For our Winter 2022 Preservation in Progress Awards, LPA digs into a very interesting but sometimes unnoticed corner of city history, applauds a rehab/new addition project that saves a historic residential property from demolition, and shines a light on a sweet and thoughtful rehabilitation of an old, detached garage.
Read MoreJoin us for a special opportunity to view Ima I. Smith Hall, home of the Department of Religious Studies, a Modern Movement treasure at the University of Kansas that was built in 1967. KU is currently vacating the building and its future is unknown.
All are welcome.
Read MoreTurnhalle is coming back! After being shuttered from public use for the past nine years, this landmark German-American community building, built by the Lawrence Turnverein in 1869, is beginning a major rehabilitation project.
Read MorePlease join us to help celebrate the recent completion of a comprehensive rehabilitation of this 1870 gable-front National Folk style house by LPA board member Pat Watkins. Located one door south of the Castle Tea Room, this house has been vacant since 2006, but has now been brought back from death’s doorstep by Pat and a trusted group of contractors, including Kyle Weiland of Stonehouse Construction.
Read MoreThe Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council has obtained funding to prepare a Rural Preservation Plan for Douglas County.
Read MoreOn Sunday, September 18th at 1:30pm, the Lawrence Preservation Alliance will hold its annual meeting of membership at the restored Union Pacific Depot (402 N 2nd Street).
Read MoreFor our Summer 2022 Preservation in Progress Awards, LPA welcomes back an old friend, salutes a daring whole house rescue and recognizes a long-term effort by a local couple to care for an iconic historic Lawrence property.
Read MoreThe Lawrence Preservation Alliance is proud to partner with historic homeowners from across our city to showcase curiosities found in the process of rehabilitating Lawrence’s historic homes. Explore a bounty of late 19th and early 20th century treasures, once lost, now found, and on display for your enjoyment in the CDC. Libations on sale, donations encouraged!
Read MoreLPA Announces Structure & Story event in partnership with the Watkins Museum of History and Civil War on the Border.
Read MoreLPA Members! This is your chance to shine! Drop by to share curiosities you’ve uncovered in your basement, attic, or walls while renovating your historic property, and they may be selected for display in the upcoming, “Lost and Found: Curiosities from Lawrence’s Historic Properties” exhibit taking place in late August. All curiosities considered. The weirder, the better! Please be sure to bring the address of the Lawrence property where your curiosity was found, the year the property was built, and a short story about the curiosity that we can use in the display (these can be written down, or we’re happy to transcribe in person). We’ll have drinks and bites to keep you smiling while you bring your curiosities by for consideration! All curiosities selected for display will be returned to their owners by the first day of September.
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