Shawnee County Historical Society, No. 79

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Title AlternativeDowntown! Strolling down the avenueCreatorMcFarland, TrudyWallace, Douglass W.Conklin, ArthurTowns, LeroySnyder, RachelMarkley, Walter M.Wagnon, William O., Jr., 1939-Jackson, Mary E.Connelley, William Elsey, 1855-1930Burenheide, MarkKiene, Tom L.Hall, MikeWalton, Clayton L.Mack, George, 1907-1986Ripley, John W.Carlson, Maude ShrefflerBlankenship, BillCarruth, Arthur J., Jr., 1887-1962DeBaun, W.G.Greene, Zula BenningtonPublisherShawnee County Historical SocietyTable of Contents[Front matter, no. 79]
Downtown! Strolling down the avenue
Its past as prologue: downtown Topeka's evolution
Making it home again
Introduction to downtown
From homestead to Ritchie addition to south Topeka to Watertower Place
Sentinel in the sky : downtown's water tower
Farewell to a landmark: the second Ritchie house
The water tower
Water tower springs a leak
The ugly white tower
Watertower Place vs John Ritchie's first house
Downtown that never was: Watertower Place
III. End of the line: the 900 block and Veale building
Tenth and Kansas has had romantic history
900 block survey: 1930 & 1955
Downtown that never was: The Leeper building
Minney block
Downtown biography: Martha Addis
Downtown biography: Herbert West and State Savings & Loan
On the avenue: McFarland's restaurant
The Children's building
New building on Kansas Avenue
He owns the Pennant
First house on the block
The Veale building
Downtown biography: Josephine Norton
Downtown biography: Tinkham Veale
Fire on the avenue
Downtown biography: Al Alexander
No place for doctors in a hurry
Chocolate shop visitor
Windows on the avenue: Moore's book store
Downtown biography: Drs. David & Dorothy Nicoll
Copeland County
Gordon building
Downtown biography: Charles A. Karlan
End of a Topeka tradition
IV. Let there be light: KP&L on the avenue
Light and power in Topeka
First light
Keeping downtown warm
Van Buren memories
Van Buren smokestack: urban landmark and urban legend
The last power plant
Downtown biography: Deane E. Ackers
The KP&L building: evolution of a corporate headquarters
Windows on the avenue
Lighting up the KP&L tower
Downtown biography: Balfour S. Jeffrey
V. Parish on Capitol Square
Centennial history of Assumption Parish
Downtown biography: Msgr. Patrick McInerney, B.G.
In the shadow of the almighty
New Topeka Catholic high
Headquarters company: fire station # 2
One of the finest: fire station #2
The brass pole
VI. Movie palace: the Jayhawk Theatre
New theatre in town
Stage and screen
Twinkle, twinkle litte star: the Jayhawk's light show
Bernice Hemus and the might Kilgen organ
The piano band
Topeka's first radio station gets going
On the air: WIBW's first broadcast
Downtown biography: Miss Maudie, Maude Butler Carlson
A Fox theatre
Downtown biography: G.L. Hooper & Maurice Jencks
On the arcade
One New Year's Eve at the Jayhawk
At the Jayhawk, never on a Sunday
Those were the days!
Live; on the Jayhawk stage
Now showing! "Fighting man of the plains"
Final curtain...
VII. An "atlas" of downtownDescriptionParts originally published in Topeka State Journal.
Parts originally published in Topeka Daily Capital.
Parts originally published in Topeka Capital Journal.
Parts originally published in Builders of Topeka.
Parts originally published in KP&L Service Magazine.
Parts originally published in Bulletin of the Shawnee County Historical Society.
Parts originally published in Polk's City Directory.
Parts originally published in Kansas and Kansans.
Parts originally published in Kansas Children's Home Finder.
Parts originally published in Blue Book of Topeka.
Foreward and acknowledgements.Date of VolumeDecember 2002VolumeNo. 79Decade1860s-2000sSubjectDiners (Restaurants)Catholic ChurchChurch buildingsChurch schoolsBuildingsRestaurantsRetail tradeFire stationsFire fightingEarhart, Amelia, 1897-1937CelebritiesArcadesWater towersWater utilitiesArchitecture--AestheticsFire fighters--Equipment and suppliesFire departments--BuildingsRitchie, John, 1817-1887BiographyAnnexation (Municipal government)McInerney, Patrick, MonsignorClergyLighting, Architectural and decorativeOffice buildingsCentral business districtsBusiness enterprisesDwellingsWIBW (Radio Station and Television station : Topeka, Kan.)Radio broadcastingRadio stationsArchitectureElectric utilitiesKansas Power and Light CompanyHotelsPoliticiansFiresWest, Herbert G.Banks and bankingAckers, Deane E.Urban renewalHousingCity dwellersPhysiciansPhysicians--Social life and customsBoutwell, DanielWater towers--Maintenance and repairPiano musicMusiciansTheatersEntertainment eventsBusiness enterprises--DirectoriesVeale, Tinkham, 1884-1966LawyersMotion picture theatersMotion picture studiosJeffrey, Balfour S.Buildings--PlanningCommunity developmentUnbuilt architectural projectsCafeteriasTheaters--Design and constructionTheaters--LightingParsonagesSunday legislationTheaters--Stage-setting and sceneryMotion picture projection--Equipment and suppliesAlexander, AlAfrican American barbersBarbersBarbershopsTheaterPersonal narrativesKarlan, Charles A.CabinetmakersCarlson, Maude ButlerSilent film musicCatholicsIndustrial chimneysElectric power-plantsKansas Children's Service LeagueFoster home careDowntown business districtsWindowsAir conditioningBeauty contestsBeauty contestantsCatholic high schoolsHigh school buildingsHooper, G.L.Jencks, MauriceNorton, JosephineArchitects and buildersSanborn Map & Publishing Co.Fire insurance mapsMapsCentral business districts;BusinessmenKansas Power and Light Company;B filmsWestern filmsHemus, BerniceOrgan (Musical instrument)OrganistsBook industries and tradeStationery tradeNicoll, David T.Nicoll, Dorothy B.New YearAddis, Martha L.Women jewelersJewelersFormatPDFLanguageengIdentifierTSCPL_LH_SCHSB_1382 to TSCPL_LH_SCHSB_1455

SeriesBulletin of the Shawnee County Historical SocietyPlaceKansas Avenue Topeka, KSTopeka Avenue Topeka, KSTopeka, KS

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