During the 2009 Legislative Session, the State Historic Tax Credit Program was cut. Because of outdated information, it was essential that better information regarding the economic impact of historic preservation projects on local economics be provided. Emporia Main Street was a key player in the advocacy team that worked lobby the Kansas legislature to restore …
The original Wichita Air Terminal and subsequently the main administration building for McConnell Air Force Base and then administration and training facilities for the Kansas Air National Guard had fallen into disrepair with imminent demolition. Closed in 1982 and severely deteriorated, this historic Kansas aviation landmark was threatened with destruction when a small group of …
As director of the Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau and the chair of the Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area planning committee, Ms. Billings has created an effective partnership between tourism and preservation. Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area is an initiative that enhances, preserves, and promotes the Territorial, Civil War, and civil rights stories of 29 …
The H.W. Gates Funeral Home was built in the Neoclassical style from a design by the Kansas City architect Fred S. Wilson for local undertakers Horatio and Mary Gates. The Neoclassical style was popular for buildings of this function for various reasons: to convey business importance in community; the single-family building form evoked an air …
The St. Luke African Methodist Episcopal Church, built in the style of 20th century ecclesiastical Gothic Revival Architecture, is an icon of Old East Lawrence. Constructed in 1910, this church has been an anchor in Lawrence’s African American community for 101 years. In particular, during times of racial discrimination and segregation in the early 20th …
Constructed around 1904, this historic commercial building housed a hardware store with an opera house on the second floor. The street level was the site of a car dealership, a tank company in World War II and the first hardware store in the area, known as Ackarman Hardware, until approximately 1980 when it was sold …
The building at 1120 Rhode Island, which was listed on the National Register of Historic places on July 14, 2004, is a contributing property in the North Rhode Island Historic District and a remnant of a block once known as “Merchants Row”. This structure is a good example of vernacular architecture cobbled together over time …
The existing St. Joseph Church is the third structure to be built at this location as expansion of the local congregation required it in 1913. Built of red brick and trimmed with Carthage stone, the structure is 46 feet wide and 130 feet long with Roman Renaissance and Gothic architecture combined. The Andale “Globe” featured …
Lowell Elementary School is located in the Riverview Neighborhood in Kansas City, Kansas. The school is the neighborhood landmark in and otherwise residential area and was nominated to the National Register as being representative of the renowned regional architect W.W. Rose’s work displaying an unrestrained interpretation of the Classical Revival style with Beaux Arts decorative …
The Old Lawrence City Library (Lawrence Carnegie Library) was one of 66 Carnegie libraries built in Kansas. The building was constructed in 1904 and an addition was built in 1937. By the 1960’s the community had outgrown the building and in 1972 the city library moved to its new location leaving the Old Lawrence City …
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