LPA Requests Assistance to Help Save Smith Hall
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As we have reported previously, Smith Hall on the campus of the University of Kansas is in danger of being demolished and we need your help to save it!
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LPA Announces Winter 2022 Preservation in Progress Awards
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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 MoreLPA partners with Lawrence Modern and Historic Mount Oread Friends to host Endangered Smith Hall Open House
/Join 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 MoreChanges abound at the Turnhalle!
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Turnhalle 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 MoreLPA Announces Old House Warming at 1313 Massachusetts Street
/Please 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 MoreDouglas County Heritage Conservation Council to host information gathering session for Rural Preservation Plan
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The Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council has obtained funding to prepare a Rural Preservation Plan for Douglas County.
Read MoreLPA invites members to 2022 annual meeting
/On 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 MoreLPA Announces Summer 2022 Preservation in Progress Awards
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For 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 MoreLPA Announces Final Friday Exhibit in Partnership with Cellar Door Cafe Cellar
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The 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: The Robert H. Miller House
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LPA Announces Structure & Story event in partnership with the Watkins Museum of History and Civil War on the Border.
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