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Wednesday, August 24,1977
University Daily Kansan
Homes pass test of time
Stone spans the centuries
By LYNN BONNEY KIRKMAN
Staff Writer
When Kansas settlers began to establish permanent communities more than 100 years ago, they used native wood and limestone as building materials. Although limestone was the most common today, many 19th century limestone buildings are still in use throughout the state.
According to David Grisfe, a researcher at the Kansas Geological Survey, limestone's properties are still holding their own against more modern building alter-
Limestone is durable, requires little maintenance and has energy-conserving properties that make it a favorite.
Line drawing by WALTER R. WRIGHT
building material today as it was a century ago. Grisfa said.
"When we have a long hot spell, the stone gets warm," she said. "But most days when it's hot out, it's cool when you step into the house."
"STONE DOESN'T NEED staining,
painting or shingling," Grisela said, "and stone buildings are usually insulated as well as or better than structures built with
Mrs. Hanna said the 15-inch thick walls of her home offered protection from heat and cold. The home has been furred—that is, a small air space was left between the outer limestone wall and the inside wall where the windows were placed. The air serves as additional insulation.
THE LIMESTONE HOME of Clay and Margaret Sutton at B72 Tennessee SL. was built about 115 years ago. A wood addition to the design of the house was completed shortly after 1912.
Grisafis has written a booklet "Kansas Building Limestone," which discusses the role limestone has played in Kansas history and development of the land, structure, and description of limestone in the state.
Mrs. Hove Hanna has lived in her limestone house at 800 Louisiana SL, since 1932. The house was built in 1864. She said the house is most of the year, even during the summer.
Because of this addition, the Suttons have been able to compare the difference between stone and wood. The front of the house has more windows than his summer than the back, Mrs. Sutton said.
"The house is very solid," she said, "and it is very energy efficient. The insulation is good."
Haskell Indian college reflects heritage in classroom activities
Classes taught in Indian heritage and history, combined with traditional skills, are among the things students receive at Hassell Indian high school.
Haskell's $25-acre campus, a national landmark, is located southwest of Kansas University on Hwy. K-10.
The college is one of two federally funded junior colleges in the United States set up for Americans of Indian descent.
One of the school's traditional activities is an annual pow-wow, with Indian consumes, dancing and tepeeers. In the past, the pow-wow was part of the tradition.
The college is equipped with a 10,000-seat football stadium, a student union, tennis and basketball courts, an auditorium, a church and many recreational facilities.
WHEN COMPARED with KU, Haskell seems small in physical facilities, area and curriculum, but comparisons are unfair because of the different goals and missions of the two schools, Galluzzi has said.
our unenlistment thing is the number of public, well-advertised notions that to unenlisted are unattended by KU," Gallucci said.
According to Gallucci, Haskell's facilities are comparable to other junior colleges.
In past years, efforts by Haskell administrators to balance course offerings have resulted in an expanded liberal arts and humanities program. Previously, Haskell was primarily vocation-technical college.
Founded in 1884, Haskell originally taught only first through fifth grades. It changed to a post high school in 1962 and the last high school class was graduated in 1965. State accreditation occurred in 1970, and since then the college has expanded.
WE HAVE TRIED to achieve a balanced program." Gallucci has said, "We want students to have the option of going either way."
Haskell is administered by a federal Board of Regents from within the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Although it is publicly financed,
nassent is more like a private institution than KU in its enrollment and funding.
About 1,000 students are enrolled at Haskell, most of them from reservations in the north-central and midwestern parts of the
Students are not classified as in-state and out-of-state because of the technology, Tuition, books, and room and board are provided students.
The bulletin also stated that any Haskell student must be at least one-quarter Indian blood and be eligible for BIA benefits.
ACCORDING TO A college bulletin, the junior college was established to provide government to partially fulfill treaty obligations of the United States to Japan.
Gallucci said that Haskell students had pride in both the college activities and their heritage.
"Haskell is a story of men and women whose roots are truly American." the bulletin said.
Haskell has been virtually ignored by KU, Galluzzi said.
A 1973 Kansas poll showed that Haskell students perceived KU students as 'rich, upper class smoobs'. The poll also showed that Haskell felt it was overlooked by most segments of the Lawrence community.
FORMER HASKELL students have said that there was little interaction between KU and the Indian students, although there was more contact between the institutions in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
One Haskell student, Ron Tobelt, has said the reasons a Haskell student and a KU student attended college are fundamentally off-
To an Indian, he said, a college education meant the possibility of escaping the reservation or of being able to contribute something to the community.
In contrast, a college education to a KU student is more or less automatic, Tebet said.
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"Labor costs are more expensive that the material itself," Grisfea said. "The real savings of using stone begin offsetting the initial cost once the house or building is built."
According to Grisfe, a limestone house will be more expensive initially than a house built with conventional materials, but limestone pays off in the long run.
Mrs. Sutton said, "Our heating costs during the winter were very reasonable and during this hot weather we can close the windows and keep the house is comfortable when we come home."
Grisaf said that heat transfer was greater through limestone than through wood for a given thickness. Wood exterior, however, are usually thin compared with stone exterior. In view of potential fuel shortages and acid rain, it is important that stone's properties of energy conservation make it an attractive building material for modern consideration.
Grisafe said that it would cost a homebuyer $3,000 to have an all-stone exterior around a 3-bedroom ranch-style home. Of the $3,000, approximated by the cost of the stone and the remaining $3,000 (60 per cent) would be for the cost of construction.
A STONEMASON CHARGES more than a general contractor using wood or a brick-mason building with conventional brick, Grisafle said, because stone is more irregularly shaped and is harder to work with than other materials.
Watkins Museum reflects the history of Lawrence; it's a history all by itself
An exhibit of nineteenth century folk architecture of the central Great Plains will open in September in Watkins Community Museum, 1047 Massachusetts St.
September in Waukee Community museum, 10 Massachusetts Ave.
The exhibit will contain numerous artifacts from the pioneer days at the turn of the century.
The exhibit, which is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the University of Kansas, will stress the resourceful creativity of area settlers, from sod houses to ingenuous use of indigenous stone.
Ann Claussen, museum director, said the exhibit would be shown on the third floor of the museum. It is part of a series of changing displays concerning history as applied to the area.
Clausen said many displays for the exhibitions were to be furnished by track-reel exhibits. He also installed a 1920 Milburn electric car and two bank vaults, each with hand-painted scenes on the door.
Also on display is a large doll house built around 1878 by Isaac Newton Van Hoeson, for his two daughters, Van Hoseon was the mayor of Lawrence.
Clausen said that she considered the history of the building as interesting as many of its exhibits.
J. B. Wattins, owner and president of the bank, was a native of Illinois. He owned a mortgage company on the bank's third floor and had a small, secluded room in the attic.
She said the building, originally the Watkins National Bank, was completed in 1888 at a cost of $100,000. It was said to be the most magnificent building west of the Mississippi river.
The building contains eight varieties of marble and has three stained glass windows. Numerous examples of detailed craftsmanship are evident throughout the structure, Chimney, Bannister, Window, Mirror, Gates.
When Watkins died in the late 1920s, his wife, Elizabeth Mattkins, donated the building to the city of Lawrence. The bank had previously merged with another city bank.
outlining to the city or Lawrencet. The Bank徙移彼前 they got another city office.
The building was used by the city, Clausen said, until 1910 when the city moved its offices to
renovate the building, Claiborne said.
At an estimated cost of $200,000, since what it had originally cost, the building was restored to meet the needs of the Working Community Museum.
In 1973, local groups and interested citizens banded together to raise enough money to renovate the building. Clausen said.
Clausen said that a collection of historical items from 43 years were moved to the building from storage in the basement of the police station.
from South George in the deposition of the police station. In the fall of 1875, the museum opened. It is now, according to Clausen, operated by the Douglas County Historical Society and receives about 40 per cent of its funding from county mill levies.
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