Endangered: Thacher Building
The Thacher Building is a three-story Richardson Romanesque commercial building in downtown Topeka. Built in 1888 at a cost of about $40,000, the stone structure is a two-part commercial block form. The stone balustrade capping the building contains a nameplate inscribed “THACHER.” The Thacher Building was constructed for Timothy Dwight Thacher, a local businessman, using …
The Thacher Building is a three-story Richardson Romanesque commercial building in downtown Topeka. Built in 1888 at a cost of about $40,000, the stone structure is a two-part commercial block form. The stone balustrade capping the building contains a nameplate inscribed “THACHER.” The Thacher Building was constructed for Timothy Dwight Thacher, a local businessman, using …