Northern Kansas – Page 8 – Kansas Preservation Alliance & Abandoned Atlas Foundation

Endangered:
Biggs Building

Year(s) Listed: • 2005 | City/Town: • Glasco

The Biggs Buildings is a small 1-story limestone building on a prominent corner of Glasco. The façade, with its cast iron posts manufactured by Great Western in Leavenworth, appears relatively intact. However, closer examination reveals ceiling material hanging into the interior as a result of roof leaks. The limestone walls are in great need of …

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Great Overland Station

Year(s) Listed: • 2005 | City/Town: • Topeka

The former Union Pacific Railroad Station is a grant neoclassical passenger depot, designed by noted architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood who designed at least twenty-six Union Pacific stations and depots. It has a spectacular interior, typical of the grand stations of the early part of this century. Once a bustling center of the capital city, the …

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Pottawatomie County Fair Pavilion

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

The octagonal exhibition hall was built in 1921. Onaga was a thriving railroad town and the county fair was one of the most important social events of the year. When this unique structure is restored, it will contain exhibits to show our increasingly urban population what the fair meant to the farmers, ranchers, and their …

Endangered:
Brick Streets of Kansas

Year(s) Listed: • 2004 | City/Town: • Central Kansas • Eastern Kansas • Northern Kansas • Southern Kansas • Western Kansas

What first tells you that you have arrived in an old town more than Brick streets. In the early 20th century, there were many brick-making plants across Kansas and residents were happy to go from dirt to paved brick streets. This nomination was submitted by Von Rothenberger of Osborne where heavy equipment used to remove the …

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Curtis Junior High School

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

After Sitting vacant for more than ten years and with few panes of glass remaining in the windows, Curtis Junior High was purchased by real estate Developers, Pioneer Group, Inc. of Topeka, rehabilitated and reopened last December as senior apartments. Architect One was the architect for the project, Woltkamp Construction the General Contractor.

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Lawrence Post Office

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

The News Center The Lawrence U.S. Post Office was built in 1906. The building served as the Lawrence post office until 1965 when a new postal facility was built. Later used by the University of Kansas, the building was purchased in 1999, rehabilitated, and renamed The News Center – serving as the combined offices for …

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Fire Station No. 2 – Topeka

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

Owned by Legacy of Justice Foundation serves as offices for Kansas Trial Lawyers Association; GLMP Architects, Lawrence, Kansas Building Systems, General Contractor.

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Friends of the Free State Capitol, Topeka

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

Greg Allen, Chair of the Friends of the Free State Capitol, Topeka has received the Advocacy Award for outstanding efforts of preservation for the 2003 Awards of Excellence.

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Landon House

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

Photo by CJ Online It is reported that Kansas Governor Alf Landon (1933-37) completed construction of the white, brick house (on Westchester in Prospect Hills) in 1937 for his wife Theo because, although he had lost the presidential election (to Roosevelt), he felt that she deserved to live in a “White House.” Current owners David and …

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Chi Omega Sorority House

Year(s) Listed: • 2001 | City/Town: • Lawrence

City: Northern Kansas