Located in the Topeka/Emporia Historic District, the Old English Court Apartments had fallen into poor condition and the apartments were cited for various code violations. Using the Kansas and Federal Historic Tax Credit programs, the apartments now are a credit to the neighborhood. The two-story garden style apartments buildings were built in 1930. The Colonial …
The News Center The Lawrence U.S. Post Office was built in 1906. The building served as the Lawrence post office until 1965 when a new postal facility was built. Later used by the University of Kansas, the building was purchased in 1999, rehabilitated, and renamed The News Center – serving as the combined offices for …
Constructed in 1899 and rebuilt after it was gutted by a fire in 1902, the Midland Hotel had stood vacant for over ten years. A result of tireless determination, the Wilson Community Foundation reopened the doors of the Midland Hotel last summer. Fred Abercromibie of Russell was the architect for the project and Mid-Continental Restoration …
The Santa Fe Depot. The 1912 Santa Fe Depot is the new home of the Marion City Library, preserving the history and architecture of the depot. The architect for the project was Pettijohn & Kinney Architects of Overland park and the General Contractor, Sunflower Builders of Manhattan. The project preserved an important representative of Marion’s …
Owned by Legacy of Justice Foundation serves as offices for Kansas Trial Lawyers Association; GLMP Architects, Lawrence, Kansas Building Systems, General Contractor.
This unique timber-frame barn was originally built on the White farm in rural Johnson County, now owned by Ernest Waitzmann. The barn was dismantled and moved to the Kill Creek Farm, approximately 7 miles away by Darrel Zimmerman and a group of dedicated volunteers. Kill Creek Farm, owned by Zimmerman, is dedicated to “Maintaining the Rural Heritage …
Photo by Visit Wichita Constructed in 1909, Engine House No. 6 was the last horse-drawn fire station in Wichita. Not used as an active station since 1953, the building had been used primarily for storage. The Kansas Firefighters Museum was formed in 1993 and has rehabilitated the building, primarily through volunteer efforts. The museum is now open, exhibiting …
This 108 year old building first served as a monastery for Benedictine monks and later as a residence hall for college freshmen. Vacant for thirty years, the building reopened in August of 2001 as a residence hall for upperclassmen following extensive rehabilitation. Architects of the project was Treanor Architects of Lawrence and J.E. Dunn Construction of Kansas …
In 1885, the Southern Kansas began to make plans for a grand new depot. Plans for a bigger, better depot The Southern Kansas Railway Company (under the ownership of the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroad) made plans to enlarge the machine shops and roundhouse and build a bigger, more elegant depot. Workmen began excavating …
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