The Edwin Smith House in

Wellington, Kansas Wellington is a city in and the county seat of Sumner County, Kansas, Sumner County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 7,715. History 19th century Wellington was platted i ...

was built in 1935. Also known as the Pink House, it was listed on the

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in 2004. It has a -long facade topped by a

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. It originally featured pink

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. It is Spanish eclectic in style, and unusual in its small-town Kansas setting. With . The house is surrounded on all sides by both the First Baptist Church of Wellington and the United Methodist Church.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas Colonial Revival architecture in Kansas Mission Revival architecture in Kansas Houses completed in 1935 National Register of Historic Places in Sumner County, Kansas {{Kansas-NRHP-stub