Class: Commercial

Awards of Excellence:
Common Ground Coffee Co.

The single story building was fully rehabilitated to bring the building from a vacant structure to a fully operational and vibrant business that enlivens the street in Downtown Fort Scott. The exterior primary stone façade (north) and the red brick secondary facades were fully repointed. The north stone façade was labeled and disassembled from the …

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Atchison YMCA

The Atchison YMCA has continuously served the community needs of the citizens of Atchinson.  The building functioned as the city’s only YMCA facility until it closed in 2017.  A new YMCA facility was constructed adjacent to the historic building, which opened in 2018.  The Atchison YMCA organization continued to adapt its program and modify the …

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McPherson Community Building

In the early 1970’s there was a push to demolish the building to open up additional space for the downtown. Community outpouring against the concept of demolishing the building ultimately led to a change in momentum to perform restoration instead of demolition. On August 6, 1974, a bond issue to renovate the building was passed …

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Baccus Hatchery

The Baccus Hatchery is one of the earliest buildings in Lincoln dating to 1885. It’s served a number of businesses ranging from a hatchery, drug store, hardware store, printing shop, millinery and insurance agency. The project included:  Clearing out all collapsing portions of the building and reconstructing them, stabilizing the rear masonry wall, replacing the …

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Woodland Place South Barn

The Woodland Place South Barn and related structures served the long history of Woodland Place Stock Farm and Woodland Ranch. George Johnson began the farm and stock operation and Joseph and Bertie Elliott continued farming the land and raising Shorthorn cattle, with ownership passing from one generation to the next. Jolynn Elliott Pierce, great-granddaughter of …

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Parkhurst Davis Mercantile

The Parkhurst Davis Mercantile Building anchors the south end of the small Mill Block Historic District in Topeka, KS. The building stands on the site of Topeka’s first cabin constructed in December 1854, as indicated on a cornerstone dedicated by the Topeka chapter of the D.A.R. and inscribed “This building marks the site of the …

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Orville Huntress Building

Although various sources give this building a construction date of 1883, evidence suggests construction may have begun prior to 1881. Commissioned by Stingley and Huntress, they were listed as the building’s occupants in 1886.  The building was occupied by the post office in 1894.  The owners expanded the building between 1885 and 1890.  In 1886, …

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Alchemy Coffee

811 Massachusetts Street in Lawrence has housed many different commercial enterprises over the years, including at one time Brinkman’s Bakery. The building has retained much of its integrity from the 1900 to 1945 era, when it was still a bakery in a quiet university town, contributing to the history of the development of Lawrence’s central …

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718 South Kansas Avenue

The three-story commercial building at 718 S. Kansas Avenue was constructed in 1910 by local real estate man J.E. Frost. The building held professional offices and a small theater (the Cozy Theatre) into the 1950s. Two days into the new year of 2015, fire engulfed the building that shared a stone party wall to the …

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Jack and Kathie Crispin

In rural Kansas most people think the preservation of history, whether it be buildings or artifacts, is a nice idea but not very practical when it comes to the time and money it takes. Jack and Kathie Crispin feel differently. In 1997 they purchased the Cummins Block Building, a long-neglected limestone commercial building in downtown …

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