50th Anniversary Celebration

It’s official! We’re celebrating 50 years of leading preservation in Kansas City. Although our core mission remains the same as when we started in 1974 – preserving Kansas City’s unique and irreplaceable heritage – our work has adapted, our strategies have diversified, and our approach has modernized, allowing us to continue to solidify a future […]

2023 Annual Member Meeting

  2021/2022 HKC ANNUAL REPORT – CLICK HERE   The HKC Annual Members meeting was held on MAY 2nd at the Unity Temple on the Plaza. It’s the time we use to report on the performance of HKC and hold elections for the Board of Directors and Slate of Officers. The evening concluded with a […]

2023 – 2024 Historic Preservation Nominations

  Application Process Each year Historic Kansas City presents the Preservation Awards to a select group of individuals, organizations and businesses for projects from throughout the Kansas City area which exemplify outstanding achievement in the field of historic preservation. The awards honor projects involving the preservation or protection of historic resources including the restoration, rehabilitation […]

2020 Virtual Historic Preservation Awards

  CELEBRATING THE BEST IN KANSAS CITY PRESERVATION!   Although we couldn’t gather in person for our annual Historic Preservation Awards event, we were not about to let a year go by without celebrating the places that matter to Kansas City. Even in difficult times, preservation advocates continue to fight for the places that make […]

VIRTUAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH // MAY 2024

    In 2005, the National Trust for Historic Preservation extended their week-long celebration of preservation to the entire month of May and declared it Preservation Month in order to promote historic places and heritage tourism, and demonstrate the social and economic benefits of historic preservation. In celebration of Historic Preservation Month we will be […]

2019 Historic Preservation Awards

2019 HISTORIC PRESERVATION AWARDS VIRTUAL CELEBRATION  Although we couldn’t gather in person for our annual Historic Preservation Awards event, we were not about to let a year go by without celebrating the places that matter to Kansas City. Even in difficult times, preservation advocates continue to fight for the places that make Kansas City vibrant, […]