Lofts at 832: Kansas Preservation Alliance 2024 Medallion Award Winner

June 7, 2024

SWD Architects is excited to share that our historic restoration and adaptive reuse project, Lofts at 832, in Atchison, Kansas, has been recognized with the prestigious Kansas Preservation Alliance Awards For Excellence as a 2024 Medallion Award winner. This achievement highlights the successful completion of our project last year and our commitment to preserving architectural heritage.

Each year, the Kansas Preservation Alliance, Inc. recognizes exemplary efforts in historic preservation across the state of Kansas. The Kansas Preservation Alliance (KPA) solicited nominations from individuals and organizations throughout the state for its Awards of Excellence Program. The list is updated each year to generate recognition and support for the teams responsible for saving the places that matter to Kansans.

Lofts at 832 | Medallion Award
The A.J. Harwi Hardware Company Building was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. The four-story brick and timber building reflects the wholesale and warehouse businesses that operated in Atchison and is an excellent example of an early twentieth century commercial warehouse of mill construction. The building represents the apex of the A.J. Harwi Hardware Company, considered one of the significant jobbing businesses in the turn-of-the-twentieth century Atchison.

The recent adaptive reuse and rehabilitation retained the building’s historic character and defining features while constructing 41 loft-style apartments and tenant amenity space. The exterior work consisted of restoring the brick and stone and installing new aluminum historic replica windows and storefront. The interior work conveyed the building’s utilitarian character by retaining the historic heavy timber columns, beams and ceilings, along with the exposed brick perimeter walls.

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