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KPL Tecumseh Plant
Artist
Charles Leroy Marshall Sr.
(United States, 1905 - 1992)
Date1963
MediumWatercolor with graphite on paper
DimensionsIMAGE/SHEET: 14 7/8 x 20 7/8 in. (378 x 531 mm)
Object TypeDrawings
Credit LineKSU, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, gift of Charles L. Marshall, Sr., presented by Maybelle M. Scheetz
Object number2005.142
On View
Not on viewThe Tecumseh Energy Center was the original home of Kansas Power and Light when it was founded in 1924. A feat of architecture, engineering, and energy technology, the plant today draws the attention of environmentalists and health professionals concerned about the impact of coal energy plants.
Charles Marshall earned his degree in architecture from Kansas State Agricultural College in 1927 and, after a stint in the United States War Department during World War II, served as Kansas’s State Architect from 1945 to 1952. He painted as well and served as head of the Topeka Art Guild and president of the Kansas State Federation of Art. K-State Libraries and this museum hold much of Marshall’s art and correspondence.
Charles Marshall earned his degree in architecture from Kansas State Agricultural College in 1927 and, after a stint in the United States War Department during World War II, served as Kansas’s State Architect from 1945 to 1952. He painted as well and served as head of the Topeka Art Guild and president of the Kansas State Federation of Art. K-State Libraries and this museum hold much of Marshall’s art and correspondence.
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