- City:
- Olathe, KS
- Site Type:
- Shelters, Civic Facilities, Parks and Recreation, Cemeteries
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1937
- Designer:
- Walt Huggins
- Contractor:
- Walt Huggins
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Shelter House/Chapel was constructed with native limestone in 1937 as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) project and renovated in 1984. The one-story, asymmetrical Mission-style chapel now houses the cemetery office. Oriented west, the building features an L-shaped footprint. The facade, located on the west elevation, has a parapet roof with a bell tower capped with brick trim. Two angel sculptures sit on each side of the bell tower. Two replacement doors are centered at this elevation. An opening with a replacement window also is located at the main elevation near the southwest corner of the chapel. An exterior chimney with bell tower cap is located at the gable wall of the south elevation, while a single opening with replacement door is located at the north elevation. Two original window openings are located at the east elevation; one appears resized while the other is obscured by vegetation. The roof is covered with asphalt shingles.
Source notes
https://www.kshs.org/resource/national_register/nominationsNRDB/JohnsonCounty_OlatheCemeteryNR.pdf
https://cemetery.olatheks.org/pdf/Tour-Guide.pdf
Site originally submitted by Douglass Halvorsen on February 14, 2018.
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