Girard, Kansas Downtown Survey Report, November 1, 2008

Davis Preservation

From "Survey Boundaries": Davis Preservation initiated site work on July 14, 2008, when the firm photographed and collected geographical data for 49 downtown buildings (on the square) and toured the buildings to be individually nominated to the national register. Davis had compiled her initial data into a database by the time she returned to Girard on August 5 to conduct a public meeting on the project. On the same day, subcontractor Brenda Spencer completed photography and physical descriptions for the original 49 buildings and photography for an additional 21 buildings on the outskirts of the square. In all, the 70 surveyed buildings included the Crawford County Courthouse; the buildings on the square that face the courthouse, along Forest, Ozark, Prairie, and Summit; and the commercial buildings that fall in the blocks that corner the square, those on the northwest corner of Forest and Summit, northeast corner of Forest and Ozark, southeast corner of Prairie and Ozark and southwest corner of Prairie and Summit. The survey boundaries are identified in an enclosed map. Davis visited Girard again on September 12, 2008, when she completed her research and site work. Davis Preservation inserted the survey data into a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet and uploaded survey data, photographs, and site plans to the Kansas SHPO's online database." Funding for this project was provided in part through a 2008 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the Friends of Historic Girard (project number KS-08-008) administered by the Kansas State Historic Preservation Office (grant number 20-08-21721) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Girard, Kansas Downtown Survey Report, November 1, 2008

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