City: Central Kansas

Awards of Excellence:
Stiefel Theater for the Performing Arts

The Fox-Watson Theater opened in 1931, a lavish Art deco facility that served the Salina community until 1987. The City of Salina and the Historic Fox Theater Foundation completed restoration and reopened the theater with a sell-out concert in March 2003. Jones Gillam Architects Engineers were the architects for the project, and Norm Yenkey was …

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Awards of Excellence:
Midland Hotel

Constructed in 1899 and rebuilt after it was gutted by a fire in 1902, the Midland Hotel had stood vacant for over ten years. A result of tireless determination, the Wilson Community Foundation reopened the doors of the Midland Hotel last summer. Fred Abercromibie of Russell was the architect for the project and Mid-Continental Restoration …

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Awards of Excellence:
Marion City Library

The Santa Fe Depot.  The 1912 Santa Fe Depot is the new home of the Marion City Library, preserving the history and architecture of the depot.  The architect for the project was Pettijohn & Kinney Architects of Overland park and the General Contractor, Sunflower Builders of Manhattan.  The project preserved an important representative of Marion’s …

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Picture by: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KSAC_Radio_Towers_Manhattan_Kansas.jpg#filelinks The KSAC radio towers on the Kansas State University campus are an excellent example of early radio towers built in the United States. At the time of their construction in 1924, they represented the finest available radio technology. The original towers remain intact, the only remaining towers of their type in Kansas, …

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Awards of Excellence:
Geary County Courthouse

The 2000 awards ceremony was held at the Carnegie Arts Center in Leavenworth on March 31, 2000, in conjunction with the annual Statewide Preservation Conference. For the second yearSouthwestern Bell provided a generous grant to underwrite the event.

Awards of Excellence:
The Riley County Courthouse

The 2000 awards ceremony was held at the Carnegie Arts Center in Leavenworth on March 31, 2000, in conjunction with the annual Statewide Preservation Conference. For the second years Southwestern Bell provided a generous grant to underwrite the event.

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