Our History

Carrothers Construction Company was originally established in 1921 as Carrothers Brothers Construction by H. H. and John Carrothers in Topeka, Kansas. By 1923 the name had been changed to Carrothers Construction Company and became a Charter Member of The Kansas Contractors Association and has maintained its membership ever since.

Over its 100-year history, Carrothers Construction has built a wide array of projects, many of which with historic significance. The original football stadium at the University of Missouri-Columbia, many of the art-deco trestle bridges in and around Kansas City’s Swope Park, and many of the original historic landmark buildings throughout the Midwest and especially in Kansas City are a small sampling of projects built by Carrothers Construction.

Throughout its long history, however, what Carrothers really became known for and excelled at on a national level was its ability to construct extremely difficult and challenging water treatment and wastewater treatment facilities. From the swamplands of the Gulf Coast to the snowcapped Rocky Mountains and all points in between, Carrothers has built hundreds of water treatment facilities, many of which are still fully operational and in use.

Today, Carrothers has taken its 100 years of experience in building water treatment facilities and incorporated them into building high end, large scale, state-of-the-art Aquatic Centers for municipalities and communities throughout the Midwest. Carrothers has leveraged over a century of experience in constructing water treatment facilities to become a leader in developing high-end, large-scale, state-of-the-art aquatic centers for municipalities and communities across the Midwest. While our documented history of building water treatment facilities dates back to our founding in 1921, the exact timeline of our entry into municipal pool construction is less clear due to incomplete records prior to 1945. However, during the construction of a new aquatic center for the City of Wellington, Kansas in 1996, we discovered a commemorative plaque on the original bathhouse dated 1938, identifying Carrothers Construction as the contractor. This finding confirms our longstanding history in pool construction dating back at least that far. 

Carrothers corporate motto of “Building water projects since 1921” (and swimming pools since at least 1938!) still holds true today and will for years to come!