Menno Community Hall

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Menno Community Hall
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LocationNE4, NE4, NE4, NE4, S. 15, T. 26S, R. 49W, near Kendall, Hamilton County, Kansas
Coordinates 37°47′40″N101°33′50″W / 37.79444°N 101.56389°W / 37.79444; -101.56389
Arealess than one acre
Built1936-1937
ArchitectBlanchard, Howard T.
Architectural style WPA Rustic
MPS New Deal-Era Resources of Kansas MPS
NRHP reference No. 02001700 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 25, 2003

Menno Community Hall, near Kendall, Kansas was built during 1936-1937 as a Works Progress Administration project. [2] [3] [4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. [1] It was designed by Howard T. Blanchard of Garden City, Kansas in WPA Rustic architecture. [5] [6]

It was built of local brown limestone walls upon a concrete foundation. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Menno (Hamilton County, Kansas): Community Profile". roadsidethoughts.com.
  3. "Menno Cemetery, a Kendall, Kansas Cemetery". www.funerals360.com.
  4. "LandmarkHunter.com | Hamilton County, Kansas". landmarkhunter.com.
  5. 1 2 Heather O'Hara and Emilie Hagen (2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Menno Community Hall / 075-0000-0015". National Park Service . Retrieved August 12, 2017. With nine photos from 2001-2002
  6. "Menno Community Hall in Kendall, Kansas | Historic Places". Historicplaces.net. Retrieved May 1, 2020.