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More Than $1M In Grants Awarded To Kansas Historic Sites

The Kansas Historic Sites Board of Review has approved more than $1 million in grants that will help preserve houses, churches and other projects across the state.

The Heritage Trust Fund grants provide matching funds up to $90,000 to preserve or restore historic properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The board awarded just over $1.3 million for 22 projects in Kansas.

Credit Kansas Historical Society
The McAdams-Fultz House in 1989 at its original location at 911 N. Topeka Ave.

The McAdams-Fultz House in Wichita's Midtown Neighborhood will receive $90,000 for restoration. The 1887 Queen Anne-style house was moved from Topeka Street to the Park Place Fairview district in 2001.

The Derby Historical Museum was awarded just over $8,000 for a new roof and masonry repair to the red brick. The former Derby Public School building was built in 1923 and purchased by the museum in 2014.

Viets, a one-time department store built in the early 1900s in downtown Augusta, will receive $90,000 for restoration.

Here is the full list of historic sites receiving grant money:

Allen Family Home, Atchison County: $53,921

Fulton High/Grade School, Bourbon County: $23,280

Viets Block, Butler County: $90,000

Girl Scout Little House, Clark County: $7,680

Hotel Stilwell, Crawford County: $21,307

St. John’s Episcopal Church, Crawford County: $90,000

White Cloud School, Doniphan County: $8,928

I.O. Pickering House, Johnson County: $90,000

Little Stranger Church/Cemetery, Leavenworth County: $66,404

Evangelical Lutheran School, Lincoln County: $4,320

Emporia Granada Theatre, Lyon County: $53,810

Lowther Junior High, Lyon County: $90,000

William Mills House, Miami County: $80,640

Seneca Masonic Temple, Nemaha County: $88,960

Banner Hereford Farm, Osage County: $90,000

Calvinistic Methodist Church/Arvonia School, Osage County: $62,448

Wells P. Bailey House, Osage County: $42,240

Derby Historical Museum, Sedgwick County: $8,352

McAdams-Fultz House, Sedgwick County: $90,000

Horace Lyons House, Shawnee County: $90,000

St. Joseph’s German Catholic Church, Shawnee County: $90,000

Fire Station No. 9, Wyandotte County: $90,000

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Carla Eckels is assistant news director and the host of Soulsations. Follow her on Twitter @Eckels.

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Carla Eckels is Director of Organizational Culture at KMUW. She produces and hosts the R&B and gospel show Soulsations and brings stories of race and culture to The Range with the monthly segment In the Mix. Carla was inducted into The Kansas African American Museum's Trailblazers Hall of Fame in 2020 for her work in broadcast/journalism.