Midwest

Lawrence

Douglas County, KS

Population

95,103

Walk Score

97 · Walker's Paradise

Median rent

$1,038

Median home value

$247,300

Founded

1854

On the National Register

Historic districts

  • Baker Wetlands (TCP)
  • Baker Wetlands (Under Applicable Criterion A)
  • Breezedale Historic District · listed 2008
  • East Lawrence Industrial Historic District (Additional Documentation) · listed 2007
  • East Lawrence Industrial Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2022
  • Hancock (12th Street) Historic District · listed 2004
  • Haskell Agricultural Farm Property
  • Haskell Institute · listed 1966
  • Johnson Block Historic District · listed 2019
  • Lawrence's Downtown Historic District · listed 2004
  • North Rhode Island Street Historic Residential District · listed 2004
  • Old West Lawrence Historic District · listed 1972
  • Oread Historic District · listed 2007
  • Oregon-California Trail Segments (Additional Documentation) · listed 2016
  • Pinkney I Historic District (Additional Documentation) · listed 2004
  • Pinkney II Historic District (Additional Documentation) · listed 2004
  • South Rhode Island and New Hampshire Street Historic Residential District · listed 2004
  • Trinity Lutheran Historic District · listed 2024
  • University of Kansas East Historic District (Additional Documentation) · listed 2014
  • University of Kansas Historic District (Additional Documentation) · listed 2013

Notable landmarks

  • Achning, Ralph and Cloyd, House · listed 1987
  • Bailey Hall · listed 2001
  • Beal, George Malcom, House · listed 2015
  • Bell, George and Annie, House · listed 1983
  • Benedict House · listed 1992
  • Blood, Col. James, House · listed 1972
  • Chewning House · listed 2019
  • Chi Omega Sorority House
  • Clinton School District 25 · listed 1998
  • Double Hyperbolic Paraboloid House · listed 2007
  • Douglas County Courthouse · listed 1975
  • Duncan, Charles, House · listed 1986
  • Dyche Hall, University of Kansas · listed 1974
  • Eldridge House Hotel · listed 1986
  • English Lutheran Church · listed 1995
  • Fernand-Strong, House · listed 2008
  • First Methodist Episcopal Church · listed 2019
  • First Presbyterian Church · listed 2024
  • French, Charles & Elizabeth Haskell, House · listed 2012
  • Friends’ Place
  • Friends’ Place · listed 2025
  • Goodrich, Eugene F., House · listed 2001
  • Green Hall, University of Kansas · listed 1974
  • Greenlee, Michael D., House · listed 2004
  • Griffin, Andrew Jackson (A.J.) and Mary Carrol, House
  • …and 41 more

New towns in your inbox.

An occasional dispatch when we add towns or publish a trip idea. No spam, ever.