Standing 304 feet tall, the Kansas Statehouse is a prominent feature of the Topeka skyline. The pride Kansans took in the building of the capital is evident in the decoration and scale. The Kansas Statehouse exterior masonry restoration project began in 2007. The four-year construction project began in early 2008 and was completed December 2011. …
The 3-story structure was built in 1923 as part of the Kansas City High School by association. Interestingly, the Gymnasium and Laboratory facility was built across 9th Street from the school house and was connected by an underground tunnel. After a 1934 fire that started in the boiler room destroyed the school house on the far West Edge of downtown …
Built as a Progressive-Era Commercial style building, it served as the married officer’s quarters in 1921. Building 427 has seen minor physical modifications over the years. Unique to this building is the two sets of stairs within one single core – a public access wrapped around a service access. Utilizing the building’s existing layout, an …
Building 465 was the third hospital to serve the United States Disciplinary Barracks since its establishment in 1875. Constructed in 1929, it continually served its original function for 40 years and in 2002 it was one of ten historic buildings within the Disciplinary Barracks’ walled compound that were decommissioned pending reuse. In May 2011, the …
Independence Junior High School has functioned without interruption as a public school since it was built in 1923. The recent rehabilitation, completed in 2011, updated the facilities and spaces to meet modern programmatic and educational needs and extend the viable life of the building. The rehabilitation generally retained the school’s historic plan and finishes, reversed …
The building at 1120 Rhode Island, which was listed on the National Register of Historic places on July 14, 2004, is a contributing property in the North Rhode Island Historic District and a remnant of a block once known as “Merchants Row”. This structure is a good example of vernacular architecture cobbled together over time …
The existing St. Joseph Church is the third structure to be built at this location as expansion of the local congregation required it in 1913. Built of red brick and trimmed with Carthage stone, the structure is 46 feet wide and 130 feet long with Roman Renaissance and Gothic architecture combined. The Andale “Globe” featured …
After a fire substantially destroyed the previous building in 1930, the Standard Mutual Life Insurance Company of Lawrence, Kansas, rebuilt on this site; incorporating the earlier foundation into a new Renaissance Revival style building. One Two Three, LLC began rehabilitation work in 2008 and the building reopened as leased offices in 2009. The building is …
This rusticated concrete block building dates to 1905 when it opened as the Weaver Hotel, which continued in operation until 1985. Known as the “pride of the Central Line,” a reference to the Union Pacific Railroad that ran through town, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Rehabilitated with …
Constructed in 1937, the Abilene Pool Bath House was a project of the Works Project Administration. The pool complex was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 as part of the Abilene City Park Historic District under the Multiple Property Documentation Form for New Deal Era Resources of Kansas. Although the swimming …
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