Kansas Governor's Mansion
The Kansas Governor's Residence, also known as Cedar Crest, is the official residence of the List of governors of Kansas, governor of Kansas. Built in 1928 and bequeathed to the state in 1955, it became the governor's residence in 1962. History Kansas did not have an official governor's residence until 1901 when the state bought 801 Buchanan Street (a house originally built in 1887). The property was auctioned off in 1963, and the building was demolished in 1964. Portions of the building including bay windows, an oak staircase and balcony were incorporated in the downtown Ramada Inn, which was built in another part of Topeka in 1964. Cedar Crest is on a hilltop on the west side of Topeka overlooking the Kansas River, and was designed by the architectural firm of Wight and Wight in 1928 for ''Topeka State Journal'' and ''Emporia News'' newspaper publisher Frank P. MacLennan. MacLennan died in 1933; when his widow died in 1955, she bequeathed ''Cedar Crest'' to the state of Kansa ...
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Topeka, Kansas
Topeka ( ; Kansa: ; iow, Dópikˀe, script=Latn or ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 126,587. The Topeka metropolitan statistical area, which includes Shawnee, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, and Wabaunsee Counties, had a population of 233,870 in the 2010 census. The name "Topeka" is a Kansa-Osage word that means "place where we dig potatoes", or "a good place to dig potatoes". As a placename, Topeka was first recorded in 1826 as the Kansa name for what is now called the Kansas River. Topeka's founders chose the name in 1855 because it "was novel, of Indian origin, and euphonious of sound."King, Dick (20 Nov. 2005)Topeka' rooted in spuds". ''Topeka Capital-Journal'' Mixed-blood Kaw people, Kansa Native American, Joseph James, called Jojim, is cred ...
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