- Memorial Building (Topeka, Kansas)
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Memorial Building
Dedication ceremonies of Memorial Hall, 1914Location: Topeka, Kansas Coordinates: 39°2′47″N 95°40′34″W / 39.04639°N 95.67611°WCoordinates: 39°2′47″N 95°40′34″W / 39.04639°N 95.67611°W Built: 1914 Architect: Charles Chandler Architectural style: Renaissance Revival, Other Governing body: State NRHP Reference#: 75000724
[1]Added to NRHP: July 17, 1975 Memorial Building, also known as G.A.R. Memorial Hall, is a historic Grand Army of the Republic hall located at 120 West 10th Avenue, in Topeka, Kansas, United States. On July 17, 1975, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
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History
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.[2]
In 1909, a legislative money appropriation act was passed. A commission selected the site, acquired the land title, and supervised construction of Memorial Hall. On September 27, 1911, President William Howard Taft laid the ceremonial cornerstone. The building was completed in 1914 and dedicated before 25,000 people on May 27 of that same year.[2]
Since 2000, Memorial Hall has served as headquarters for the Kansas Attorney General and Kansas Secretary of State.[3]
See also
- Kansas Historical Society
- Kansas in the American Civil War
- Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b Connelley, William E. (1918). A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans. Lewis Publishing Company.
- ^ "G.A.R. Memorial Hall". Secretary of State of Kansas. http://www.kssos.org/forms/communication/press/Memorial%20Hall.pdf.
External links
- Office of the Kansas Attorney General
- Office of the Kansas Secretary of State
- Kansas Historical Society
- Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Kansas - Manuscript Collection
- National Register of Historic Places - Nomination Form
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- 1914 architecture
- Buildings and structures in Topeka, Kansas
- Grand Army of the Republic
- Kansas Attorneys General
- Monuments and memorials in Kansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Kansas
- Renaissance Revival architecture in the United States
- Secretaries of State of Kansas
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