and an open walnut staircase.[5]
Gallery
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References
- ↑ "NPGallery Asset Detail". npgallery.nps.gov. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
- ↑ Charles L. Hall (Spring 1974). "PEOPLE AND PLACES OF THE PAST: An Architectural Study of Some Kansas Buildings". Kansas Quarterly. 6 (2).
- ↑ Muilenburg, Grace; Swineford, Ada (1975). Land of the Post Rock: Its Origins, History, and People. University Press of Kansas. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-7006-0129-5. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
- ↑ "George Grant Villa". Get Rural Kansas. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
- ↑ "Historic Buildings in Kansas". The Oskaloosa Independent. May 12, 1983. p. 24. Retrieved 1 August 2026.