The effort to save the Arkansas Valley Lodge was led by Commissioner Carolyn McGinn and the Board of County Commissioners funded the rehabilitation effort to the tune of $1.9 million. The County’s Facility Project Services with Stephanie Knebel, Manager and Jim Osterland, Senior Project Manager, coordinated the project. The County is deserving of recognition for …
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Constructed in 1910, Arkansas Valley Lodge was home of the Prince Hall Masons, the only Masonic group that Blacks could join at the time. Purchased by the Urban Renewal Authority in 1974, the building was used for storage and by 2000 had become dilapidated making rehabilitation urgent. In 2000, the Sedgwick County Commissioners endorsed a …
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City of Dodge City Boot Hill Repertory Company. Stehlik-Holt Fundraising, Kansas Department of Transportation, Gossen Livingston Architects of Wichita, D&D Builders of Garden City, General Contractors Historic Dodge City Santa Fe Depot completed in 1898 housed a Fred Harvey Hotel and the “El Vaquero” dining room. The largest Rail Depot building in Kansas renovated to …
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The Liberal Rock Island Railroad Depot, Cimarron Hotel and Grier Eating House are the single intact hotel and restaurant facilities managed by the J.J. Grier Hotel Company still remaining in Kansas. A local organization Depot Heritage led efforts for the rehabilitation of the complex. The project was made possible by grants from the Kansas Department of Transportation …
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Photo by Visit Wichita Constructed in 1909, Engine House No. 6 was the last horse-drawn fire station in Wichita. Not used as an active station since 1953, the building had been used primarily for storage. The Kansas Firefighters Museum was formed in 1993 and has rehabilitated the building, primarily through volunteer efforts. The museum is now open, exhibiting …
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The 1885 Frisco Wooden Water Tower was built to service the steam locomotives, supply water for feeding stationary boilers, washing cars, and floors, cleaning out boilers, cooling ashes, fire protection, and similar purposes, at shops, engine houses, and station buildings. Friends of the Beaumont Water Tower was founded in 1989 and raised funds to preserve …
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