Survey Report - Collins Park, Topeka, Kansas

Keenoy, Ruth; Foley, Terri

Introduction: "In 2017, the City of Topeka issued a Request for Proposal to conduct an intensive survey of the Collins Park neighborhood. The project was funded by a Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) grant received by the City of Topeka from the Kansas State Historical Society/Historic Preservation Office (KS-SHPO) and the National Park Service. The project was awarded to and completed by Keenoy Preservation (Ruth Keenoy and Terri Foley) of St. Louis, Missouri. The purpose of the survey was to document properties located in the Collins Park neighborhood and to identify properties within the neighborhood that appear eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. Collins Park is a residential neighborhood that developed during the 1920s-1930s. The neighborhood is located in central Topeka, Kansas. The neighborhood is bounded by SW Huntoon Street (north), SW Oakley Street (west), SW (15th Street (south) and SW Randolph Avenue (east). Collins Park encompasses 46 acres and includes 186 properties. All but two of the surveyed properties are residential. The remaining two properties include a commercial building at 3024 SW Huntoon Street and a park (Collins Park) that extends north/south through the center of the neighborhood. The following document provides an historical overview/contextual discussion about the neighborhood's development and growth, an architectural analysis of properties within the survey area and an overview of the survey, including recommendations for a potential historic district within the survey area." Project funding was provided in part by a Historical Preservation Fund grant to the Kansas State Historical Society, administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number P17AF00034).

Survey Report - Collins Park, Topeka, Kansas

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