Award Type: Merit Award

Awards of Excellence:
Cooper Drug Store

Brett Kappelmann, owner; William Morris Associates, Architects. Two buildings are included in the Cooper Drug Store dating from the early 1900s. Cooper Drug Store has operated as a drug store since 1922.

Awards of Excellence:
Landon House

Photo by CJ Online It is reported that Kansas Governor Alf Landon (1933-37) completed construction of the white, brick house (on Westchester in Prospect Hills) in 1937 for his wife Theo because, although he had lost the presidential election (to Roosevelt), he felt that she deserved to live in a “White House.”  Current owners David and …

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Awards of Excellence:
Geary County Courthouse

The 2000 awards ceremony was held at the Carnegie Arts Center in Leavenworth on March 31, 2000, in conjunction with the annual Statewide Preservation Conference. For the second yearSouthwestern Bell provided a generous grant to underwrite the event.

Awards of Excellence:
The Riley County Courthouse

The 2000 awards ceremony was held at the Carnegie Arts Center in Leavenworth on March 31, 2000, in conjunction with the annual Statewide Preservation Conference. For the second years Southwestern Bell provided a generous grant to underwrite the event.

Awards of Excellence:
House of Representatives Hall

When Representative Hall was under construction in 1880, it was reported in the Topeka Commonwealth that the new west wing of the Kansas State Capitol, would feature “medallions of Kansas men who have been prominent in the history of the State, and are now gone to their final rest.” The reporter acknowledged that “the selection was bound …

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Awards of Excellence:
Frisco Water Tower

The 1885 Frisco Wooden Water Tower was built to service the steam locomotives, supply water for feeding stationary boilers, washing cars, and floors, cleaning out boilers, cooling ashes, fire protection, and similar purposes, at shops, engine houses, and station buildings. Friends of the Beaumont Water Tower was founded in 1989 and raised funds to preserve …

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Awards of Excellence:
Marshall County Courthouse

The Historic Marshall County Courthouse is now a museum and genealogical research library, after serving as Marshall County’s courthouse for nearly 90 years. This fine old building has an unusual eight-sided tower and decorative terra-cotta panels bearing the word “Justice”. Inside are tiled floors, iron and slate stairways, stained glass windows and original oak furnishings. …

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