Following the Section 106 Review, VALOR’s core members informed executive members of the National Trust of the district’s impending demolition and it was placed on 11 Most Endangered Historic Places list in 2000. The VA heard the community’s concerns and reviewed the proposed alternatives for the historic buildings. In 2001, the VA proposed to rehabilitate …
The Fox Theatre, built in 1949, occupies a prominent location in the middle of the 600 block of Commercial Street, the primary commercial thoroughfare in downtown Atchison. The site of the 1949 Fox Theatre illustrates a long association with the motion picture business in Atchison; prior to the nominated theater, the parcel was the location …
Completed in 1913, the Neo-Classical Revival style Ottawa post office is a stand-alone building at the north end of Ottawa’s downtown. The adaptive re-use from an institutional use to an event space was a good fit to utilize the building’s open volumes and to revive its status as a community gathering space. This rehabilitation project …
Built as workshops for the Leavenworth Arsenal c.1859, Building 102 served a utilitarian function for its first 40 years and is a contributing structure to the Fort Leavenworth National Landmark District. Upon closure of the arsenal in 1874, Building 102 served as workshops – such as blacksmith and machine shops – and later storerooms for …
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 …
In late 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was introduced to Congress. While intended to simplify personal taxes and lower corporate taxes to stimulate economic growth, the proposal also eliminated many tax credits, including the Federal Historic Tax Credit used in the financing of many historic preservation projects. Over the last 36 years, the …
The Stonehaven Farm Mansion was located on a 2000-acre apple orchard in South Leavenworth county, and it was designed, with input from famed architect Daniel Burnham, and built in 1898 by Cora Wellhouse Bullard. The daughter of Judge and “Apple King of the World”, Fredrick Wellhouse, Bullard was one of the most significant and influential …
The Carnegie 601 Library was built in 1900 as part of the prestigious collection of libraries built by the Carnegie family. The library was the first Carnegie funded building in the state of Kansas and remained the Leavenworth Public library till 1987, when it was converted to the Carnegie Arts Center. The building remained a …
Beginning life in 1888 as the Leavenworth Union Depot, the Riverfront Community Center features Richardsonian Romanesque design elements, which would become popular for important buildings throughout the decade. The Union Pacific, Rock Island, Santa Fe, Missouri Pacific, Leavenworth Northern & Southern, and Leavenworth & Olathe railroads all held an interest in the depot, making it …
Arvonia, Kansas, was established in 1869 as a Welsh settlement. In 2014, the Arvonia Historic Preservation Society was founded to keep the history of the settlement alive, and has accomplished much in the short time since its inception. The settlement is home to two historic properties, the 1872 Arvonia School and the 1883 Calvinistic Methodist …
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