1997 – Kansas Preservation Alliance

Endangered:
Windsor Hotel

Year(s) Listed: • 1993 • 1997 • 1999 | City/Town: • Garden City

Photo by: By Ammodramus – Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39265993 Construction began on the Windsor in 1887. Its chief builder was John A. Stevens, a former buffalo hunter and wild horse wrangler. He was backed by the building and architecture firm Stevens and Thompson and only decided to build when he saw another of Garden City’s …

Endangered:
Woodson Hotel

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

It was built in 1887. A two story limestone building on the northwest corner of the town square the hotel is within Yates Center’s Courthouse Square Historic District. A portion of the buildings west masonry wall is badly in need of repair. The hotel houses a catering business.

Endangered:
Masonic Temple – Independence

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

Built in 1900 the Romanesque-style building is in the central business district of Independence and is listed on the NRHP. A fire several years ago damaged the roof and it has not been repaired. The City Commission has twice voted to demolish the building but further action is pending in court.

Endangered:
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:
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 …

Endangered:
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 …

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 …

Endangered:
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 …

Year Listed: 1997