SUNSET AREA HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY prepared for the CITY OF MANHATTAN, KANSAS PREPARED BY HISTORIC RESOURCES GROUP, INC. 442 SOUTH 28TH STREET LINCOLN, NE 68510 402-770-5877
[email protected] JUNE 2018 Acknowledgements Mayor Linda Morse Historic Resources Board Betty Mattingly-Ebert, Chair Christopher Banner Eileen Meyer Kevin West Craig Hager Cameron Tross, Vice Chair Ben Chmiel, City Planner Riley County Historical Society Linda Glasgow Sunset Zoo Scott Schoemaker Sunset Cemetery Mike Mohler Special thanks for use of historic images that belong to the Riley County Historical Society 2 The City of Manhattan, Kansas contracted with Historic Resources Group, Inc. to prepare this report on the intensive level survey of the Sunset Area Resources. The report is authored by Melissa Dirr Gengler and Anne Bauer. This report has been financed in part with assistance of a grant from the City of Manhattan with Federal funds from the National Park Service, a division of the United States Department of the Interior and administered by the Kansas State Historical Society. The contents and opinions, however, do not necessarily reflect the view or policies of the United States Department of the Interior, the Kansas State Historical Society, or the City of Manhattan. This program receives Federal funds from the National Park Service. Regulations of the U.S. Department of the Interior strictly prohibit unlawful discrimination in departmental Federally Assisted Programs on the basis of race, color, national 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 of Federal assistance should write to Director, Equal Opportunity Program, U.S.