Located within the Emporia Downtown Historic District, 708 Commercial Street was a non-contributor when the project began with an estimated construction date of 1915. This one-part commercial block featured a non-historic aluminum-framed storefront system comprised of a four-part display window resting on a bulkhead clad with painted wood and plastic, a flush full-light entrance door …
The Historical Society and Museum applied for and received a Heritage Trust Fund Grant to repair the east wall, foundation, windows and door of the C. N. James Cabin. The project began in earnest September 2022. All facets of the repair were required to meet the Secretary of Interior’s Standards for the Heritage Trust Fund …
Central School Apartments LLC led this sensitive rehabilitation of the former elementary school building into apartments. The plan is very sympathetic to the existing layout, generally inserting a new apartment into each classroom, retaining the existing classroom entries and original demising walls. The gymnasium was retained as a communal area, which preserves the historic open …
Rehabilitation involves the actions or procedures aimed at enabling a property to serve a suitable purpose by means of repair, modifications, and expansions, all the while safeguarding the aspects or elements that reflect its historical, cultural, or architectural significance. Our renovation project successfully maintained the historical essence of the structure while rejuvenating it into an …
For most of the building’s history, the CR Building/Hundertmark’s Variety building has served as a general store or grocery store. In the early 1980’s, a significant remodel replaced the original storefront, installed a drop ceiling throughout the space, installed wood paneling over the plaster walls, and walled-up the mezzanine. After the building had been vacant …
In 1856, this limestone cabin, known as the Newell-Johnson-Searle Outbuilding, was built and occupied by Jesse Newell and his family in what is now known as Oskaloosa, Kansas. Newell and his brother-in-law Joseph Fitsimmons were co-founders of Oskaloosa. Newell was a free stater from Iowa who came to the territory in 1855 after the Kansas …
Located within the Emporia Downtown Historic District, 714-718 Commercial Street is also listed as a contributing building on the National Register. This brick two-part commercial block occupies a triple-width lot and the building is six bays wide. Before the project, paired upper-story window openings define the bays, each of which contained brick infill. Four brick piers define …
The Limerick Building was constructed in 1890 and housed the Bank of Alma that J. F. Limerick owned with his brother, G.W. Limerick of Wamego. The building was also known as the Limerick and Crafts block, as druggist, Fred Crafts, joined the building venture and operated his drug store in the south building in the …
The adaptation of the church to meet the community’s needs over time is a markedly unique component of its history, and evidence of its importance to rural residents. The church remained an active meeting spot throughout the 1960s, 70s, and 80s until interest and resources for maintenance dwindled. In the mid 2010s, interest in restoring …
The HD Lee Mercantile Company Building, the north building in the complex, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and Register of Historic Kansas Places in 2008. The entire complex is nationally significant in the areas of Commerce and Industry because of the building’s association with Henry Daniel Lee. Lee founded the HD …
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