National Register of Historic Places – Page 5 – Kansas Preservation Alliance & Abandoned Atlas Foundation

Endangered:
W. H. Sternberg Mansion

Year(s) Listed: • 2010 | City/Town: • Wichita

The Sternberg mansion was nominated for the Endangered Historic Places list by the present owner, Ken Elliott, because the property is threatened by deterioration. Elliott has tried to rehabilitate the ornate building on his own, but has been unable to qualify for municipal and state assistance. Constructed for his personal residence in 1886 by William …

Endangered:
Drinkwater & Schriver Mill

Year(s) Listed: • 2010 | City/Town: • Cedar Point

In 2006 the historic, almost a century and a half old mill was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Since then there has been community outcry to have this piece of history restored back to its former glory. Restoration efforts started officially in 2015 with the first order of business being removing the …

Awards of Excellence:
Carnegie Library – Wichita

Year(s) Listed: • 2010 | City/Town: • Wichita

The Wichita Carnegie Library is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and stands as a connection to Wichita’s cultural history. Opened May 14, 1915, the building served as Wichita’s main library until 1967. Today, the fully-restored Wichita Carnegie Library is part of Fidelity Bank’s headquarters and houses the bank’s commercial lending division. Fidelity …

Awards of Excellence:
Lanesfield School

Year(s) Listed: • 2009 | City/Town: • Edgerton

The Lanesfield School Project, Edgerton vicinity, received an Honorable Mention Award for Rehabilitation. Work on the 1869 building included stone masonary restoration, window replacement and exterior wood restoration.

Awards of Excellence:
Eagles Lodge #132

Year(s) Listed: • 2009 | City/Town: • Wichita

Photo by Jeffrey Beall The Eagles Lodge #132 Project in Wichita received an Honorable Mention Award for Rehabilitation. Constructed in 1916 and enlarged in 1921, the building was vacant and threatened with demolition before it was rehabilitated.

Awards of Excellence:
Northeast Junior High

Year(s) Listed: • 2009 | City/Town: • Kansas City

The Northeast Junior High Project in Kansas City, Kansas received a Rehabilitation Medallion Award. Designed and built in 1922-23, the former school was rehabilitated as an income-adjusted elderly housing project.

Awards of Excellence:
Castle Tea Room

Year(s) Listed: • 2009 | City/Town: • Lawrence

The Castle Tea Room Project in Lawrence received a Rehabilitation Medallion Award. Built in 1894, the building was threatened when it was purchased by Libuse Kriz-Fiorito in the 1940s. It was rehabilitated by the Libuse Kriz-Fiorito Historic Foundation.

Endangered:
Lion Block

Year(s) Listed: • 2009 | City/Town: • Ness City

The Lion Block in Ness City, Kansas, serves as an excellent example of late 19th century Italianate design. Italianate styling was popular nationwide from the 1840s through the mid-1880s, spurred on by pattern books such as those published by Andrew Jackson Downing. Financed by the Shepard Brothers in 1887, the Lion Block retains its interior …

Endangered:
Phillipena Strasser House

Year(s) Listed: • 2009 | City/Town: • Manhattan

Commissioned to be built in 1874 by widow Phillipena Strasser, the Strasser House is the second oldest house in Manhattan’s Ward 2 and one of few surviving examples of stone residences in the city. In an agreement with the City of Manhattan, the Strasser House will remain at its current location though the surrounding context …

Endangered:
Greenwood Hotel

Year(s) Listed: • 2009 | City/Town: • Eureka

Once Eureka’s largest hotel, the Greenwood Hotel served as a popular meeting place for the rich cattle and oil traders in the 20th century. Built in 1883 and remodeled in 1926, the Greenwood Hotel is a rare example of the Spanish Revival style. Its most defining exterior features are the multicolored stucco walls and terra …

Historic Designation: National Register of Historic Places