COFFEYVILLE — A century-old Coffeyville home has been nominated for the National Register of Historic Places.

The Kansas State Historical Society’s Historic Sites Board of Review on Saturday voted to forward the nomination of the Charles M. Ball House at 702 Spruce for inclusion on the national register

Now owned by Walt and Virginia Miller, the Ball house was built between 1906 and 1908. The structure combines the irregular Queen Anne house form with Classical Revival stylistic features and captures an important transitional period in architecture when the two styles were commonly blended.

Its asymmetrical massing and variety of shapes and textures distinguish this three-story house.

Charles Ball, who gained local notoriety for his banking, business, and real estate dealings during the early 20th century, owned the house until his death in 1922. In addition to his many professional and community-related endeavors, Ball is perhaps most well known for his involvement in the Dalton gang’s hold-up of Condon Bank October 5, 1892. As the gang entered the bank that morning they encountered cashier Charles Ball, who concocted a story about the safe being on a time lock. Four of the five robbers were eventually fatally wounded by the ensuing gunfire outside the bank. Although his link with the Dalton Gang robbery is interesting, it significantly pre-dates Ball’s association with the residence at 702 Spruce Street. Therefore, the house was nominated solely for its local architectural significance.

The National Register of Historic Places is the country’s official list of historically significant properties. Properties must be significant for one or more of the four criteria for evaluation. Properties can be eligible if they are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. They can be eligible if they are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. Distinctive construction can qualify properties for the National Register if they embody the characteristic of a type, period, or method of construction, or represent the work of a master, or possess high artistic values, or represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction. Lastly, properties may be eligible for the National Register if they have yielded or may be likely to yield information important in prehistory or history.

The National Register recognizes properties of local, statewide, and national significance.