The City of Lee’s Summit and the Lee’s Summit Historic Preservation Commission will host a public meeting to present the citizens of Lee’s Summit information about the National Register of Historic Places. The presentation is open to the public and will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, July 18, in the Strother Conference Room in Lee’s Summit City Hall, 220 SE Green Street.
The presentation by David Taylor, Principal of Taylor & Taylor Associates, will also address general principles and benefits of historic preservation, and an update on proposed National Register historic districts (A, B, and C) and the single property nomination (X) west of downtown Lee’s Summit. See the map for the approximate boundaries of the proposed districts.
Taylor & Taylor Associates is an award-winning historic preservation and community development consulting firm based in Pennsylvania with more than 30 years of experience. The firm has completed similar preservation projects in Joplin, MO; Moberly, MO; and Cuba, MO; as well as many communities in other states.
The presentation is part of a project sponsored by the City involving nominations of historic residential neighborhoods to the National Register of Historic Places on the west side of downtown Lee’s Summit. Among these nominations are the Bayles Addition and small clusters of historic properties near the intersections of SW 3rd and SW Madison streets and SW 4th and SW Market streets. The project is partially funded by a grant from the State Historic Preservation Office, a division of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the National Park Service, a division of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
The presentation will focus on the role historic preservation can play in community and neighborhood development and in the downtown revitalization process, including discussion of the National Register of Historic Places. National Register designation imposes no control of private property rights but does make significant state and federal financial incentives available to assist those interested in rehabilitating National Register listed properties or buildings. Historic preservation is often a major component in the economic and tourism development strategy for a community or region and the presentation will illustrate the various ways in which the preservation and rehabilitation of Lee’s Summit’s historic architecture can contribute directly to an improved overall quality of life.
For additional information, contact Christopher Hughey of the Lee’s Summit Planning and Development Department at (816) 969-1600.