The Lawrence Preservation Alliance and the Lawrence NAACP Branch present a ten-block guided walking tour through the neighborhood bordered by 12th and 14th streets and Connecticut and Pennsylvania. The tour will feature three short history presentations in front of the following Lawrence NAACP (1921) Founder Homes: 1325 Pennsylvania, 1333 New York, and 1230 Connecticut. The tour will include contextual insights into this historic neighborhood that was largely populated by Black residents in the 1920s.
Featured Lawrence NAACP Founders: Doctor Frederick Harvey, John and Gertrude Clark, and the Hamilton family. The tour will begin at the SE corner of 12th and Connecticut and end at 1230 Connecticut.
Sunday, November 5
Rain date (if needed) November 12
Time: 1:30 to 3pm.
Tickets: $10 per person.
Space is limited! We can accommodate 20 guests per tour.