2009 SCHS Annual Meeting — Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009
Sixth Avenue Ballroom, 117 W. 6th Ave., Topeka, Kansas, 66603, from 2-4 p.m.
    This event gave the SCHS members and friends an opportunity to share in the accomplishments of the SCHS throughout 2009 and served as the annual business meeting. The SCHS bulletin for2009 is a book chronicling the Elmhurst Neighborhood, therefore, our theme focused on Historic Neighborhoods in Topeka. Alan Bearman, Associate Professor of History at Washburn University, spoke about Charles Sheldon and his contributions to neighborhood development in historic Topeka neighborhoods in the early twentieth century.
    The program also include presentations from the Central Park Neighborhood and Ward Meade Neighborhood.

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2009 Preservation Awards — Sunday, May 17, 2009
Warehouse 414, 414 SE 2nd St., Topeka, 2 PM

The third annual joint awards for preservation of sites reflecting the history of Shawnee County were presented by the Shawnee County Historical Society and the Topeka Landmarks Commission.

Guest speaker was Ustaine Talley, president of The Prairie Heritage Institute, Inc. She has served as a Park Ranger for Brown vs. Board of Education, and spoke about various Kansans who have had an effect on history in Shawnee County. Douglass Wallace shared information about SCHS's newest Bulletin, Bungalow Homes for the Nation: The L.F.Garlinghouse Co. of Topeka, and SCHS web site manager Carol Yoho demonstrated features of the SCHS web site.

The City of Topeka Landmarks Commission is a volunteer citizen commission appointed by the City of Topeka to identify and acknowledge important historic landmarks in the City. Greg Allen , Vice Chair of the Landmarks Commission, honored these award recipients:

•  The Dibble Building, 121 SE 6th St., owned by Midwest Health Management, Inc., Jim Klausman, president .

•  The Curtis Cemetery, located in North Topeka just west of Topeka Boulevard at N.W. Harrison on the south side of Old Soldier Creek.

•  Frank Durein House, 726 SW Clay St., honoring the restoration work of Ted Mize and his late wife, Connie.

Carlton Scroggins , Shawnee County Historical Society President, honored these 2009 SCHS Preservation Award recipients:

•  Dibble Building, 121 SE 6th St., owned by Midwest Health Management, Inc., Jim Klausman, president . Michael Mead accepted the award for Midwest Health Management.

Originally built in 1917, housed the Dibble Grocery from 1917 to 1951. The Dibble family’s previous store, north of the river, was lost in the 1903 flood. They opened a store at 117 SE before constructing the building which is being recognized. Klausman, president and chief executive officer of Midwest Health Management Inc. in Topeka, and owner of the building for eight years, has renovated the building. Even though the front façade is updated, the Dibble “premium stamp” has been incorporated into a large design on the east side of the building facing Quincy Street.

•  Topeka Cemetery Association, Inc ., 1601 SE 10th Ave.; the Topeka Cemetery, owned by the City of Topeka, is celebrating their 150 th anniversary on Memorial Day, May 25. 2009.

The Topeka Cemetery is the oldest organized cemetery in Kansas. The Topeka Cemetery Association was formed 2 February 1859—2009 marks its 150 year anniversary. For many years, Topeka Cemetery was the burial place of the city's most notable citizens, and many of the older monuments and memorials stand in testament to that fact. "Mausoleum Row," a group of large family monuments, is on the National and Kansas registers of historic places.

•  West Union School, 210 SW West Union Road, owned by Stan and Theresa Langhofer; for adaptive use of Historic Property as a residence. Elizabeth Taylor accepted the award for the Langhofers.

The marked Oregon Trail is about ¼ mile northeast of the school.

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