Lawrence – Page 3 – Kansas Preservation Alliance

Awards of Excellence:
Castle Tea Room

Year(s) Listed: • 2009 | City/Town: • Lawrence

The Castle Tea Room Project in Lawrence received a Rehabilitation Medallion Award. Built in 1894, the building was threatened when it was purchased by Libuse Kriz-Fiorito in the 1940s. It was rehabilitated by the Libuse Kriz-Fiorito Historic Foundation.

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Lawrence Post Office

Year(s) Listed: • 2004 | City/Town: • Lawrence

The News Center The Lawrence U.S. Post Office was built in 1906. The building served as the Lawrence post office until 1965 when a new postal facility was built. Later used by the University of Kansas, the building was purchased in 1999, rehabilitated, and renamed The News Center – serving as the combined offices for …

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Chi Omega Sorority House

Year(s) Listed: • 2001 | City/Town: • Lawrence

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Hoch Auditorium

Year(s) Listed: • 1999 | City/Town: • Lawrence

Hoch Auditorium was a 5,500-seat multi-purpose arena on the same site.[1] It featured traditional Collegiate Gothic architecture on the exterior, with a full performance hall inside.[1] A basketball court could be placed parallel to the stage and temporary seating placed on the stage, behind the benches on the floor. The Auditorium was named for Edward W. Hoch, 17th Governor of Kansas, member of …

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Ludington-Thatcher House

Year(s) Listed: • 1999 | City/Town: • Lawrence

Photo from LJWorld.com

Endangered:
Carnegie Library – Lawrence

Year(s) Listed: • 1996 • 1998 | City/Town: • Lawrence

Picture and Info by Carnegie Library The Carnegie building was constructed in 1904 with a grant worth approximately $27,000 from Andrew Carnegie. During the 1930’s an addition was build to accommodate the growing volume of books and materials. It served as the Lawrence public library until a new library was constructed in 1972. The Lawrence …

Endangered:
Kansas River

Year(s) Listed: • 1996 • 1998 | City/Town: • Kansas City • Lawrence • Topeka

Featured Image by: By Dicklyon – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=106194214 The Kaw was historically a wide, shallow, silty, slow-moving, braided river, but it has been heavily modified by flood control measures, water diversions, bank stabilization, and dredging. The Kaw’s degraded habitat has made the American River’s Most Endangered Rivers list 5 times since …

Endangered:
909 Pennsylvania

Year(s) Listed: • 1997 | City/Town: • Lawrence

Created in 1873 by the railroad as worker housing, the building was built in the National Folk Style. It has not been maintained and will be lost to demolition by neglect unless a solution can be found.

Endangered:
Old Town, Lawrence

Year(s) Listed: • 1996 | City/Town: • Lawrence

One of the most historic neighborhoods in Lawrence the area is threatened by downtown development and a proposal for an Eastern Parkway to provide easier access for cars to the downtown. https://www.livingplaces.com/KS/Douglas_County/Lawrence_City/Old_West_Lawrence_Historic_District.html

Endangered:
Haskell-Baker Wetlands

Year(s) Listed: • 1996 | City/Town: • Lawrence

Photo By Sprout and the Bean at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16386508 The Baker Wetlands (also known as the Haskell-Baker Wetlands) is a nature preserve and artificially sustained wetland,[1] spanning approximately 927 acres (3.8 km2)[2] south of Lawrence, Kansas, United States. It is associated with the Wakarusa River and sustained by levees and flood controls built in the 1990s.[3] Baker University owns 573 acres, the major portion of …

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