Historic Tax Credits
Historic Tax Credits are an essential tool for feasible rehabilitation of historic properties. The federal program provides an income-tax credit equal to 20 percent of qualified rehabilitation expenditures on income-producing properties (4% per year for 5 years). The Kansas state program provides a tax credit equal to 25 percent of qualified expenditures.
Spencer Preservation is typically a member of the design team, conducting design review of proposed improvements to ensure that the design is consistent with the Secretary of Interior’s Standards and providing technical assistance regarding appropriate treatments for necessary repairs.
Spencer prepares the applications for federal and state Historic Tax Credits and serves as the liaison with the State Historic Preservation Office and the National Park Service.
Many projects combine historic tax credits with other incentives such as Transportation Enhancement Grants, Heritage Trust Fund Grants, or Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. Spencer Preservation’s expertise can add value to your rehabilitation project through coordination with team members and officials and simplifying the application and approval process.
A listing of Spencer Preservation-supported rehabilitation projects using federal and/or state historic tax credits include the following. Projects are in Kansas unless otherwise noted.
A&P Grocery, Hiawatha
ATSF Motive Power Building, Topeka
Anderson Memorial Library Building, Emporia
Avalon Apartments, Manhattan
Baldwin Motor Co. Building, Emporia
Baltimore Hotel, Wichita
Belleville High School, Belleville
Bown-Corby School, Marion
Artillery Band Barracks, Building #406, Fort Riley
Building #61 (Residence), NHDVS (VA), Leavenworth
Brown Café Building, Hiawatha
Brown Building, Wichita
Burt Building, Hutchinson
Carnegie Library, Lincoln
Carnegie Library Building, Emporia
Carr Hall, Building 45, Fort Riley
Casson Building, Topeka
Chaplain’s Residence, NHDVS (VA), Leavenworth
Circle Apartments, Kansas City, MO
Commodore Hotel, Wichita
Community House, Manhattan
Cowie Electric Company Buildings, Wichita
Curtis Junior High School, Topeka (2 projects 2002, 2020)
Deluxe Confectionary, Junction City
Dillon House, Topeka
Domiciliary Buildings #1,2,3 & 4, NHDVS (VA), Leavenworth
Domiciliary #6,7,8,9,14, NHDVS (VA), Leavenworth
Eastwood Apartments, Wichita
ElDorado National Bank, El Dorado
Ellsworth Apartments, Kansas City, MO
Ellsworth County Courthouse, Ellsworth
Emporia Municipal Building/City Hall, Emporia
European Hotel, Hutchinson
Fairmount Apartments, Wichita
Farmers & Bankers Building, Wichita
Fire Station No. 2, Topeka
First Presbyterian Church, Wilson
Fort Riley Main Post, 103 historic homes
Gold Dust Hotel, Fredonia
Grandview Apartments, Wichita
Grant Junior High School, Goodland
Hamilton Residence, Topeka
Hastings Brewery and Bottling Works, Hastings, NE
Higginbotham Building, Manhattan
J.Arch Butts Packard Building, Wichita
Joseph Heptig Barn, Pottawatomie County
Junction City Opera House, Junction City
Kessler Apartments, Kansas City, MO
Knightly’s Garage/Broadway Auto Park, Wichita
Kimmerle Building, Wichita
Lahn Building, Wichita
Levit Building, Wilson
Limerick Building, Alma
Lincoln Carnegie Library, Lincoln, KS
Maine Apartments, Kansas City, MO
Manweiler Chevrolet, Hoisington
Maples Apartments, Kansas City, MO
Maryland Apartments, Kansas City, MO
McMahon Apartments, Kansas City, MO
Mess Hall - Veterans Administration Building 19, NHDVS (VA), Leavenworth
Michelson Building, Kansas City, MO
Midland Hotel, Wilson
Missouri Apartments, Kansas City, MO
National Bank of America Building, Salina
New England Apartments, Kansas City, MO
North American (Osage) Hotel, Ottawa
Norton Apartments, Salina
Orpheum Office Building, Wichita
Orville Huntress Building, Manhattan
Osage Hotel, Arkansas City
Parkview Apartments, Kansas City, MO
Pegues Department Store, Hutchinson
Petroleum Building, Wichita
Renfro Hotel, Wichita
Rewinkle Hall, Winfield
Riley-Holden Building, Wichita
S. Kansas Avenue Apartments and Duplex, Wichita
St. Thomas Hospital, Colby
Sally Ann Apartments, Tulsa, OK
Santa Fe Hospital, Topeka
Seven Dolors Catholic Church, Manhattan
Shankman Building, Kansas City, MO
Smith Building (Manhattan Brewing Company), Manhattan
Stingley & Co. Hardware Building, Manhattan
Suhm Building, Wichita
Teague-Nelson Building, Salina
Union Implement Building, Independence, KS
Old Union National Bank Building, Manhattan, KS
Virginia Apartments, Kansas City, MO
W.H. Gaiser Carriage Works, Wichita
Washington School, Independence
Westside IOOF, Wichita
Wheeler-Benignus Paint Co. Building, Wichita
Wilson Grade School, Wilson
Winfield Grocery Building, Wichita
Winfield National Bank Building, Winfield
Woodson Hotel, Yates Center
YMCA/St. Mary’s Hospital (Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity), Manhattan
Yingling Brothers Auto Co., El Dorado