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KPL Tecumseh Plant
KPL Tecumseh Plant

KPL Tecumseh Plant

Artist (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 view
Description
The 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.
Exhibitions
Old Morrell's Packing Plant Topeka
Charles Leroy Marshall Sr.
1958
2003.135
Rocky Ford Plant #1 Manhattan Ks.
Charles Leroy Marshall Sr.
1925
2005.58
Farm Buildings East of Topeka Kansas River Bottom
Charles Leroy Marshall Sr.
1955
2005.119
Across the Tracks, Topeka
Charles Leroy Marshall Sr.
1942
2003.104
Area Around Taos, New Mexico
Charles Leroy Marshall Sr.
1940
2003.107
Farm Bldgs. In the Missouri Hills
Charles Leroy Marshall Sr.
1974
2003.108
Bend in the Kaw East of Topeka
Charles Leroy Marshall Sr.
1949
2003.109
Bridge Across Stream Near Albany, N.Y.
Charles Leroy Marshall Sr.
1932
2003.110
Buffalo Mound
Charles Leroy Marshall Sr.
1975
2003.111
Cabin Interior
Charles Leroy Marshall Sr.
1937
2003.112
City Pier, Albany, N.Y.
Charles Leroy Marshall Sr.
1930
2003.113