Leavenworth Riverfront Community Center was a former
Union Pacific railroad station located in
Leavenworth, Kansas
Leavenworth () is the county seat and largest city of Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 37,351. It is located on the west bank of t ...
, United States.
It is also known as the Old Union Depot when it was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1987. It is currently known as the Leavenworth Riverfront Community Center.
History
It was built as a
Union Pacific Railroad Depot in 1888 by James A. McGonigle, to a design by the Chicago architecture firm
Cobb and Frost.
In 1984, V.B. Greenamyre and Family sold the building to the city of Leavenworth. Using funds from a bond issue, the depot was renovated with a basketball gym, cardiovascular fitness room, weight and strength training room, racquetball courts, an indoor pool, activity rooms, meeting rooms and a 1/10-of a mile indoor walking track. The facility opened to the public in 1988, 100 years after its construction.
A newer South Wing Room was remodeled in 2012. The facility's brick and sandstone exterior began renovations in 2014. The city of Leavenworth received a grant from the
Kansas State Department of Transportation in 2010 to replace the sandstone
Current facility
The Leavenworth Parks and Recreation Department staffs this facility and manages maintenance, room rentals and activity programs.
It is open Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Gallery
File:RCC-union history text on plaque.jpg, Historical plaque on the Riverfront Community Center
File:Leavenworth Riverfront Community Center (front).jpg
File:Women's Waiting Room.JPG
File:Leavenworth Riverfront Community Center (2015).JPG
File:Leavenworth Riverfront Community Center (2015 exterior).JPG
See also
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Further reading
* ''History of Leavenworth County Kansas''; Jesse Hall and LeRoy Hand; Historical Publishing; 684 pages; 1921.
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References
External links
Riverfront Community Center
city of Leavenworth
Leavenworth City Map
KDOT
;Historical
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* {{NRHP url, id=82002663, title=Old Union Depot NRHP Photos (1.1MB PDF), photos=y
Leavenworth County Historical Society
Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas
National Register of Historic Places in Leavenworth County, Kansas
Transportation in Leavenworth County, Kansas
Former Union Pacific Railroad stations
Former Missouri Pacific Railroad stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1888
Romanesque Revival architecture in Kansas
Community centers in the United States
Former railway stations in Kansas
1888 establishments in Kansas