Buildings of Leavenworth

Items listed below are in the file drawers of a cabinet in the Kansas Room of LVPL.
For additional online information, click here: National Register of Historic Places Leavenworth County

[Picture of William Small Home from a 1992 Leavenworth Calendar]

[Informational pamphlet on the Riverfront Community Center from 1988]

"New Pentecostal Church Grows From Dream of Minister; Cyclone of 1938 Wrecked the Partly Completed Building." Leavenworth Times. ill.

"Star of the West Saloon Commemorated by Plaque." Leavenworth Times. June 28, 1970, ill.

Nowak, Matthew. "A Century With the Carnegie." Leavenworth Times, Sunday Scene. May 19, 2002, ill.

Wiebe, Mark. "Country Club Sprucing Up Its Clubhouse." Kansas City Star. May 2, 1996, ill.

Ruff, L. Candy. "Building Once More for Citizens' Golden Years." Leavenworth Times. May 4, 1986.

Bates, Debra. "Fire Damages Small Buildings." Leavenworth Times. Nov. 8,1983.

Williams, Jean K. "Small Memorial Closing Its Doors." Leavenworth Times. Jan. 31, 1974.

"A New Senior Center in Leavenworth." The Senior Chronicle. Dec. 16, 1981.

Booth, Ron. "Historic Leavenworth: The Axa Building." Reconst. Aug. 1985.

"Axa Building Listed as a Historic Site." Leavenworth Times. March 28, 1972.

Stewart, Karen Dirks. "Current Owner is Preserving Axa Building." Times Weekend. Nov. 23, 1986.

Parish, Connie. "From Eyesore to Model of Preservation." Leavenworth Times. April 18, 1996.

Combs, Mary S. "Old Rectory Ready." Leavenworth Times. Nov. 6, 1975.

Johnston III, J.H. "Planters Housed a Century of History." Leavenworth Times. March 23, 1980.

"Moates Building Restored to House Small Shops." Leavenworth Times. April 30, 1978.

Tellefson, Cheryl. "Our Heritage - The Carnegie Connection to Leavenworth". Leavenworth Times. July 21, 1999.

Reinolds, Chris. "Restaurant is in Victorian Mansion." Leavenworth Times. Oct. 27, 1991.

"Urban Renewal Purchases Kaaz Woodwork Building." Leavenworth Times. July 19, 1971.

Wiebe, Mark. "Ready for the Wrecking Ball?" Kansas City Star. April 18, 1996.

"Take a Tour of Historical Leavenworth." Kansas City Star Times - Special Section.

Parish, Connie. "Harvey House to be Turned Over to Museum." Leavenworth Times. Aug. 9, 2000, ill.

Parish, Connie. "Harvey House to be Opened for 'Bare Bones' Tour." Leavenworth Times. Sept. 18, 2000.

[Various building photos taken from Leavenworth Calendars: Axa Building; South side of Leavenworth's 400 block, 1880; Sketch of Planters Hotel in 1859 when Abraham Lincoln gave a speech; Brick two-story at 214-16 North Fifth St.; Oelschlager's Grocery at 5th & Ottawa, late 1800's; City Meat Market, 416 Shawnee, 1885; Leavenworth County Courthouse, early 1900's; Leavenworth Union Depot; Stockton Hall, 1870, 4th & Delaware]

Klingaman, Katrina. Article about several historical buildings in Kansas that have been preserved, one of which being Abernathy Furniture Company Building in Leavenworth. Article includes a photo. Kansas Preservation. Jan.-Feb. 2004.

Krings, Mike. "One Year After History: Historic Abernathy Building Marking First Anniversary as Residential Comples. Article includes a photo. Leavenworth Times - Sunday Scene Sept. 19, 2004.

[Leavenworth Area Development Pamphlet, 1992.

[Typed page of historical information about Leavenworth hotels]

[Typed page of proposal for Community Arts Center in Leavenworth]

Bormann, Don. "VA Redevelopment Takes big Step." Leavenworth Times. Aug. 16, 2005, ill.

Parish, Connie. "VA Building to be Developed." Leavenworth Times. Aug. 16, 2005, ill.

Parish, Connie. "Harvey House Receives Second Grant." Leavenworth Times. Aug. 25, 2005, ill.