2010 Awards of Excellence

With the generous support of our sponsors, the 2010 Awards for Excellence ceremony took place June 3, 2010, at the historic Masonic Hall in Newton, Kansas. 

Our generous sponsors included:

Degginger’s Foundry of Topeka provided the bronze award medallions. 

Treanor Architects designed and produced the event program. 

Review Windows and Mid-Continental Restoration were Platinum-level sponsors. 

Restoration & Waterproofing Contracting was a Gold-level sponsor. 

Sutherland Builders, Cathedral Stone Products, Unico Systems and WDM Architects were Silver-level sponsors.

Wichita Carnegie Library-Wichita, KS

The former Wichita Carnegie Library is one of sixty-three Carnegie libraries in Kansas listed In the National Register of Historic Places.  When it opened in May 1915, the Wichita Eagle described it as “Wichita’s temple of learning.”  In 1966 the City completed a new central library across the street and the former Carnegie Library building became the Municipal Court and later a planetarium.  The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, shortly before it was closed and mothballed.  Fidelity Bank purchased the Carnegie Library building from the City in 2007 and completed a full rehabilitation, sensitively linking the building with the bank’s corporate offices directly to the south.

Rehabilitation Certificate of Honor:

First National Bank - Hiawatha, KS

The former First National Bank building has been a local landmark in Hiawatha since its construction in 1891.  This significant commercial building is a contributing resource in the National Register-listed Hiawatha Courthouse Square Historic District.  The building was vacant for more than fifteen years until the Brown County Historical Society purchased the building for a complete rehabilitation in honor of local resident, Frances Sewell Plamann.  Work began in the fall of 2008 and it now houses the local history museum and offices for the City of Hiawatha. 

Rehabilitation Certificate of Honor:

Abilene Pool Bath House - Abilene, KS

Constructed in 1937, the Abilene Pool Bath House was a project of the Works Project Administration.  The pool complex was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 as part of the Abilene City Park Historic District under the Multiple Property Documentation Form for New Deal Era Resources of Kansas.  Although the swimming pool was replaced, the rehabilitation of the Bath House included life and safety codes and ADA compliance improvements while maintaining the historic character of the building.

Rehabilitation Certificate of Honor

Weaver Hotel  - Waterville, KS

This rusticated concrete block building dates to 1905 when it opened as the Weaver Hotel, which continued in operation until 1985.  Known as the “pride of the Central Line,” a reference to the Union Pacific Railroad that ran through town, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.  Rehabilitated with the contributions and community support generated by the Waterville Preservation Society, the Weaver Hotel reopened on Memorial Day, 2009. 

Rehabilitation Certificate of Honor:

Standard Mutual Life Insurance Company Building - Lawrence, KS

After a fire substantially destroyed the previous building in 1930, the Standard Mutual Life Insurance Company of Lawrence, Kansas, rebuilt on this site; incorporating the earlier foundation into a new Renaissance Revival style building.  One Two Three, LLC began rehabilitation work in 2008 and the building reopened as leased offices in 2009.  The building is designated as a contributing element to the National Register-listed Lawrence Downtown Commercial Historic District.