Kansas Historic Resources Inventory Survey Report: Resurvey of Arkansas City Commercial Center Historic District (1983) and Adjacent Areas

Spencer, Brenda

Overview: "The City of Arkansas City hired Spencer Preservation through a competitive bid process to conduct a re-survey of the 1983 Arkansas City Commercial Center Historic District and adjacent areas, and advise the City on future actions regarding the district. The project included two levels of survey: a reconnaissance survey of the existing district properties and an intensive-level survey of properties adjacent to but outside the existing boundary. The purpose was to verify the status of each individual resource within the listed district and to identify additional properties that may be eligible or listing in the National Register of Historic Places and the Register of Historic Kansas Places. Josh White of the City's Neighborhood Services Division was the local contact for Spencer Preservation and the Arkansas City Historic Preservation Board coordinated the project through Mr. White. Prior to applying for the grant, the City determined a general boundary for the survey area. Spencer Preservation worked with Mr. White during the field survey to make minor adjustments in the survey area generally when historic commercial properties were adjacent to the survey area generally when historic commercial properties were adjacent to the survey area but not included. The survey area roughly includes 23 blocks encompassing the 100-300 blocks of N. Summit, 100-500 blocks of S. Summit, as well as adjacent blocks on 1st, 5th, S. A St., S. B St., Adams, Central, Chestnut, Washington and Walnut Avenues both east and west of Summit Street. The college campus, except the historic buildings on W. 5th Street that are occupied by college functions, was excluded from the survey. The college campus may warrant future survey as an entity if sufficient historic resources exist. Residential properties within the survey area were also excluded from the survey. The defined area totaled 139 resources, 74 of which are located in the historic district and had been previously surveyed. A Map of the Survey Area and the Existing Historic District is provided following Section II." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the Kansas State Historical Society, administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, Department of the Interior (grant number P17AF00034).

Kansas Historic Resources Inventory Survey Report: Resurvey of Arkansas City Commercial Center Historic District (1983) and Adjacent Areas

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