Leavenworth – Page 2 – Kansas Preservation Alliance

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Post Hospital/Hospital Corp Barracks Fort Leavenworth

Year(s) Listed: • 2014 | City/Town: • Leavenworth

Originally built as the second Post Hospital in 1883, Building 55 served the medical needs of a growing military post for nearly 20 years. With the construction of a new hospital in 1902, the building subsequently went through many different uses, first being converted to the Hospital Detachment Barracks/Hospital Corp Barracks, then in 1921 into …

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Fort Leavenworth Building 427

Year(s) Listed: • 2013 | City/Town: • Leavenworth

Built as a Progressive-Era Commercial style building, it served as the married officer’s quarters in 1921. Building 427 has seen minor physical modifications over the years. Unique to this building is the two sets of stairs within one single core – a public access wrapped around a service access. Utilizing the building’s existing layout, an …

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United States Disciplinary Barracks Hospital, Building 465

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

Building 465 was the third hospital to serve the United States Disciplinary Barracks since its establishment in 1875. Constructed in 1929, it continually served its original function for 40 years and in 2002 it was one of ten historic buildings within the Disciplinary Barracks’ walled compound that were decommissioned pending reuse. In May 2011, the …

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Eisenhower Ridge Building 19

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

In 2000, Building 19 was placed on the National Trust’s 11 Most Endangered Places list as part of a group of 38 buildings slated for demolition at the VA’s Dwight D. Eisenhower Medical Center campus. The 1886 building was saved when it was selected by the VA as the location for its new Central Plains …

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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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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.

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Crancer Building

Year(s) Listed: • 2007 | City/Town: • Leavenworth

The six-story 1908 warehouse was built for the Crancer Hardware Company. They were at one time the largest supplier of tin fabrications and tools west of the Mississippi. From the 1940s to 1971 the building operated as a Montgomery Wards. All historic materials and interior configuration of the building were retained in the rehabilitation. Mechanicals, …

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Eisenhower Ridge

Year(s) Listed: • 2007 | City/Town: • Leavenworth

The buildings that comprise the Eisenhower Ridge project were originally built as part of a planned community for disabled soldiers from the Civil War. The campus in Leavenworth was started in 1885 and by 1890 there were 40 buildings. In 1930 the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was incorporated into the newly created Veterans …

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Davis Moulden

Year(s) Listed: • 2004 | City/Town: • Leavenworth

Nominated by the Preservation Alliance of Leavenworth for his long-term commitment to historic preservation of downtown Leavenworth. Mr. Moulden is responsible for the rehabilitation of nine properties in downtown Leavenworth in recent years. His commitment to Leavenworth and its history is commendable.

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Abernathy Lofts

Year(s) Listed: • 2004 | City/Town: • Leavenworth

The Abernathy Furniture Company building was constructed in 1879 and served the Leavenworth community until 1950. By the 1990’s the building was used as a flea market. Purchased by Allied Development of Kansas City, the building has been converted to affordable Apartments. The architect and developer was Steve Foutch of Allied Development LLC, Straub Construction …

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