
History
The Kansas Ave Lofts building sits on the site of the first log cabin built in Topeka and where the town charter was written. The cabin burned to the ground a few days later.
Seymour Foods Inc. Buys Warehouse
From 1959 to 1989, Seymour Foods operates an egg processing and office at the location. To facilitate the industrial use, most windows are blocked in. To seal the porous brick it is covered with stucco. From 1989 - 2015 the building continued to be used by Seymours for general storage.
Kansas Ave Lofts
In 2015, Mike and Maria Wilson purchase the building with the intent to create loft apartments. By late 2017, the Wilsons are joined by partners Patti Mellard, Mike Tindell, Nathan Tindell, and Keith Sowards to execute the task of turning the historic building into 33 loft apartments, with indoor parking, and obtaining National Park Service designation as a historic building. The first Loft tenants moved in January 1, 2019.