Leavenworth Riverfront Community Center

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Leavenworth Riverfront Community Center (the United States)
Location123 N. Esplanade St,
Leavenworth, Kansas, 66043 USA [1]
Coordinates 39°19′7″N94°54′33″W / 39.31861°N 94.90917°W / 39.31861; -94.90917
Built1888
Built byJames A. McGonigle
Architect Cobb and Frost
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival
Restored1988, 2014
NRHP reference No. 82002663 [2]
Added to NRHPMarch 11, 1987

Leavenworth Riverfront Community Center was a former Union Pacific railroad station located in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. [1] It is also known as the Old Union Depot when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1987. It is currently known as the Leavenworth Riverfront Community Center.

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History

It was built as a Union Pacific Railroad Depot in 1888 by James A. McGonigle, to a design by the Chicago architecture firm Cobb and Frost. [3]

In 1984, V.B. Greenamyre and Family sold the building to the city of Leavenworth. Using funds from a bond issue, the depot was renovated with a basketball gym, cardiovascular fitness room, weight and strength training room, racquetball courts, an indoor pool, activity rooms, meeting rooms and a 1/10-of a mile indoor walking track. The facility opened to the public in 1988, 100 years after its construction. [4]

A newer South Wing Room was remodeled in 2012. The facility's brick and sandstone exterior began renovations in 2014. The city of Leavenworth received a grant from the Kansas State Department of Transportation in 2010 to replace the sandstone [5]

Current facility

The Leavenworth Parks and Recreation Department staffs this facility and manages maintenance, room rentals and activity programs. [6] It is open Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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References

  1. 1 2 Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) details for Riverfront Community and Convention Center; United States Geological Survey (USGS); December 8, 2008.
  2. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. ↑ Potter, Janet Greenstein (1996). Great American Railroad Stations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 328. ISBN   978-0471143895.
  4. ↑ "Riverfront Community Center page". City of Leavenworth.
  5. ↑ ""Riverfront Community Center project awarded KDOT funds Aug. 13, 2010". The Leavenworth Times. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Riverfront Community Center Hours of Operation". City of Leavenworth.
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