TOPEKA, KS—The Kansas Historical Society Board of Review has voted to list four properties in the Register of Historic Kansas Places and to forward 14 nominations to the office of the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.  If they concur with the board’s findings, the properties will be included in the National Register.

One of the nominated properties is the Union National Bank building in Wichita, site of the historic 1958 Dockum Drug Store sit-in by young African Americans protesting discriminatory policies.

Two area residents serve on the KSHS Board of Review:  Craig Crosswhite, Ness City, Chair and Leo Oliva, Stockton.

The National Register of Historic Places is the country’s official list of historically significant properties.