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Commission endorses Dunbar School for listing on state and national historic registers
Summary
The City Commission unanimously supported a nomination to list the former Dunbar Elementary School on the Register of Historic Kansas Places and the National Register of Historic Places, after the Heritage Commission and the property owner urged recognition of the building’s historical and architectural significance.
The City Commission voted unanimously Jan. 27 to send a local-support resolution to the State Historic Preservation Office endorsing the nomination of the former Paul Laurence Dunbar School for listing on the Register of Historic Kansas Places and the National Register of Historic Places.
The nomination was prepared by the building’s owner, CKF Addiction Treatment, which bought the property in 2023 and is redeveloping the…
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