The Julius A. Wayland House is a historic house in

Girard, Kansas Girard is a city in and the county seat of Crawford County, Kansas, Crawford County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,496. History Girard was founded in the spring o ...

. It was built in 1886, and it belonged to socialist publisher

Julius Wayland Julius Augustus Wayland (April 26, 1854 – November 10, 1912) was a Midwestern US socialist during the Progressive Era. He is most noted for publishing '' Appeal to Reason'', a socialist publication often deemed to be the most important socialis ...

, who committed suicide in the house in 1912. It is listed on the

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History

The house was built by Allen Bros. for John F. Moore in 1886, and it belonged to Sarah Flint from 1893 to 1896. With It was acquired by Etta Bevan Wayland in 1896. Her husband,

, was the publisher of '' Appeal to Reason'', a socialist newspaper. He committed suicide in the house on November 11, 1912.

Architectural significance

The house was designed in the Stick/Eastlake architectural style. It has been listed on the

since November 21, 1976.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas National Register of Historic Places in Crawford County, Kansas Stick-Eastlake architecture in the United States Houses completed in 1886 {{Kansas-NRHP-stub