2026 Preservation Month Events
Tuesday, May 12
12pM
LNK TV Studio
County/City Building
PAL Brown Bag: A loaf of Bread, a stick of butter and a Container of Milk
Speaker: Jill Dolberg, Historic Preservation Planner, City of Lincoln
Please consider joining us in person at LNKTV Studio, or visit our Brown Bag page to view the livestream.
LNK TV Studio
Thursday, May 14
6:30pM - 9pm
Congregation B'nai Jeshurun
The South Street Temple
20th & South Street
PAL Annual Awards and Membership Meeting
You’re invited to our annual meeting and awards presentation at The South Street Temple. Coffee, wine and desserts will be served.
Following our brief annual meeting, Ed Zimmer will present our annual preservation awards. Then, you’re invited to tour the temple, guided by Ed with the help of Maria Cadwallader and Elaine Monnier.
Use the Temple’s South Street entrance near the parking lot.
Link to RSVP coming soon.
The South Street Temple
Sunday, May 17
2pm
Rudge Memorial Chapel
3600 O St
Wyuka Cemetery tour
Local historian and PAL board member Ed Zimmer will lead a 90-minute walking tour of Wyuka Cemetery on Sunday, May 17. The tour will begin at 2 p.m. in front of Rudge Chapel at 3600 O Street.
Wyuka is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its scenic "rural cemetery" layout, historic architecture, and beautiful grave markers. Ed's spring tour will emphasize the artistry of the Kimball Brothers monument company of Lincoln, dating from the 1880s through the 1930s.
This event is brought to you by our friends at Wyuka Historical Foundation.
Rudge Memorial Chapel
Saturday, May 16
1 to 3PM
See Map
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Self Guided Tour of Lincoln’s Grocery Stores
Sketch drawing of the corner grocery at 1720 South Street
Details to be announced soon.
Wednesday, May 27
5:30PM
Gere Library
2400 S 56th St
Window Restoration Lecture
Speaker: David White, Aksarben Window Works
Details to be announced soon.
Gere Library
Thursday, May 28
Online
Give To Lincoln Day
Give to Lincoln Day, coordinated by Lincoln Community Foundation, is a time when everyone in Lincoln is asked to make a donation toward the organizations that are critical to the care, support and spirit of our great city. DONATE TO PAL!
Saturday, May 30
TBA
SpencerWorks, Inc.
2120 S. 7th
Window Restoration Workshop
A two part window cleaning workshop
Details to be announced soon.
A past window cleaning workshop hosted by the City of Lincoln CLG in conjunction with PAL.
Tuesday, June 9th
1:45PM
Fairview
50th & Sumner Street
Brown Bag Lecture & Guided Tour of Fairview - The William Jennings Bryan House
Join us for our Brown Bag Lecture at noon, followed by a guided tour of Fairview.
Details to be announced soon.
Fairview
Preservation Month Links
Past PAL Annual Meeting Sites
First Plymouth Church, 20th and D
2025 - First Plymouth Church
2024 - Data Security, Inc (former MeadowGold Building)
2023 - Assemblage
2022 - Sky Park
2019 - Hargreaves Brothers Mercantile/Schwarz Paper Company
2018 - Bin 105, Grainger Brothers Building Hargreaves Brothers/Schwarz Paper Company Building
2017 - Blue Blood Brewery and Robber’s Cave
2016 - Saint Paul United Methodist Church
2015 - The Stables at Wyuka Cemetery
2014 - The Original Valentino’s
2013 - Lee’s Restaurant
2012 - Scottish Rite Temple
2011 - Whittier Research Center
2010 - Elliot Elementary School
2009 - Old Federal Building/Post Office Courtroom
2008 - Trinity United Methodist Church
2007 - Rudge Memorial Chapel, Wyuka Cemetery
2006 - State Fair Park
2005 - Old City Hall
2004 - Ferguson House
2003 - F Street Community Center
2002 - Courtroom, Old Federal Building
2001 - Architecture Hall, UNL