Editing Lawrence, Kansas (section)

==Historic sites and museums==
[[File:South Park Gazebo.JPG|thumb|upright|The South Park gazebo]]

South Park is a large park in Downtown Lawrence divided by Massachusetts Street just south of the county courthouse between North Park and South Park Streets. The park originally consisted of four separate parks—Lafayette, Hamilton, Washington and Franklin Parks—but was combined to form one park.<ref name="lawrenceks1">{{cite web|url=http://www.lawrenceks.org/lprd/parks/southpark|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306100331/http://lawrenceks.org/lprd/parks/southpark|title=South Park|website=LawrenceKS.org|archive-date=March 6, 2016|access-date=June 14, 2016}}</ref> South Park was developed in 1854 as part of the original city plat. A [[gazebo]] was built in South Park in 1910 and is used for annual city band performances during the summer months.<ref name="lawrenceks1" />

The Watkins Museum of History is a block north of South Park and houses exhibits from Lawrence and Douglas County. The building is managed by the Douglas County Historical Society and used to be Watkins National Bank (1888–1929) and Lawrence City Hall (1929–1970). The building features a range of architectural styles from the period it was constructed. Today it houses the Watkins Museum of History, which offers free admission and three floors of traditional and computer interactive exhibits.<ref name="Watkinsmuseum.org" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.watkinsmuseum.org/about|title=About|publisher=Watkins Museum of History|access-date=July 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703210341/https://www.watkinsmuseum.org/about|archive-date=July 3, 2019}} The About page for the official website.</ref> Next door to the museum is a Japanese Friendship Garden designed by the city and representatives from [[Twin towns and sister cities|sister city]] [[Hiratsuka, Japan|Hiratsuka]], Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freedomsfrontier.org/News/News-Releases/Detail.aspx?id=179|title=Watkins Museum of History announces Civil War on the Western Frontier 2014 programs|publisher=Freedom's Frontier|access-date=July 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702045935/http://www.freedomsfrontier.org/News/News-Releases/Detail.aspx?id=179|archive-date=July 2, 2017}} Mentions the Japanese garden next to the museum.</ref> An exhibit on the [[Bleeding Kansas]] era and the [[Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area]] is in the old Lawrence Public Library at 9th and Vermont Streets. Other museums on KU campus include the [[University of Kansas Natural History Museum|Natural History Museum]] in Dyche Hall,<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> the [[Spencer Museum of Art]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas University|url=http://www.pcf-p.com/a/p/1038/s.html|publisher=[[Pei Cobb Freed & Partners]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114211752/http://www.pcf-p.com/a/p/1038/s.html|archive-date=November 14, 2015}}</ref> and the [[Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics|Dole Institute of Politics]] among others.<ref name="LJW Dole1">{{cite web|url=https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2003/jul/22/dole_dedication_draws/|title=Dole dedication draws thousands|author=Dave Toplikar|date=July 22, 2003|location=Lawrence, Kansas|newspaper=[[Lawrence Journal-World]]|access-date=May 27, 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527175403/https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2003/jul/22/dole_dedication_draws/|archive-date=May 27, 2019}} ''Lawrence Journal-World's'' article on the opening ceremony. Mentions things such as opening date, budget, location, etc.</ref>

Centennial Park, between 6th and 9th Streets and Rockledge Road and Iowa Street, was established in 1954 for the city's 100th anniversary.<ref name="lawrenceks4" /> The park features rolling hills, a [[skatepark]], a [[disc golf]] course and a [[Polaris missile]] constructed during the [[Cold War]].<ref name="lawrenceks4">{{cite web|url=http://www.lawrenceks.org/lprd/parks/centennialpark|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323093204/http://lawrenceks.org/lprd/parks/centennialpark|title=Centennial Park|website=LawrenceKS.org|archive-date=March 23, 2016|access-date=June 14, 2016}}</ref> Sesquicentennial Park is near [[Clinton Lake (Kansas)|Clinton Lake]] and was established for Lawrence's 150th anniversary and is mostly undeveloped but features a timeline of Lawrence history and a time capsule to be opened in 2054.<ref name="lawrenceks5">{{cite web|url=http://www.lawrenceks.org/lprd/parks/sesquicentennialpoint|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323093403/http://lawrenceks.org/lprd/parks/sesquicentennialpoint|title=Sesquicentennial Point|website=LawrenceKS.org|archive-date=March 23, 2016|access-date=June 14, 2016}}</ref>

Liberty Hall was built when the Bowersock Opera House burned down in 1911.<ref name="ljworld">{{cite web|url=http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2012/jan/21/100-years-ago-new-bowersock-opera-house-opens-chee/|title=100 Years Ago: New Bowersock Opera House Opens to Cheering Public|website=LJWorld.com|access-date=November 10, 2014}}</ref> Liberty Hall is a theater typically showcasing independent movies and frequent live acts.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.lawrence.com/news/2006/oct/20/sweet_liberty/|title= Sweet Liberty: Venue celebrates 20 years since its cultural renovation|last=Niccum|first=Jon|work=[[Lawrence Journal-World]]|date=October 20, 2006|access-date=August 31, 2020}}</ref> Liberty Hall also runs a video rental next door.<ref name="servlet">{{cite web|url=http://luna.ku.edu:8180/luna/servlet/detail/kuluna01kui~10~10~1598856~202964:Bowersock-Opera-House|title=Bowersock Opera House – From the Ground Up|website=Luna.KU.edu|access-date=November 10, 2014}}</ref> The [[Granada Theater (Lawrence, Kansas)|Granada Theater]] was originally built in 1928 as a [[vaudeville]] theater. It was renovated in 1934 as a movie theater until closing in 1989. It was renovated again in 1993 and opened as a venue for comedy acts and live music.

[[File:The Eldridge Hotel.JPG|thumb|[[The Eldridge Hotel]]]]
[[The Eldridge Hotel]] was first built in 1855 as the Free State Hotel. During the 1855 [[sack of Lawrence]], the hotel was burned to the ground, and its ruins were purchased by Col. Shalor Eldridge, who rebuilt it and named it the Eldridge House. This version of the structure was destroyed during [[Lawrence Massacre|Quantrill's Raid]], but once again Eldridge rebuilt it. In 1925, this structure was completely renovated, and in 1970, the hotel was converted into apartments. In 1985, work began to renovate the Eldridge and turn it back into a hotel, and in 2004 the building was sold and completely renovated back to its 1925 look.<ref name="eldridgehotel">{{cite web|url=http://www.eldridgehotel.com/|title=History|website=EldridgeHotel.com|access-date=November 10, 2014}}</ref> It is a popular rumor that the ghost of Eldridge haunts the hotel.<ref name="eldridgehotel2">{{cite web|url=http://www.eldridgehotel.com/#About.Ghost|title=Ghost|website=EldridgeHotel.com|access-date=November 10, 2014}}</ref>

[[Memorial Stadium (University of Kansas)|Memorial Stadium]] and [[Allen Fieldhouse]] are on KU campus. Memorial Stadium was built in 1920 for the [[Kansas Jayhawks]] football program. It was named to honor KU students who died in [[World War I]]. Allen Fieldhouse was built in 1955 for the basketball program and was named for [[Phog Allen]], a coach at KU from 1907 to 1909 and 1919 to 1956. On November 4, 2010, the [[ESPN]]'s online publication, ''The Magazine'', named Allen Fieldhouse the loudest college basketball arena in the country.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roundball Preview: No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 13 Kansas |url=http://buckeyebanter.com/mens-basketball/14275 |website=BuckeyeBanter.com |access-date=March 25, 2012 |first=Matt |last=Barker |date=December 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623002830/http://buckeyebanter.com/mens-basketball/14275 |archive-date=June 23, 2012 }}</ref>

[[Oak Hill Cemetery (Lawrence, Kansas)|Oak Hill Cemetery]] in east Lawrence was established in 1866 and was called by [[William Allen White]] the "Kansas Arlington".<ref name="lawrenceks2">{{cite web|url=http://www.lawrenceks.org/lprd/parks/oakhillcemetery|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416071144/https://www.lawrenceks.org/lprd/parks/oakhillcemetery|title=Oak Hill Cemetery|website=LawrenceKS.org|archive-date=April 16, 2016|access-date=June 14, 2016}}</ref> The cemetery features the burials of [[James Henry Lane (Indiana and Kansas)|James Lane]], [[Lucy Hobbs Taylor]], [[Langston Hughes]]' grandparents [[Charles Henry Langston]] and [[Mary Sampson Patterson Leary Langston]], numerous veterans and many prominent Kansans.<ref name="lawrenceks2" /> Across the street is Memorial Park Cemetery which features a memorial for KU coach and inventor of basketball [[James Naismith]]. The memorial is a [[cenotaph]] but Naismith is buried in the mason section of Memorial Park.<ref name="lawrenceks6">{{cite web|url=http://www.lawrenceks.org/lprd/parks/memorialparkcemetery|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416010120/https://www.lawrenceks.org/lprd/parks/memorialparkcemetery|title=Memorial Park Cemetery|website=LawrenceKS.org|archive-date=April 16, 2016|access-date=June 14, 2016}}</ref>

Lawrence is also the site of many historic houses related to the history of the city. The Robert Miller house survived Quantrill's Raid and was a stop on the [[Underground Railroad]],<ref name="image1">{{cite web|url=http://image1.nps.gov:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=NRHP&item=/Text/84001235.djvu&style=nps/FOCUS-DJview.xsl&wid=640&hei=480&oif=jpeg&props=item(SUMMARY,COPYRIGHT) |title=National Register of Historic Places—Nomination Form |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503220305/http://image1.nps.gov:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=NRHP&item=%2FText%2F84001235.djvu&style=nps%2FFOCUS-DJview.xsl&wid=640&hei=480&oif=jpeg&props=item%28SUMMARY%2CCOPYRIGHT%29 |website=Image1.NPS.gov |archive-date=May 3, 2015 |access-date=June 14, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ferdinand Fuller, an original settler of Lawrence, built his house atop of Windmill Hill in what is now the Hillcrest Neighborhood<ref name="ljworld2">{{cite web|url=http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/mar/19/old-house-full-lawrence-history/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619162802/http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/mar/19/old-house-full-lawrence-history/|title=This Old House Full of Lawrence History|website=LJWorld.com|archive-date=June 19, 2013|access-date=June 14, 2016}}</ref> and the John Roberts House, commonly called the Castle Tea Room, was designed by famed architect [[John G. Haskell]] in 1894 and is now used for various formal events.<ref name="image1a">{{cite web|url=http://image1.nps.gov:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=NRHP&item=Text/74000831.djvu&style=nps/FOCUS-DJview.xsl&wid=640&hei=480&oif=jpeg&props=item(SUMMARY,COPYRIGHT),cat(Name)&page=0 |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503225633/http://image1.nps.gov:9001/StyleServer/calcrgn?cat=NRHP&item=Text%2F74000831.djvu&style=nps%2FFOCUS-DJview.xsl&wid=640&hei=480&oif=jpeg&props=item%28SUMMARY%2CCOPYRIGHT%29%2Ccat%28Name%29&page=0 |website=Image1.NPS.gov |archive-date=May 3, 2015 |access-date=June 14, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="castletearoom">{{cite web|url=http://www.castletearoom.com/about-the-castle/history-of-the-castle|title=History of The Castle – The Castle Tea Room|website=CastleTeaRoom.com|access-date=November 10, 2014}}</ref> There are many other houses of historic prominence in Lawrence, many of them on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].