Kearny County Courthouse – Lakin KS

City:
Lakin, KS

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Courthouses (State & Local)

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Started:
1938

Completed:
1939

Designers:
C. F. Boucher, H. G. Overend

Contractor:
A. W. Soderberg Construction Co.

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

Designed by Overend and Boucher of Wichita, the historic Kearny County Courthouse in Lakin, Kansas was constructed in 1938-9 as a Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works (a.k.a. Public Works Administration—PWA) project, one of several P.W.A. county courthouses in Kansas.

The P.W.A. supplied a $31,950 grant for the project, whose total cost was $71,067.

P.W.A. Docket No. Kansas 1194-F

Source notes

Cornerstone

National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 167.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 5, 2018.

Location Info


304 N Main St.
Lakin, KS 67860
Kearny County

Coordinates: 37.942769, -101.256057

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