The Lawrence Preservation Alliance presents two types of awards to deserving individuals or groups within Lawrence and Douglas County that have contributed to or promoted historic preservation: Preservation Achievement Awards and Preservation in Progress (PIP) Awards. Do you know someone or a project that deserves an award?  Contact LPA to suggest a nomination!

Preservation Achievement Awards

The Preservation Achievement Awards honor individuals or groups who have contributed in extraordinary ways to preserving buildings or natural sites significant to Lawrence and Douglas County history.  Presented annually from 2009-2011, they are now awarded every other year at a special event in May, which coincides with National Historic Preservation Month.  Recipients may receive the award for one outstanding achievement or for a combination of achievements over several years.

2023 Preservation Achievement Award Winners

• Tom Harper

• Mike Goans

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2019 Preservation Achievement Award Winners

• Pat Kehde

• Kelly Kindscher

• Keith Middlemass

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Past Preservation Achievement Award Winners

2017
   Shelley Hickman Clark
  Karl Gridley
 Depot Redux & Diane Stoddard
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2015
   Dennis Domer read more . . .
   David & Susan Millstein read more . . .
   Michael Shaw read more . . .

2013
  Betty Alderson
  Carol Francis
  Ray Wilber and Cathy Dwigans

2011
  Ken and Katie Armitage
  Black Jack Battlefield Trust

2010
  Josh and Cari Davis
  Marci Fransisco and Joe Bickford
  St. Luke AME Second Century Fund

2009
  Carolyn Berneking
  Lance Burr
  Castle Tea Room/Kriz Foundation

Preservation in Progress (PIP) Awards

LPA’s Preservation in Progress (PIP) awards program recognizes local residents or groups who have performed preservation work that improves a structure, promotes preservation concepts or sets the stage for future preservation efforts. They are awarded throughout the year in an effort to put the spotlight on projects large and small.

Current PIP Award Winners

Fall 2023

For its Fall 2023 Preservation in Progress awards, LPA recognizes a comprehensive stone foundation restoration as the first step of a full-house rehabilitation, a structural front porch repair and restoration at the former Colonial Tea Room, and a show-stopping exterior paint job.

• 1238 Rhode Island Street

• 936 Kentucky Street

• 1248 Connecticut Street

Past PIP Award Winners

Summer 2023

• 11 E. 8th Street

• 733 Tennessee Street

• Oak Hill Cemetery

Winter 2023

• 2235 East Drive

• 816 Rhode Island

• 718 Ohio Detached Garage

Summer 2022

• Turnhalle, 900 Rhode Island Street

• 1313 Massachusetts Street

• 1111 E. 19th Street

Spring 2022

• 843 New York Street

• Liberty Hall Stage, 642 Massachusetts Street

• 601 Louisiana Street

Fall 2021

• The Raven Book Store, 809 Massachusetts Street

• Amtrak/Santa Fe Depot Parking Lot

• Mar Lan/Zimmerman Steel Building, 701 E. 19th Street

Spring 2021

• 401 Elm Street

• 424 Indiana Street

• 637 Indiana Street

Winter 2021

• 705 W. 4th Street

• 735 W. 8th Street

• 1021-23 Massachusetts Street

Summer 2020

• 904 Rhode Island Street

• 408 Iowa Street

• First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont Street

• Striped Cow, 805 Massachusetts Street

Fall 2019

• 900 Mississippi Street

• 723 New York Street

Summer 2019

• 945 Kentucky Street

• 643 Indiana Street

• Dyche Hall Grotesques

Winter 2019

• Haskell Bandstand, Haskell Indian Nations University

• JE Stubbs Building, 1101 Massachusetts Street

• Old English Lutheran Church, 1040 New Hampshire Street

2018

• 524 Ohio Street

• 916 Kentucky Street

• 1501 Learnard Avenue

Fall 2017

• 726 Louisiana Street, Susan and Mitchell Chaney

• 2115 Learnard Avenue, Mike and Rechelle Malin

Spring 2017

• 726 Ohio Street, Ernie Eck & Patricia Karlin, whole house rebabilitation

• 534 Ohio Street, Todd & Kelly Foos, whole house rehabilitiation

• The Johnson Block, Michael Arp, historic district

• 1229 Vermont Street, St. John Parish, relocation of a historic structure

Fall 2016

• Mark Kramer, 739 Alabama Street, Whole house rehabilitation

• Mike Randolph, Free State Properties, 545 Ohio Street, Whole house rehabilitation

• Trey and Rae Toman, 821 Indiana Street, Whole house rehabilitation

April 2016

• Prairie Realty LLC, 1015 Alabama Street, Whole house rehabilitation

• John Charlton, 1624 Indiana Street, Historic Register Nominations (City, State, and National)

• Lynnette and Nathan Littlejohn, 321 Indiana Street, Whole house rehabilitation

December 2015

• 1106 Rhode Island LLC, 1106 Rhode Island Street, Whole property rehabilitation

• Marci Francisco & Joe Bickford, 1124 Rhode Island Street, Property stabilization

September 2015

• Pam and Dave Crawford, 715 Illinois Street, Whole house rehabilitation

• Douglas County Historical Society (DCHS), 1047 Massachusetts Street- Watkins Museum, Window rehabilitation

April 2015

• Struct/Restruct (Matt Jones and Eric Jay), 946 Ohio Street, Whole house rehabilitation

September 2014

• Barbara Beach, 501 Tennessee St., Front porch rebuild

• Tom Harper and Terri Erickson-Harper, 1146 Connecticut St., Whole building rehabilitation

• Brian and Marilyn Horsch, 444 Louisiana St., Multiple interior and exterior upgrades

• Jeff Jackson, 401 Mississippi St., Whole house rehabilitation

June 2014

• Billy Construction, 830 E 13th St., Whole house rehabilitation

• David Frayer and Jeanette Spencer, 1500 Haskell St., Historic Register nomination

March 2013

• Brad Eldridge, 1028 Rhode Island St., Whole house rehabilitation

• Dave and Annie Gnojek, 2910 Peterson Rd., Whole house rehabilitation

• Tim Keller and Ernie Eck, 1145 Indiana St., Whole house rehabilitation

• Nathan and Summer Wiedemeyer, 646 Rhode Island St., Whole house rehabilitation

May 2012

• Elvira Angeletti, 1015 W 9th. St., Exterior storefront rehab

• Tom Harper, historic register nominations for 1204 Oread Ave. (ECM) and 934 W. 21st St.- The Hyperbolic Paraboloid

• Gerry Miller, 743 Louisiana St., Exterior and landscape design upgrades

• Aaron Paden and Lilly Mason, 1208 Delaware St., Whole house rehabilitation