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November - December 2005 Vol. 27, No. 6 Newsletter of the Cultural Resources Division Kansas State Historical Society In recent years, the Cultural Resources Division contributed nearly $300,000 in federal preservation funds toward the rehab- ilitation of buildings at eight of the sixteen State Historic Sites. Coverage on pages 7-13. Awards, Officers, Board Announced at KSHS, Inc. Annual Meeting An awards presentation and election 2005 KSHS, Inc. Officers of officers highlighted the Kansas State Brian J. Moline, Topeka Historical Society, Inc. 130th annual President & Executive Committee Chair meeting November 4, 2005. Mary Turkington, Topeka Barbara Magerl and Betty Lu President-elect Duncan were honored for co-chairing Kathleen Holt, Cimarron the Shawnee Indian Mission Develop- Vice-president CONTENTS E. Dean Carlson, Topeka ment Project. They began the $1.2 Secretary million campaign in 2001, and this year Donald Schepker, Topeka 2 surpassed the $1 million mark. The Treasurer 25 Properties Nominated to funds are being used for rehabilitation Hal Ross, Wichita and interpretation at the Shawnee Indian Immediate Past President National Register Mission State Historic Site in Fairway. (See related story on page 11.) Executive Committee 7 Frederick D. Seaton received the Jack Alexander, Topeka Edgar Langsdorf Award of Excellence Hon. Paul Buchanan, Wichita Lending a Hand to State for his article “The Long Road Toward Paul Hawkins, Hutchinson Rep. Annie Kuether, Topeka Historic Sites ‘The Right Thing to Do’: The Troubled James Logan, Olathe History of Winfield State Hospital,” Barbara Morris, Hugoton published in Kansas History: A Journal Dru Sampson, Lawrence 14 of the Central Plains. Sen. Derek Schmidt, Independence How to Weather-proof Your Alfred M. Landon Historical Clinton L. Stalker, Santanta Historic Home Research Grants were awarded to Marisa Paul K. Stuewe, Lawrence Brandt for “The Harvey Girls,” and to Mark Viets, Fairway Robin Hanson for “Displaced Communi- Shari Wilson, Kansas City 19 ties of Irving and Broughton, Kansas.” Mary Penner received the Dr. New Members to the Field Medicine at Fort Hays 102-member KSHS, Inc. Board of Directors Edward N. Tihen Historical Research John Carlin, Manhattan Award for a project to preserve the Julia Ann Casad Degenais, Wichita 21 history of a Santa Fe trader named Henry J. Howard Duncan, Lecompton O’Neill. Sheila Frahm, Colby KAA Hosts Annual Fall Fling Topekans June Windsheffel and Bruce Mactavish, Overbrook Judge Richard Rogers and W. Stitt Robin- Michael Stubbs, Eskridge son, Lawrence, were honored for their Dennis A. Vasquez, Topeka KANSAS PRESERVATION service of 30 years or more on the KSHS Published bimonthly by the Cultural Resources board of directors. borg; Gennifer House, Goodland; Steve Division, Kansas State Historical Society, 6425 S.W. Topeka Collegiate students Anna Irsik, Ingalls; Topper Johntz, Shawnee Sixth Avenue, Topeka, KS 66615-1099. Hamilton and Sjobor Hammer were Mission; Robert Pratt, Topeka; Andrea Please send change of address information honored for receiving a silver medal at Springer, Hutchinson; and Doug Walker, to the above address or e-mail National History Day. They received Osawatomie. [email protected]. KSHS, Inc. travel awards to National The following individuals who died Third-class postage paid at Topeka, Kansas. History Day, along with James Bradbury, in the past year were remembered for Jennie Chinn, State Historic Preservation Officer Uniontown; Lindsey Brown, Fulton; and their service to KSHS, Inc.: Ruth Keys Virginia Wulfkuhle and Christy Davis, Editors Whitney Nickelson, Fort Scott. Clark, Donald F. Danker, B. Richard Tracy Campbell, Editorial/Design Services Recognition was given to those Dryden, C. Robert Haywood, Grace Partial funding for this publication is provided by the retiring from the executive committee: Muilenburg, Marjorie C. Schnacke, and National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Barbara Magerl, Overland Park; Glee Homer E. Socolofsky. The contents and opinions do not necessarily reflect Smith, Lawrence; and William Tsutsui, KSHS, Inc. helps to support the views or policies of the Department of the Interior, nor does the mention of trade names or Lawrence. Retiring from the board of programs and services on Kansas history commercial products constitute an endorsement or directors are: DeVere Blomberg, Linds- for the state Society. recommendation by the Department of the Interior. This program receives federal funds from the National Park Service. Regulations of the U.S. Looking for something to do with the kids or grandkids during the Department of the Interior strictly prohibit unlawful discrimination in departmental federally assisted holiday break? We welcome you to visit the Kansas History Museum programs on the basis of race, color, national in Topeka or any of the sixteen State Historic Sites. origin, age, or handicap. Any person who believes he or she has been discriminated against in any program, activity, or facility operated by a recipient Please note that all KSHS sites are closed December 25-26 and of federal assistance should write to: Office of Equal Opportunity, National Park Service, 1849 C Street January 1-2. See our web site at kshs.org for a listing of activities NW, Washington, DC 20240. and exhibits or call (785) 272-8681 for more information. 1 An early photo of the Mentholatum Building in Wichita. 25 Properties Nominated to National Register The Kansas Historic Sites Board eight-story brick building constructed a remote property, patented to Joseph S. of Review held its regular quarterly in 1929, is nominated to the National Chick in 1870. Emily Loomis purchased meeting at the Kansas History Center Register for its architectural significance the southwest quarter of Section 7, Town- on November 19, 2005. The board as an excellent example of an Art Deco ship 12 South, Range 25 East in 1882 nominated twenty-five properties to the style office building. The Ellis-Singleton for $10,000. The Italianate Loomis farm- National Register of Historic Places. It building was the first in Wichita with house was constructed a few years later also approved an additional property for a connected ramp garage, appealing to and bears an 1886 date. Charles Loomis, listing on the Register of Historic Kansas “businesss and professional men who like son to Emily and Edgar Loomis, was Places and the relocation of a national the idea of having their cars where they deeded much of the quarter section in register-listed property. Below are may step directly from their office floor.” 1912 and built his own Craftsman-style summaries of the nominated properties. bungalow near his mother’s house. A Loomis Historic District, 8325 Johnson part of the section was platted as Loomis Mentholatum Company Building, 1300 Drive, 5900 Hadley Street, 5923 Hadley Woods subdivision in May 1928. Lloyd E. Douglas Avenue, Wichita, Sedgwick Street, Merriam, Johnson County Griffith purchased Lot 4 of Block 2 and County The Loomis Historic District (1886- took out a mortgage in 1944 to build a The Mentholatum Company Build- 1944) is located near the intersection Minimal Traditional dwelling south of the ing, located on the northeast corner of of Johnson Drive and Hadley Avenue. Loomis farmhouse. In that year, Griffith Douglas and Cleveland, is nominated for The district is nominated to the National and Loomis also moved the district’s its architectural significance as a U. G. Register of Historic Places for its archi- oldest building to its site. Since then, Charles design and for its association with tectural significance as a representation of the circa 1840 Johnson County Quaker A. A. Hyde, who founded the internation- the architectural development of Johnson Mission shed has served as an outbuild- ally known Mentholatum Company. County. The district includes three houses ing for the Griffith house. The district and one shed in styles that reflect distinct also includes a significant feature—stone Ellis-Singleton Building, 221 S. Broad- time periods, beginning with the area’s walls constructed around 1920 that way Street, Wichita, Sedgwick County roots as farmland and ending as a mid- border the north and south edges of the The Ellis-Singleton building, an century suburb. The landscape began as Emily Loomis property. 2 Leavenworth’s First Presbyterian Church is one of the few Kansas buildings with stained glass by Tiffany Studios. First Presbyterian Church, 407 Walnut development of Lawrence and for its Constructed circa 1857, the Barnes Street, Leavenworth, Leavenworth architectural significance an assemblage Apple Barn is located immediately north County of early-twentieth-century residential of Vinland. The building is nominated to First Presbyterian Church, circa buildings. The residences that contribute the National Register for its association 1907-1909, is nominated for its architec- to the sense of time and place in the with the life of William E. Barnes, a co- tural significance as a Classical Revival district are representative examples of founder of Vinland and the originator of brick church designed by accomplished the “Comfortable House,” a term refer- the first vineyard in Kansas, and for its Leavenworth architect William Pratt ring to the profusion of styles and types architectural significance as an example Feth. The church is one of the few built in suburban settings in the United of a gabled-roofed limestone agricultural Kansas buildings with stained glass by States from 1890 to 1930. This is the processing building.