2026 Preservation Month Events

Tuesday, May 12th

12pM

LNK TV Studio

County/City Building

PAL Brown Bag: TBA

Speaker: Ed Zimmer, Lincoln Preservation Planner (retired)

Please consider joining us in person at LNKTV Studio, or visit our Brown Bag page to view the livestream.


Thursday, May 14th

6:30pM - 9pm

Congregation B'nai Jeshurun
The South Street Temple

20th & South Street

PAL Annual Awards and Membership Meeting

The South Street Temple

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 and lead a tour.

Use the Temple’s South Street entrance near the parking lot.

Please RSVP for the event using the form below.


Sunday, May 17th

2pm

Rudge Memorial Chapel

3600 O St

Wyuka Cemetery tour

Rudge Memorial Chapel

Local historian, Ed Zimmer, will host a walking tour in the Wyuka Cemetery. Explore the history and beauty that is Wyuka.

Our walk of approximately 90 minutes samples Lincoln's oldest cemetery, established in 1869.

Through this tour we can trace 

  • Lincoln's connections; 

  • our;

  • the arch

This event is brought to you by our friends at Wyuka Historical Foundation.


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Self Guided Tour of Lincoln’s Grocery Stores

TBA

Take the tour, collect the coupons and win the prize.

Did you know at one time Lincoln had 1XX neighborhood grocery stores?


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Fairview

50th & Sumner Street

Open House: Fairview - The William Jennings Bryan House

Fairview

You’re invited to Fairview


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5-7PM

The Rococo Theater

13th and P Street

PAL Members Only event - The Rococo Theater

Join PAL for this very special evening at The Rococo Theater.

Members, watch for your invite and special registration code in your email.


Thursday, May 28th

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!


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Window Cleaning Workshops

A two part window cleaning workshop



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


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