National and State Register

Nipps-Bransgrove Building

Kiowa County

This 1912 building, a local commercial center and gathering place, reflects the common practice of the repeated modernization of commercial buildings.

A picture of the building with pink walls and darker trim.

Nipps-Bransgrove Building (1999 photograph.)

A Depression-era remodeling stuccoed the original ornamental concrete block exterior walls.  A 1950s facelift covered the stucco with an artificial stone cladding, a popular and durable mid-century material.