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Lawrence's Downtown Historic District comprises the commercial core of Lawrence, Kansas. The district comprises areas along Massachusetts Street between 6th Street and South Park Street. Nearly all of the contributing structures are masonry commercial buildings, typically with display windows at street level and smaller windows at upper levels.
Their restaurant is open every day but Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Benberg sells Thai dishes from mild, like the cool papaya salad, to extra spicy, like the flaming gang phed ped yang (spicy ...
Thai Express is a chain of restaurants serving Thai cuisine. It opened its first restaurant at Holland Village in Singapore in May 2002. Since then, there have been other outlets in Malaysia, China and Vietnam.
The first wind-powered mill in Kansas was built in Lawrence in 1863 near the corner of what is now 9th Street and Emery Road. [119] It was partially destroyed during Quantrill's Raid, but it was rebuilt in 1864 at a cost of $9,700. [120] It continued to be operational until July 1885, but on April 30, 1905, it was destroyed in a fire. [119]
Other historic businesses and sites of interest along Massachusetts Street are Liberty Hall, the Free State Brewing Company (Kansas' first legal brewery in over 100 years), [4] the Round Corner Pharmacy (which was the longest-running pharmacy in the state until closing in 2009), [5] the House Building (the only downtown building to survive ...
Douglas County comprises the Lawrence, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS Combined Statistical Area. As of the census of 2000, there were 99,962 people, 38,486 households, and 21,167 families residing in the county.
Plymouth Congregational Church of Lawrence, Kansas is an affiliate of the United Church of Christ that was established in 1854, [2] months after the Territory of Kansas was opened to settlement. [4] The present-day church building, built in 1870, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
In response to this need, the Social Service League purchased a house at 3rd and Maine Streets and donated it to the City of Lawrence to establish a hospital. Through fundraising efforts, $10,000 was raised to renovate and equip the building, and Lawrence Memorial Hospital officially opened its doors on January 17, 1921. [2]