City: Salina

Endangered:
St Johns Hospital – Salina

Year(s) Listed: • 2022 • 2023 | City/Town: • Salina

The idea for the St. Johns Salina Hospital was pitched by Rev. Father Maher of the Sisters of St. Joseph who then brought the idea to other non-Catholic citizens of Salina who agreed there was a need and banded together. Because of the strong belief in the cause donations came pouring in and construction ensued …

Awards of Excellence:
Lee Mercantile Company Building

Year(s) Listed: • 2021 | City/Town: • Salina

The HD Lee Mercantile Company Building, the north building in the complex, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and Register of Historic Kansas Places in 2008. The entire complex is nationally significant in the areas of Commerce and Industry because of the building’s association with Henry Daniel Lee. Lee founded the HD …

Awards of Excellence:
The Pioneer Group, Inc.

Year(s) Listed: • 2006 | City/Town: • Salina

The Pioneer Group, Inc. of Topeka received the coveted Medallion Award for Excellence for a preservation project for their work to preserve and reuse the Roosevelt-Lincoln Junior High School in Salina. The Lincoln building was designed by William Schmitt and the Roosevelt building was designed by Charles Shaver and were built around 1917. The two …

Awards of Excellence:
Stiefel Theater for the Performing Arts

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

The Fox-Watson Theater opened in 1931, a lavish Art deco facility that served the Salina community until 1987. The City of Salina and the Historic Fox Theater Foundation completed restoration and reopened the theater with a sell-out concert in March 2003. Jones Gillam Architects Engineers were the architects for the project, and Norm Yenkey was …