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 Knights of Columbus Hall - Leavenworth, Kansas Posted by:  iconions
N 39° 19.085 W 094° 54.818
15S E 335033 N 4353821
This marker is located at the southeast corner of 4th and Delaware, in Leavenworth, Kansas.
Waymark Code: WMF59Q
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 08/25/2012
Views: 4
Building Date: c. 1882; c. 1945
Style: MODERN MOVEMENT
Functional Use/Type COMMERCIAL/Specialty Shop/SOCIAL: Meeting Hall
Occupying a corner lot, this three-story building has a corner entrance that is canted at both stories. The facade of this late 19th century building was significantly altered in the twentieth century. The three story building appears to have two stories divided into four horizontal planes through the use of brick stringcourses and by alternating different colors of brick and large, cast stone tiles. The storefront facade has large, ochre-colored, cast stone tiles while the second-story facade is primarily buff-colored brick. Above the first-story windows, a stringcourse spans the facades on Fourth and Delaware streets. The stringcourse surrounds a band of ochre-colored cast stone that delineates the rectangular aluminum windows that are set into both facades. A stringcourse also forms the coping of the parapet. Midway in the Fourth Street facade, a vertical rectangular brick wall projects 1 1/2-stories above the roof. Commercial storefronts occupy the first story and are divided into three bays on the Delaware Street facade.
This building has retained its materials, size, scale and massing from the c.1945 alterations that have achieved significance as a historic alteration. This building has a high degree of integrity and contributes to the District.
- National Register Application
Marker Name: Knights of Columbus Hall
Marker Type: Other (Please identify in marker text)
Marker text:
This marker is located on the wall of the Knights of Columbus Hall at the Southeast corner of 4th and Delaware.
Land for the building was purchased from the U.S. Government in 1857 by William H. Russell of Lafayette County, Missouri. The building was built in 1873 by James A. McGonigle for Francis Fitzwilliam. It was financed through the German Bank of Leavenworth. The cost of the building was 12,000 dollars.
The local chapter No. 900 of the Knights of Columbus was formed in 1904. It was a fraternal & charitable organization for Catholic men.
Leavenworth County Historical Society 1988
Marker Location: Leavenworth
Year Marker Placed: 01/01/1988
Name of agency setting marker: Other (Please identify in marker text)
Official Marker Number: Not listed
Marker Web Address: Not listed
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