Demolished – Page 2 – Kansas Preservation Alliance

Endangered:
Amelia Earhart Bridge

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

This 2600’ metal truss bridge spans the Missouri River at Atchison. It was built by the WPA in 1937. Sverdrup and Parcel Consulting Engineers of St. Louis designed the bridge. It was determined to be eligible for listing on the National Register in 2000. In 2003, the National Trust for Historic Preservation listed this bridge …

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Old Main Building – Osawatomie State Hospital

Year(s) Listed: • 1998 | City/Town: • Osawatomie

Photo by: Unknown The Old Main Building was built in 1869 at a cost of $20,000. It was built to replace all of the existing structures on the Osawatomie State Hospital grounds. It was built exactly to the specifications of the “Kirkbride Plan”, having a central building and two wings, swept back in sections. The …

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Topeka State Hospital

Year(s) Listed: • 1998 | City/Town: • Topeka

Photo by: Ralena Gordon of www.theemptyplaces.com It was determined that Topeka needed a mental institution around the 1870s, the state legislature would put up $25,000 under the condition that they wouldn’t have to buy the plot of land for it. Thanks to the donation of $12,000 from both Topeka and Shawnee County 80 acres of …

Endangered:
Huron Building

Year(s) Listed: • 1998 | City/Town: • Kansas City

Featured Image Credit to : Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri. Huron Building 1922-24 North 7th Street Trafficway, Kansas City, Kansas W. S. Frank (St. Louis), Architect J. G. Braecklein, Associate Architect Kansas City, Kansas Historic Landmark: June 28, 1983 Register of Historic Kansas Places: February 25, 1984 National Register …

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Sante Fe Depot – Emporia

Year(s) Listed: • 1997 | City/Town: • Emporia

Photo by Richard Hitchcock It was originally build of limestone in 1882 in the Romanesque style. In 1925-26 the building had two wings added on in the Tudor Revival style of brick and half timbering. In the past few years suggestions have been made to use the building as a railroad museum or community center, …

Endangered:
909 Pennsylvania

Year(s) Listed: • 1997 | City/Town: • Lawrence

Created in 1873 by the railroad as worker housing, the building was built in the National Folk Style. It has not been maintained and will be lost to demolition by neglect unless a solution can be found.

Endangered:
Belle Springs Creamery and Produce Building

Year(s) Listed: • 1997 | City/Town: • Abilene

Photo Courtesy of the Jeffcoat Photography Studio Museum. This longtime Abilene business actually began in the small Dickinson County town of Belle Springs, a community settled by River Brethren families from Pennsylvania. The original creamery was developed for the purpose of manufacturing butter. In 1892, a new creamery was built outside of Abilene in Prospect …

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First National Bank – Topeka

Year(s) Listed: • 1993 | City/Town: • Topeka

Photo by: Engineered Demolition Inc. Built in 1932 the structure stands vacant at 535 S. Kansasa Ave. The buildings current owner is the City of Topeka and local preservationists fear the city will want to raze it. The building is on the Register of Historic Kansas Places.

Endangered:
Allis Hotel

Year(s) Listed: • 1993 | City/Town: • Wichita

When the Allis Hotel was completed in 1929, its 17 stories made it the tallest building in Kansas, and it remained so for many years. The Allis’s art deco design was patterned after New York City’s Waldorf-Astoria, and the Allis was considered Kansas’s finest hotel. After closing in 1984, the structure deteriorated and was vandalized. …

Current Status: Demolished