Survey Report for the Barker Neighborhood, Lawrence, Kansas: Intensive Phase 1 Survey

Introduction: "In 2019, the City of Lawrence issued a Request for Proposal to conduct a Phase I Intensive Survey of the Barker Neighborhood (Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas). Barker neighborhood is situated immediately south of the East Lawrence neighborhood and east of the University of Kansas. The survey area, which comprises the western edge of the Barker neighborhood, is bounded on the north by E. 15th Street, on the east by Barker Avenue, on the south by E. 23rd Street and on the west by properties along the west side of New Hampshire Street. The Barker neighborhood as a whole extends several blocks further east, bounded by Burroughs Creek Rail Trail east of Delaware Street. The survey identified 326 properties. Seven properties appear to date to the late nineteenth-century, all but one dwelling (2127 Barker Avenue) are on New Hampshire Street (1617, 1637, 1700, 1746, 1900, and 2045). All but six of the properties are single-family dwellings. One property constructed as a dwelling, 306 E. 23rd Street, has been remodeled and is currently a dental office (106 E. 23rd Street). Two properties are multi-family dwellings: 1931-1933 Rhode Island Street and 1725 New Hampshire Street. The survey also identified two churches at 1501 and 1601 New Hampshire Street. There are no industrial buildings in the survey area. One inventoried property is a vacant lot that was never developed, 2021 New Hampshire Street. The survey project was funded by a Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) grant received by the City of Lawrence from the Kansas State Historical Society/Historic Preservation Office (KS-SHPO) and the National Park Service. The project was awarded to and competed by Kennoy Preservation (Adam Flock, Terri Foley, and Ruth Keenoy) of St. Louis, Missouri. The purpose of the survey was to document properties in the Barker neighborhood that appear potentially eligible for the National Register of Historic Places and to determine whether the neighborhood may support a historic district. The following document provides an historical overview and contextual discussion about the neighborhood's development and growth, as well as an architectural analysis of properties within the survey area. This document further provides recommendations for future preservation activities in the Barker neighborhood." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the Kansas Historical Society administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number P18AF00077).

Survey Report for the Barker Neighborhood, Lawrence, Kansas: Intensive Phase 1 Survey

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