2010 – Kansas Preservation Alliance

Awards of Excellence:
Standard Mutual Life Insurance Company Building

Year(s) Listed: • 2010 | City/Town: • Lawrence

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 …

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Weaver Hotel

Year(s) Listed: • 2010 | City/Town: • Waterville

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 …

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Abilene Pool Bath House

Year(s) Listed: • 2010 | City/Town: • Abilene

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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First National Bank – Hiawatha

Year(s) Listed: • 2010 | City/Town: • Hiawatha

The former First National Bank building has been a local landmark in Hiawatha since its construction in 1891. This significant commercial building is a contributing resource in the National Register-listed Hiawatha Courthouse Square Historic District. The building was vacant for more than fifteen years until the Brown County Historical Society purchased the building for a …

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McPherson Opera House

Year(s) Listed: • 2010 | City/Town: • McPherson

Listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1972, by 1986 local residents organized the McPherson Opera House Preservation Company in an effort to save the building from destruction. Still with an uncertain future, KPA placed the building on its Most Endangered list in 1998. Rehabilitation of the 1888 McPherson Opera House began in …

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Carnegie Library – Wichita

Year(s) Listed: • 2010 | City/Town: • Wichita

The Wichita Carnegie Library is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and stands as a connection to Wichita’s cultural history. Opened May 14, 1915, the building served as Wichita’s main library until 1967. Today, the fully-restored Wichita Carnegie Library is part of Fidelity Bank’s headquarters and houses the bank’s commercial lending division. Fidelity …

Year Listed: 2010