| Year(s) Listed: • 2024 |
| City/Town: • Hays |
| Location Class: • Commercial |
| Built: 1917 | Year Saved: 2023 |
| Awards: • Honor Award |
| Contributor: Kansas Preservation Alliance |
Rehabilitation involves the actions or procedures aimed at enabling a property to serve a suitable purpose by means of repair, modifications, and expansions, all the while safeguarding the aspects or elements that reflect its historical, cultural, or architectural significance. Our renovation project successfully maintained the historical essence of the structure while rejuvenating it into an event center with a fresh yet analogous purpose for this historic theater. Given that the Rehabilitation Standards recognize the necessity of modifying or augmenting a historic edifice to accommodate ongoing or novel functions while preserving its historical essence, we believe our undertaking aligns seamlessly with the Secretary of Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation.