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Grover Barn aims for Underground Railroad designation
Guardians of Grover Barn push to designate the limestone 1858 building as an Underground Railroad stop and public asset in Lawrence. The group seeks public access, possible exhibits, and grants, while city budget limits and consolidation plans complicate the effort. Local historian Judy Sweets and Watkins Museum director Steve Nowak support broader use and preservation.
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Kerry Altenbernd
Guardians
Grover Barn
Lawrence
Grovers
John Brown
Altenbernd
Brown
Judy Sweets
Steve Nowak
Jeanne Klein
National Park Service
Nowak
The
Watkins Museum of History
Robert H. Miller
19Th St
Kansas
Grover
Quantrill
Stone Barn Terrace
Matthew Herbert
Lawrence High School
City Commission
National Underground Railroad
Lynne Braddock Zollner
Braddock Zollner
Sweets
Missouri
Sam
Jane Harper
Canada
Guardians of Grover Barn Group
Freedom’s Frontier
Jim Ogle
Journal-World
Herbert
Riverfront