Built in 1886, Wilcox School District 29 is significant as one of only a few remaining rural school houses in Trego County and one of a few remaining native limestone one-room schools left in the United States. The school served Wilcox Township for sixty years. District 29 was eventually consolidated with other rural districts and …
The North Broadway School building is a great example of a ‘modern elementary’ City School. The building, designed by prolific school architect Charles A. Smith in 1922, retains a majority of the character defining features of schools built in this time period. After years of sitting vacant and in disrepair, Exact Partners took on the …
The Dwelling at 707-709 West 12th Street was constructed circa 1911 on the north edge of the top of Mount Oread, at the north end of the University of Kansas campus. Through the years many University of Kansas professors, instructors and students have called the place their home. The historic residential areas surrounding the University …
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 …
In July 1951, the Kansas River flooded throughout eastern Kansas. Lawrence was inundated by water and some of the low-lying areas south of the river had two to three feet of water, including the Santa Fe tracks and the 1883 station. This devastating flood so damaged the old 1883 station that the Santa Fe Railroad …
The Abilene Heritage Homes Association hosts an annual holiday tour of historic homes and has carried out a number of other programs to help preserve the historic character of Abilene. For over thirty years the Heritage Homes Association (HHA) has been an active public voice and resource for preservation in Dickinson County. The HHA was …
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