Trego Co. Wilcox School among Heritage Trust grant recipients

Located south of WaKeeney on U.S. Highway 283 and Trego County Road X, Wilcox school was built of native limestone by early settlers in 1886.

Kansas State Historical Society

TOPEKA–At the regular quarterly meeting held at the Kansas Historical Society in Topeka on Saturday, February 14, a committee of the Kansas Historic Sites Board of Review made its recommendations for the 2015 round of Heritage Trust Fund (HTF) grants on February 14, 2015.

The board awarded $881,574 for 14 projects distributed across the state, including the Trego County Wilcox School. Forty-seven eligible applications were reviewed, requesting a total of $3,156,547 in funds.

As in previous years, the HTF program saw a large number of excellent applications, making the job of the review committee most difficult. As is usually the case, many applications focused on roofing, repair of historic windows, building stabilization, and masonry repair. The funded projects represent a diverse collection of properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places and/or the Register of Historic Kansas Places and located throughout Kansas. All awards
are contingent upon available funding.

County Property Award
Atchison Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum $ 46,080
Barton Historic Wolf Hotel $ 10,925
Butler Whitewater Falls Stock Farm $ 90,000
Butler Loomis Building $ 21,331
Cherokee Ritz Theater $ 90,000
Ellsworth Holyrood Santa Fe Depot $ 26,291
Franklin Wellsville Bank Building $ 90,000
Hodgeman County Courthouse $ 90,000
Lincoln Sylvan Grove Union Pacific Depot $ 41,500
Lyon Colonel H.C. & Susan Cross House $ 90,000
Marshall Frankfort Grade School $ 90,000
Marshall Waterville Opera $ 90,000
Morris Hays House $ 70,887
Trego Wilcox School – District 29 $ 34,560

Designation as a National Register of Historic Places or Register of Historic Kansas Places site does not require a property to be open to the public. However, many of these historic properties are available to the public or access may be available by appointment.

For more information on the Heritage Trust Fund program contact the State Historic Preservation Office, Kansas State Historical Society, Heritage Trust Fund Grants Manager, 6425 SW 6th Avenue, Topeka KS 66615; 785-272.8681, ext. 240.