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Dillion House

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

Photo from: Dillion House Built in the Italian Renaissance style the Dillon House is a rare survivor of an elite pre-World War I residential neighborhood. Its overall form and many of the character-defining features are still clearly evident today. A passionate man famous for his hospitality, Hiram Price Dillon’s robust spirit is evident throughout the …

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Ferrell Hall at Benedictine College

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

Photo by Benedictine College Completed in 1893, Elizabeth Hall served as the original Abbey for the Benedictine monks. It first became used as a residence hall in 1929, when it was known as Freshman Hall. It was completely renovated in 2001. Now called Elizabeth Hall in honor of Elizabeth Ferrell, it currently houses 152 women …

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The Eaton Hotel

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

Featured image from: By UNOBUDO – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21831188 By 1997, conditions had deteriorated to the point where the city had to take action. The hotel had recently been placed on the Kansas Preservation Alliance’s list of endangered historic buildings in Kansas. Two other buildings on the block were near collapse and seriously …

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Nicodemus, Kansas

Year(s) Listed: • 1993 • 1996 | City/Town: • Nicodemus

Photo by: unknown/Library of Congress The only remaining western Kansas town established by African Americans during the Reconstruction period following the Civil War. A report by the National Park Service indicates that “if Nicodemus is not protected and preserved…..it is inevitable that the historic structures will continue to deteriorate and eventually be razed.”

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Old Town, Lawrence

Year(s) Listed: • 1996 | City/Town: • Lawrence

One of the most historic neighborhoods in Lawrence the area is threatened by downtown development and a proposal for an Eastern Parkway to provide easier access for cars to the downtown. https://www.livingplaces.com/KS/Douglas_County/Lawrence_City/Old_West_Lawrence_Historic_District.html

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Haskell-Baker Wetlands

Year(s) Listed: • 1996 | City/Town: • Lawrence

Photo By Sprout and the Bean at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16386508 The Baker Wetlands (also known as the Haskell-Baker Wetlands) is a nature preserve and artificially sustained wetland,[1] spanning approximately 927 acres (3.8 km2)[2] south of Lawrence, Kansas, United States. It is associated with the Wakarusa River and sustained by levees and flood controls built in the 1990s.[3] Baker University owns 573 acres, the major portion of …

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Clements Stone Arch Bridge

Year(s) Listed: • 1996 | City/Town: • Clements

Photo by: Brylie The Clements Stone Arch Bridge is a historic bridge across the Cottonwood River .5 miles (0.80 km) southeast of Clements, Kansas. The bridge was built in 1886 by L. P. Santy and Company of Clements, who contracted with the Chase County commission to build it for $12,000. The 175-foot (53 m) bridge is composed of two stone arches rising 40 feet (12 m) …

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Newton Post Office

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

The current owner the Newton United School District, uses the building as an alternative school. It was built in 1910 for $60,000. During the 1970s the US Postal Service turned the building over to the school district. Within the last year it has been updated in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The district …

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Stilwell Hotel

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

Picture by: TravelKS.com The hotel was built in 1890. The non-profit Stilwell Hotel Heritage and Education Foundation bought the building this summer during a foreclosure sale. The building has been winterized to protect it from the elements but the Stilwell Hotel foundation will have to stabilize the front of the building by next spring. The …

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Conventional Hall

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

At the turn of the century, Huchinson was quickly growing. As the county seat, it was necessary that a convention center would need to be built to further business interests in the area. President Taft was invited to lay the cornerstone to the Convention Hall in 1911. The hall is actually built on a bridge …

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