Here is an overview of our organization's past and current initiatives dedicated to preserving our heritage.
AT&T Gala Dinner, Jan 2007
We were able to secure a technology grant from AT&T to equip the museum with computers for its senior citizens and elderly volunteers, provide them with a website, internet access, and a printer/scanner, and purchase a laptop for LPPA. Additionally, we were able to acquire a projector that both organizations can use.
LPPA Dinner, May 2006
Lincoln Park Historical Society dinner where LPPA presented a large check of proceeds from Arcadia Publishing book "Lincoln Park”
Lincoln Park Post Office
The Lincoln Park Post Office has been officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places. For more detailed information, you can visit its Wikipedia page.
Mellus Newspapers Building
In 2005, the Lincoln Park Preservation Alliance (LPPA) achieved a significant milestone by securing the listing of the Mellus Newspaper Building on the National Register of Historic Places. The organization envisions transforming the Mellus building into a vibrant retail incubator, featuring a coffee house, art gallery, and multiple small businesses. Unfortunately, the building was demolished in May 2010 by its owner, the Lincoln Park Downtown Development Authority (DDA), and the site is a grassy park for the farmers market and other activities.
Park Theatre
The Park Theatre, constructed in 1925 by M.R. Levy and designed by C. Howard Crane, opened with the silent film "I'll Show You the Town" starring Reginald Denny. Despite a delay in receiving a new theater organ, a local orchestra performed during the opening week. After years of closure, collaborative efforts from the City of Lincoln Park, Lincoln Park DDA, Lincoln Park Preservation Alliance, and Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency led to its recent transformation into residential lofts known as "The Lincoln Park Lofts."
1582 Fort - Former Funeral Home
The building's history is that the building was built in the 1930s and 1940s as a funeral home. The project centered on a building that Lincoln Park's Dangerous Building Board wanted to demolish, stating it was structurally unsafe. With LPPA hiring a structural engineer, they could prove to the Lincoln Park Building Department and the Mayor and City Council that the building was structurally sound. With an aging Chinese family association as the owner, we matched them up with an interested potential buyer. With a new owner with investment capabilities, the building was eventually leased to a small business. Although the storefront is currently vacant, with a new fitness park at the end of the block, the building is in a prime spot for a business.
Wayne State University Students’ Work
This project centered on historic preservation and local economic development in the downtown area of Lincoln Park, Michigan, USA. We extend our sincere appreciation to Ms. Leslie Lynch-Wilson, President of LPPA (Lincoln Park Preservation Alliance), and Mr. Gib Turner, Economic Development Coordinator at the City of Lincoln Park, for their generous contributions of time and guidance to this endeavor.