Awards of Excellence:

Lofts at 832

The A.J. Harwi Hardware Company Building was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. The four-story brick and timber building reflects the wholesale and warehouse businesses that operated in Atchison and is an excellent example of an early twentieth century commercial warehouse of mill construction. The building represents the apex of the A.J. Harwi Hardware Company, considered one of the significant jobbing businesses in the turn-of-the-twentieth century Atchison.

The recent adaptive reuse and rehabilitation retained the building’s historic character and defining features while constructing 41 loft-style apartments and tenant amenity space. The exterior work consisted of restoring the brick and stone and installing new aluminum historic replica windows and storefront. The interior work conveyed the building’s utilitarian character by retaining the historic heavy timber columns, beams and ceilings, along with the exposed brick perimeter walls.