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 buildings that comprise the Eisenhower Ridge project were originally built as part of a planned community for disabled soldiers from the Civil War. The campus in Leavenworth was started in 1885 and by 1890 there were 40 buildings. In 1930 the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was incorporated into the newly created Veterans …
The City of Little River and the Coronado-Quivira Museum were the recipients of an Advocacy Award for their role in supporting excavations at archeological site 14RC410. In 2004, the City of Little River successfully applied for Community Development Block Grant funds in order to upgrade its sewage lagoon system. After a lagoon location immediately north …
Owned by Jim Sherow and Bonnie Lynn Sherow
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 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 …
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 …
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.
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