Save the date! The annual KPA Awards for Excellence will be held Friday, May 18th, 2018, in Topeka, from 5:30 to 7:00pm, with a reception following. Stay tuned for the details!

Save the date for this year’s Kansas Historic Preservation Conference, hosted by our Kansas State Historic Preservation Office, in Lawrence on September 20-22!

KSHS Website: https://www.kshs.org/p/2018-preservation-workshops/14644

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/151914718806991/

Save the Date! The annual KPA Conference will be held this year in Lawrence, Kansas, on September 21-22. More details will be made available in the coming months!

Friends of Historic Preservation in Kansas:

You are invited to nominate an historic preservation project or advocacy effort for a 2018 Award for Excellence.

The Awards for Excellence bestow Merit, Honor, and the coveted Medallion awards on outstanding preservation projects each year. Nominated projects must meet the intent of the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and the criteria for listing properties on the Register of Historic Kansas Places, as well as having construction work substantially completed during 2017.

The Preservation Advocacy awards honor outstanding individuals or groups for their initiative and commitment to the advancement of historic preservation in Kansas through events, actions, or efforts that have taken place recently or may have taken place over months, years, and lifetimes.

Follow the links below to download the 2018 invitation for entries as well as the nomination forms for each category.

invitation for 2018 nominations

WEB Content_AWARD ProjectNominationForm_2018 revised 12-18-17

WEB Content_AWARD AdvocacyNominationForm_2018 revised 12-18-17

Want a sneak peek of all the fun to be had at the 2017 Conference? Here’s our Conference Program, along with some maps to help you enjoy Wichita! (Click the image to download)