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The Nickell Memorial Armory is a Kansas National Guard armory, located at 2722 SW Topeka Blvd., Topeka, Kansas 66611. It is bounded on the north by 27th Street, on the east by Kansas Avenue and on the west by Topeka Avenue (US 75 highway). On the south is a public baseball complex and an area with retail shops that fronts 29th Street.
The building is located at 1901 Olathe Bouelevard and was established in the mid-1890s by Horatio W. and Mary Gates. [2] That Gates family was among the first licensed embalmers in the state, and they built this Neoclassical-style funeral home in 1922 to house their growing business.
The Topeka Cemetery is a cemetery in Topeka, Kansas, United States.Established in 1859, it is the oldest chartered cemetery in the state of Kansas. [citation needed]The 80-acre cemetery had more than 35,000 burials by 2019, including several prominent Kansans.
MacLennan died in 1933; when his widow died in 1955, she bequeathed Cedar Crest to the state of Kansas with the condition it be utilized as a home for the governor of Kansas. The gift included 244 acres (99 ha) of surrounding land to be used as a park (now known as MacLennan Park). After some debate, the state decided to accept the home in 1957.
Contact Tim Hrenchir at threnchir@gannett.com or 785-213-5934. This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: Topekans question lack of public safety alerts after 2 recent attacks ...
The construction of Memorial Hall was financed by war claims paid to the State of Kansas by the federal government; one for $97,466.02 for equipping and putting soldiers in the field during the American Civil War, and the other for $425,065.43 for repelling invasions of Confederate soldiers and dealing with American Indian Wars.
The Historic Jayhawk State Theatre of Kansas, is a theater located in downtown Topeka, Kansas, United States. The theatre opened on August 16, 1926. The theatre opened on August 16, 1926. The Jayhawk Hotel & Crosby Bros shopping complex where attached to the theatre making it a grand complex for visitors to eat, sleep and be entertained.
900, 902, and 904 S. Kansas Ave. Topeka: Turn-of-the-20th-century classical revival furniture warehouse significant in Topeka's commercial history. [6] Contributing site of the South Kansas Avenue Commercial Historic District. 41: HTK Architects Office Building