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Leawood Historic Commission to Expand Historic District

Posted by: Mark Clegg
Email: clegg@nbcactionnews.com
Last Update: 11/12/2009 9:22 pm

Leawood Historic Commission (City of Leawood)

LEAWOOD, Kan. – The Leawood Historic Commission undertook a historic district survey of 130 homes in the original plat of the City of Leawood. This district, which Leawood now refers to as the “Historic District”, is bounded by Somerset Drive on the north, 83rd Street on the south, High Drive on the east, and Meadow Lane/Manor Road on the west.

Now, 15 years later, the city is beginning a new survey and documentation of the homes in the next section of the originally platted neighborhood.

The size of this phase is made up of approximately 355 homes. The boundaries will include 83rd St. on the north, 89th Street on the south, High Drive on the east, Fairway/Ensley/Overhill/Cherokee on the west.

The survey will identify and gather data on Leawood’s historic resources. It requires planning and background research before the field survey begins. The field survey, a physical search and recording of historic resources on the ground, will be taken by members of the Historic Commission and volunteers. Finally, the findings will be organized and inventoried.

The survey will consist of two or more photos of each home as identified through the county tax records with a build date of 1959 or earlier. The volunteer surveyors will complete a brief description of each home or landscape element, original stone islands and statuary. Using a GPS, the surveyor will plot the coordinates of each historic resource. All information will then be entered into a standardized database to create an inventory and for future evaluation.

Homeowners in this area should be aware that surveyors with the Leawood Historic Commission will be collecting data in their neighborhoods over the next couple of months.

For more information, or to volunteer please contact the Cultural Arts Coordinator at (913) 339-6700 – or email aprilb@leawood.org.

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