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This plat shows the general plans for the Security Benefit Association's home and hospital grounds in Topeka, Kansas. The facility was located west of Sixth Avenue in Topeka, Kansas and was owned and operated by the fraternal organization. The 400-acre grounds consisted of a hospital, retirement home, children's home, school and greenhouse. In the 1950s the cooperative farm was abandoned when the company ceased to be a fraternal organization and became primarily a life insurance company know as Security Benefit Life. The land was eventually sold to the Menninger Foundation. Today, only a few structures are remaining.
Creator: Hare & Hare Landscape Archs & City Planners, Kansas City, MO
Date: 1921
Item Number: 221877
Call Number: Menninger Coll. #786, Box IR-17 SBA, Folder Security Benefit Association General Plan of Home and Hospital Grounds
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 221877
Collections - Manuscript
Community Life - Community services - Hospitals
Community Life - Community services - Nursing homes
Community Life - Community services - Welfare - Welfare facilities - Homes for the elderly
Community Life - Community services - Welfare - Welfare facilities - Orphanages
Community Life - Scenes and views
Date - 1920s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Map
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Type of Material - Maps
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