Eastern Kansas – Page 4 – Kansas Preservation Alliance

Awards of Excellence:
Horace & Rosemond Lamborn Farmstead North Barn

Year(s) Listed: • 2012 | City/Town: • Leavenworth

Established in 1877, the Horace & Rosemond Lamborn Farmstead started as a subsistence farm and later evolved to meet changing agricultural needs. The property has remained in the Lamborn family and continues to function as a working farmstead. Horace Greeley Lamborn purchased a 108-acre farm in Delaware Township in 1877, although no buildings remain from …

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Rural Downtowns Statewide

Year(s) Listed: • 2012 | City/Town: • Central Kansas • Eastern Kansas • Northern Kansas • Southern Kansas • Western Kansas

Due to depopulation, the bustling late 19th and early 20th century downtowns across Kansas are becoming increasingly vacant. The 2010 census revealed 75 of Kansas’ 105 counties experienced population loss, with 23 of them losing 10 percent or more of their residents. With farm consolidation and migration to urban areas, the economic base required to …

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King Building

Year(s) Listed: • 2012 | City/Town: • Burlingame

This Italianate style commercial building dates to around 1895 and originally housed Charlie King’s grocery business. A recent survey of downtown Burlingame determined the building eligible as a potentially contributing resource to a surrounding historic district. However, the building has been vacant for 27 years and the rear wall collapsed in 2005. Due to shared …

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Emporia Main Street

Year(s) Listed: • 2011 | City/Town: • Emporia

During the 2009 Legislative Session, the State Historic Tax Credit Program was cut. Because of outdated information, it was essential that better information regarding the economic impact of historic preservation projects on local economics be provided. Emporia Main Street was a key player in the advocacy team that worked lobby the Kansas legislature to restore …

Endangered:
Swedish Mission Church

Year(s) Listed: • 2010 | City/Town: • Osage City

Constructed by Swedish immigrants in 1872, the Swedish Mission Church is located at the intersection of Topeka and Lakin Streets in Osage City. The church is a rare example of the Carpenter Gothic style is Kansas and is listed on the Register of Historic Kansas Places. The ornamental steeple and stained glass windows were installed …

Awards of Excellence:
Pot Rack

Year(s) Listed: • 2009 | City/Town: • Leavenworth

The Pot Rack Project in Leavenworth received a Certificate of Honor for Rehabilitation. This commercial building constructed in the late nineteenth century was completely rehabilitated.

Awards of Excellence:
Thayer State Bank

Year(s) Listed: • 2009 | City/Town: • Thayer

The Thayer State Bank Project in Thayer received a Certificate of Honor for Rehabilitation. The project included brick masonry repointing and restoration of historic wooden windows.

Awards of Excellence:
Lanesfield School

Year(s) Listed: • 2009 | City/Town: • Edgerton

The Lanesfield School Project, Edgerton vicinity, received an Honorable Mention Award for Rehabilitation. Work on the 1869 building included stone masonary restoration, window replacement and exterior wood restoration.

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Stone Arch Bridges

Year(s) Listed: • 2009 | City/Town: • Central Kansas • Eastern Kansas • Northern Kansas • Southern Kansas • Western Kansas

Stone bridges, though the most expensive way to erect a bridge, represented the strongest and most durable bridge construction method. When arranged with an arch, stone can bear an almost unlimited load making it a popular choice near mills where heavy vehicles would cross or along a major roadway into a town. Stone bridges represent …

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Greenwood Hotel

Year(s) Listed: • 2009 | City/Town: • Eureka

Once Eureka’s largest hotel, the Greenwood Hotel served as a popular meeting place for the rich cattle and oil traders in the 20th century. Built in 1883 and remodeled in 1926, the Greenwood Hotel is a rare example of the Spanish Revival style. Its most defining exterior features are the multicolored stucco walls and terra …

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