March - April 2002 n Vol. 24, No. 2 KansasKansas PreservationPreservation Newsletter of the Cultural Resources Division n Kansas State Historical Society Bison, or buffalo, appear docile when grazing and ruminating, but the mind behind the massive forehead and curved horns still thinks the way its ancestors thought. Article on page 7. Seeking Amendments to the Kansas Rehabilitation Tax Credit The Cultural Resources Division is tax credit transferable, making projects working with developers, investors, prop- easier to finance by allowing the credits erty owners, and legislators to seek tech- to be sold by entities without a Kansas tax nical amendments to the Kansas Rehabili- liability. In addition, the amendments tation Tax Credit program that was en- would allow partnerships to allocate the acted in 2001. The amendments, pro- tax credit based upon an agreement be- posed in House Bill 2948, are intended to tween partners, rather than by ownership address some technical glitches discov- percentage. ered since the program’s implementation The first hearing was scheduled for Contents last September. Although the proposed March 26. For a copy of the bill, or to amendments should not significantly track its progress, go online to change the application process or pro- www.accesskansas.org. From the main 3 gram requirements for most applicants, screen, click on “Government” (left side), Civil War Memorial they would improve the viability of then “Kansas Legislature” (right side), projects undertaken by partnerships or then “Single Bill Tracking” (under “I Nominated to Natl Register organizations. want to find...” on left side). The amendments would allow the tax For more information about the reha- credit to be applied toward the privilege bilitation tax credit program, please con- 7 tax (banks) and the premiums tax (insur- tact Katrina Klingaman at (785) 272- Bison, The Amazing Story ance companies), in addition to income 8681 Ext.226 or [email protected]. tax liability. They would also make the 11 Historic Preservation Funds Granted KATP Offers Variety of The Kansas Historic Sites Board of The City of Lawrence received a Activities & Classes Review voted on February 23 to provide $29,460 grant to prepare district nomina- $180,902 to eleven projects across the tions and another $12,972 to employ a state from this year’s round of Historic design review intern. 14 Preservation Fund (HPF) grants. This The City of Newton will use its number compares with the $133,422 $1,800 grant to prepare and reproduce a Museum Exhibits on a Budget awarded to eleven projects this past year. driving tour brochure of historic proper- Of the total, ties in Newton and North Newton. Cities receiving $154,752 went The City of Wichita was awarded grants include: to Certified Lo- $27,000 for the preparation of National KANSAS PRESERVATION cal Govern- Register nominations for five historic dis- Published bimonthly by the Cultural Resources ments. Dodge tricts. A second grant of $10,000 will Division, Kansas State Historical Society, 6425 S.W. Dodge City Sixth Avenue, Topeka, KS 66615-1099. City, which is fund a survey of historic parks, while a Hutchinson the newest Cer- third grant in the amount of $15,520 will Please send change of address information tified Local be used to hire an intern for design review. to the above address or e-mail Lawrence [email protected]. Government, Other cities that are not certified re- was awarded ceived grants as well. An award of Third-class postage paid at Topeka, Kansas Newton Richard Pankratz, Editor $20,000 to con- $13,050 will be used to develop guide- Virginia Wulfkuhle, Associate Editor Wichita duct the second lines for the restoration of facades in Tracy Campbell, Editorial & Design Services phase of a re- downtown Atchison. Partial funding for this publication is provided by the Atchison connaissance Two grants were awarded to the City National Park Service, Department of the Interior. survey. of Topeka to conduct surveys. An $8,050 The contents and opinions do not necessarily reflect Topeka the views or policies of the Department of the A grant of grant will be used to conduct a reconnais- Interior, nor does the mention of trade names or $38,000 to the sance survey in the neighborhood sur- commercial products constitute an endorsement or City of Hutchinson will fund a district rounding the Ward-Meade Park. Another recommendation by the Department of the Interior. nomination to the National Register of grant for $5,050 will fund a resurvey of This program receives federal funds from the Historic Places for the Houston the northern end of the downtown area. National Park Service. Regulations of the U.S. Whiteside neighborhood as well as se- Department of the Interior strictly prohibit unlawful This information was prepared by grants discrimination in departmental federally assisted lected properties located in the down- manager Carl Magnuson. programs on the basis of race, color, national origin, town area. 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: Office of Equal Still Thinking About Joining the KATP Field School? Opportunity, National Park Service, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240. Dont miss additional information about this exciting event on pages 11 and 12 of this issue. There is still time to sign up. 1 Review Board Approves Multiple Properties The Kansas Historic Sites Board of Review held its regular quarterly meeting on Saturday, February 23, at the Topeka- Shawnee County Public Library. In addi- tion to recommending projects for federal Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) grants, The William and Ida Schaeffler House is owned and operated as a historic house museum by the the board also evaluated 13 submissions City of Hillsboro with the Hillsboro Historical Society. The house was nominated for its for National Register and state register association with the prominent local merchant William Schaeffler and for its architectural eligibility. (See article on preceding page significance as an example of the Queen Anne style. for information on the grant projects.) All properties considered at the The Abilene City Park Historic District The following were approved meeting were approved for the National nomination was prepared by Historic for nomination to the National Register with the exception of one build- Preservation Services as part of their ing that was on the agenda for the state contract. The Colby Municipal Swim- Register: register only. The New Deal Multiple ming Pool and Bath House nomination New Deal Multiple Property Context Statement–prepared by was prepared by the Thomas County His- Historic Preservation Services, L.L.C. torical Society with an HPF grant. The Properties under contract to the Historic Preserva- nomination for the Marion County Park Downtown Historic District tion Office–will serve as the context for and Lake was developed by local resi- nominating Kansas New Deal properties dents with the support of the Marion and Historic Industrial to the National Register. A summary of County Commissioners. District that context statement was printed in the Two districts from Leavenworth were Leavenworth January-February issue of Kansas Pres- considered by the board. Both the Down- ervation. town Historic District and the Historic Quindaro Townsite In addition, three properties were Industrial District nominations were presented for listing as part of the New funded with HPF grants to the City of Archeological Site Deal Multiple Property Nominations. Leavenworth, which then Kansas City contracted with Historic Preservation Services to The Schaeffler House prepare the nominations. Hillsboro The downtown commercial district has 65 contributing I.O.O.F. Lodge properties; while the indus- trial district has seven large Alton buildings that reflect the 19th and early 20th century indus- The Gelbach House trial prominence of the com- Wichita munity. The nomination of the Union Pacific Railroad Quindaro Townsite Archeo- Passenger Depot logical Site (1857-1862) was Topeka based on the archeological evidence exposed and re- Soldiers and Sailors The Leavenworth Historic Industrial District has a number of covered in the 1980s when buildings that were part of the Great Western Monument Manufacturing Company and the Great Western Stove Hutchinson Company. (Photo by Brad Finch) Continued on 13 2 Hutchinson’s Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Approved for National Register he Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in Hutchinson was recently approved Tfor nomination to the National Reg- ister of Historic Places for its historical association as a Grand Army of the Re- public (G.A.R.) commemorative Civil War monument. The G.A.R. was a nationwide organization of Union Civil War veterans established in 1866 to perpetuate the memory and history of those comrades killed in the Civil War. Many Kansas communities received G.A.R. memorials between 1885 and 1936, when the last memorial was erected. The Hutchinson memorial is an ex- ample of a multi-figure monument, of which only three were erected in Kansas. The two others stand in Wichita and Kinsley. This type of monument consists of a center shaft, column or dome crowned with a symbolic figure that overlooks four military figures at the base. The figures at the base represent the four branches of the Union military and include a sailor, an artilleryman, an infantryman, and a caval- Lest We Forget. ryman. The Kansas multi-figure monu- ments were erected at the end of the In Memory of all Soldiers and Sailors Loyal “Great Monument Era,” which spanned the dates of 1885 to 1918. to Our Flag. Erected by Reno County 1918. Located in city parks, courthouse lawns, or public cemeteries, the memorials erected by the G.A.R. served the purpose 3 (Left) A nine-foot granite figure of Abraham Lincoln stands on a pedestal atop the shaft.