Manhattan – Page 2 – Kansas Preservation Alliance & Abandoned Atlas Foundation

Endangered:
Peace Memorial Auditorium

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

Renovation planned to eliminate the stages and permanent seating to create offices and additional basketball courts. UPDATE! January 2015 On Dec. 16th, the Manhattan City Commission awarded a contract to Cheney Construction for both the City Hall Parks and Rec. office expansion project and for the improvements to the Peace Memorial Auditorium, which include air …

Endangered:
Kansas State University Conservatory

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

The oldest statewide and one of only a few known to be standing in Kansas, this Gothic Revival-inspired plant conservatory dates to 1908. The structure has been preliminarily determined eligible for listing in the National Register of historic places and is thus eligible for rehabilitation tax credits and possibly grant monies. Unfortunately, the structure suffers …

Endangered:
Mary Butterfield House

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

This house was constructed ca. 1908 for Mary Butterfield, who was the owner. She and her husband Frank, a retired farmer, lived with their daughter, Margaret, at another location. Margaret Butterfield was appointed secretary of the Kansas State Agricultural College (now KSU) in 1909. Formerly the Manhattan Emegency Shelter, the building has been vacant for …

Awards of Excellence:
Dr. Patricia J. O’Brien

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

Dr. Patricia J. O’Brien organized an extensive database of information about historic buildings in Manhattan. In 2008, she published “The Architects and Buildings of Manhattan, Kansas”.

Endangered:
Diskau Archeological Site

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

Archaeological test excavations have recovered Clovis projectile points and the remains of extinct Ice Age mammoths and camels in a cultivated field near Riley, Kansas. State archeologists indicate finding mammoth and camel remains is very rare in not only the state but in North America. Access to the site is being restricted, limiting the further …

Endangered:
Phillipena Strasser House

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

Commissioned to be built in 1874 by widow Phillipena Strasser, the Strasser House is the second oldest house in Manhattan’s Ward 2 and one of few surviving examples of stone residences in the city. In an agreement with the City of Manhattan, the Strasser House will remain at its current location though the surrounding context …

Endangered:
Historic Brick Sidewalks

Year(s) Listed: • 2007 • 2008 | City/Town: • Manhattan

Photo from Riley County Historical Museum Manhattan’s oldest neighborhoods stretch out over roughly 100 blocks and retain over 50% of their original brick sidewalks. These landscape features are roughly 120 years old. They complement and connect the area’s historic Queen Anne, Second Empire, Richardsonian Romanesque as well as Craftsman homes. Homeowners must provide maintenance for …

Awards of Excellence:
Manhattan Union Pacific Depot

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

The Manhattan Union Pacific Depot project was a combined effort involving state and local professionals and advocates for preservation. The project took over twelve years to complete with the final phase completed in 2006. The Kansas Union Pacific Depot (c1901) served the community until 1984 when service to the community ceased. The original brick single-story …

Awards of Excellence:
The Shortridge-Higinbotham House

Year(s) Listed: • 2003 | City/Town: • Manhattan

Owned by Jim Sherow and Bonnie Lynn Sherow

Endangered:
KSAC Radio Tower

Year(s) Listed: • 2002 | City/Town: • Manhattan

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, …

City: Manhattan