NPS Form 10-900 VJIVID WU. I V<C-fW I (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties an< iluliltU». See instructions in How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete ail items. 1. Name of Property_________________________________________ historic name RIVERVIEW APARTMENTS_______________ other names/site number 2. Location street & number 404-408 BACK BAY BOULEVARD _______ _ not for publication _ city or town WICHITA _______________________ vicinity _ state KANSAS code KS county SEDGWICK code 173 zip code 67201 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1986, as amended, I hereby certify that this XX nomination __ request for determination requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property XX meets __ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant _ nationally _ statewide XX locally. (_ See continuation sheet for additional comments.) r _______May 24. 2002__________ Signature of certifying official ^ Date Kansas State Historical Society_____________________________ State or Federal agency and bureau In my opinbn, the property __ meets __ does not meet the National Register criteria. (_ See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature of commenting or other official Date State or Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification I, hereby certify that this property is: ventered in the National Register See continuation sheet, determ ined eligible for the National Register __ See continuation sheet. _ determined not eligible for the National Register _ removed from the National Register , other (explain): Signature of Keeper Date of Action USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form RIVERVIEW APARTMENTS SEDGWICK COUNTY, KANSAS Property Name County and State 5. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property (Check as many boxes as apply) (Check only one box) Contributing Noncontributing _x private x building(s) 1 __ buildings _ _ public-local _ district __ ___ sites _ public-State _ site ___ ___ structures public-Federal _ structure ___ ___ objects 1 Total Name of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously listed in the (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing.) National Register N/A______________ N/A 6. Function or Use Historic Functions Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) (Enter categories from instructions) DOMESTIC: MULTIPLE DWELLING DOMESTIC: MULTIPLE DWELLING 7. Description Architectural Classification Materials (Enter categories from instructions) (Enter categories from instructions) LATE 19TH & 20 CENTURY foundation BRICK AMERICAN MOVEMENTS roof ASPHALT walls BRICK other Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) See continuation sheets. USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form RIVERVIEW APARTMENTS SEDGWICK COUNTY, KANSAS Property Name County and State 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property .49 ACRE UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) Zone Easting Northing Zone Easting Northing 1 146461624173495 3 _ ____ ____ 2 _ ____ _____ 4 __ ____ _____ Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By name/title SHERYLL WHITE / PAMELA D. KINGSBURY organization date NOVEMBER 16, 2001 street & number 2121 S. POPLAR ST. / 224 N. CRESTWAY telephone 316-684-2608 316-686-1731 city or town WICHITA/SAME state KS zip code 67211-5448/67208-3840 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: Continuation Sheets Maps A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Photographs Representative black and white photographs of the property. Additional items (check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Property Owner (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) name GREGORY HECOX street & number 8700 UNIVERSITY #9 ____ telephone 316-721-8837 city or town WICHITA________ state KS zip code 67209 Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division, National Park Service, P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Project (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503. NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval 1024-0018 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 1 Description Exterior The Riverview Apartments, located at 404-408 Back Bay Boulevard one block east of the Little Arkansas River at the corner of Waco and Back Bay Boulevard in Wichita, Kansas, were designed by the Wichita architect William L. Schultz (ca. 1884-1968) and were built by the Wichita construction firm of J. W. Schrader and Sons in 1927-28. The apartment complex is a warm red brick building in running bond with flush mortar joints and is an E-shaped plan that forms a courtyard facing south and consists of two stories with a full basement. The south, front elevation is defined by the E-shaped courtyard, which is dominated by a two-story veranda that wraps around the first and second floors and terminates at the sides of the central bay projecting into the courtyard. All the apartments face the courtyard and are accessible through entrances located at the midpoint of the east and west elevations on the first floor. The verandas consist of piers and balustrades made of the same red brick as the fabric of the apartment complex and are capped with concrete blocks. There is a full basement of six bays with all its windows above grade, and it is separated from the first floor by a broad concrete string course that wraps around the apartment complex. Stairs on the west and east sides of the courtyard lead to the first floor veranda and three apartments on each side and interior stairs to the second floor, which also has three apartments. Each apartment entrance has a slightly projecting gable hood with bold consoles supporting a pan tile roof. A concrete cornice terminates the second story and between it and the parapet are a series of three long concrete oval cartouches, three on the east and west parapets and one at the midpoint of central projecting bay with "Riverview" carved on it. The parapet terminates the elevation and is punctuated by a series of brick piers with concrete caps, three to each side and two to the central projecting bay. The Riverview Apartments are more a product of a builder than they are the design of an architect and they partake of no architectural style. The only decorative enhancements to the apartment complex are found in their functional members. The use of an off-white concrete for window sills, the string course, cartouches, and the concrete caps on balustrades and piers are contrasted to the rick red brick of the elevations. The other decorative enhancement is found in brick patterning. Every window has a brick hoodmold which serves to throw off the rain and act as a decorative enhancement. On the end wings of the south elevation demarcating the first and second floor is a line of vertically placed headers punctuated by concrete squares at the end and mid-section, an embellishment repeated on the east elevation. The east elevation faces Waco Street, a main thoroughfare then as now leading to downtown Wichita. Because of its location, the east elevation is designed to seem as if it were a main elevation of the apartment complex. The east elevation is similar in disposition to the front elevation and has a full basement of six bays separated by a concrete string course form the first floor. Both the first and second floors consist of five bays. A set of stairs at the midpoint of the first floor leads to an entrance with the same standard projecting gable hood with a pan tile roof This entrance leads to the back door of the apartments in the courtyard and down a flight of stairs to the two basement NFS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval 1024-0018 (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 2 apartments. At each end of the east elevation is a brick pattern created by slightly projecting brick stretchers forming a tall rectangle that is the height of the first and second floors with concrete squares at each corner.