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Posted on Sat, Nov. 07, 2009 10:15 PM
ARCHITECTURE A-Z
R is for Joseph W. Radotinsky
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Radotinsky, Joseph W.
The son of Hungarian immigrants, Radotinsky (1902-1983) served as Kansas state architect under three governors (in the 1930s) and designed some of the most enduring buildings in Wyandotte County. Among his projects: five high schools (Argentine, Sumner, Turner, Washington and Wyandotte), the Memorial Hall auditorium, the old federal courthouse and the Agricultural Hall of Fame. He planned school buildings and hospitals throughout the Midwest. On the Missouri side of the metro area, he designed St. Andrews Episcopal Church (above) and the American Hereford Association building (now HNTB headquarters; below), a 1951 building, which historian George Ehrlich applauded as “a clear break from the masonry conservatism of many post-war buildings.” Radotinsky owned a Hereford ranch in Wyandotte County, and, in a curious bit of history, in 1962 he was bound and gagged at the farmhouse by three prison escapees from Leavenworth who had holed up there.
The son of Hungarian immigrants, Radotinsky (1902-1983) served as Kansas state architect under three governors (in the 1930s) and designed some of the most enduring buildings in Wyandotte County. Among his projects: five high schools (Argentine, Sumner, Turner, Washington and Wyandotte), the Memorial Hall auditorium, the old federal courthouse and the Agricultural Hall of Fame. He planned school buildings and hospitals throughout the Midwest. On the Missouri side of the metro area, he designed St. Andrews Episcopal Church (above) and the American Hereford Association building (now HNTB headquarters; below), a 1951 building, which historian George Ehrlich applauded as “a clear break from the masonry conservatism of many post-war buildings.” Radotinsky owned a Hereford ranch in Wyandotte County, and, in a curious bit of history, in 1962 he was bound and gagged at the farmhouse by three prison escapees from Leavenworth who had holed up there.
Rice-Tremonti House
■ i This Gothic Revival farmhouse at 8801 E. 66th St., Raytown, said to be the oldest extant frame house in Jackson County, dates to the 1840s. It served as a way station on the Santa Fe, Oregon and California trails. For the last two decades, the home has been operated as a museum by a preservation group ever in search of upkeep funds: www.rice-tremonti.com.
■ i This Gothic Revival farmhouse at 8801 E. 66th St., Raytown, said to be the oldest extant frame house in Jackson County, dates to the 1840s. It served as a way station on the Santa Fe, Oregon and California trails. For the last two decades, the home has been operated as a museum by a preservation group ever in search of upkeep funds: www.rice-tremonti.com.
Rogers, J.C.
A banker and dreamer from Wamego, Kan., Rogers (d. 1913) is best known for buying several buildings from the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893 in Chicago and rebuilding or storing their pieces in Kansas City. The fair’s Wisconsin Building, for example, once stood at Seventh Street and Grand Boulevard and operated as a men’s club. Many artifacts Rogers bought at the fair ended up in the historic Columbian Theater in Wamego.
A banker and dreamer from Wamego, Kan., Rogers (d. 1913) is best known for buying several buildings from the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893 in Chicago and rebuilding or storing their pieces in Kansas City. The fair’s Wisconsin Building, for example, once stood at Seventh Street and Grand Boulevard and operated as a men’s club. Many artifacts Rogers bought at the fair ended up in the historic Columbian Theater in Wamego.
Row houses
Often cited as a rare remaining example of the form, these attached houses at 34th and Main streets went up in 1887-88 during one of the city’s great building booms. The bays, contrasting textures of brick and limestone and asymmetrical arrays of other details put the building squarely in the Queen Anne style.
Often cited as a rare remaining example of the form, these attached houses at 34th and Main streets went up in 1887-88 during one of the city’s great building booms. The bays, contrasting textures of brick and limestone and asymmetrical arrays of other details put the building squarely in the Queen Anne style.
Sources: Kansas City Landmarks Commission; The Kansas City Star; “Kansas City, Missouri: An Architectural History, 1826-1990,” by George Ehrlich; Carol Cook, Topeka.
Steve Paul, senior writer and arts editor, 816-234-4762, paul@kcstar.com.
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