Nine homes and two stone monuments in the Breezedale Neighborhood are now on the state’s register of historic places.

The Kansas State Historical Sites Board of Review voted 9-0 on Saturday in Topeka to add the homes to the list. Three members of the state board were absent from the meeting, said Christy Davis, deputy state historic preservation officer.

In a report, a consultant had declared the homes eligible because architect Charles E. Sutton developed five of the homes on a plat recorded May 12, 1909, and the area became known as Lawrence’s first suburban neighborhood to the south of the rest of the city. Four other homeowners on the street agreed to add their properties to the district.

Owners of the nine homes on the west side of the 2300 block of Massachusetts Street, just west of Haskell Indian Nations University, can receive tax credits for repairs they do to preserve their homes.

During the public meeting, no one spoke against adding the homes to the list, and the board only received letters in support of the action, Davis said.

At a public meeting Nov. 10 at City Hall, at least three Breezedale neighborhood residents, whose homes are not among the nine, indicated they were against adding the homes to the historic list.

They said they disagreed with the Kansas law that makes any property within 500 feet of a historic district subject to the same exterior design approval procedures by the Lawrence Historic Resources Commission without being eligible for tax credits.

“If one neighbor takes a benefit and denies his neighbors that same benefit, I don’t think that’s going to work,” Preston Ransone, of 13 Winona Ave., said Saturday afternoon.

Ransone said he did not attend the meeting in Topeka because he believed the issue was already decided.

As one who supported the listing, Rob Matthews, whose home at 2401 Mass. is included in the historic district, did attend Saturday’s meeting.

“I just feel honored for the neighborhood,” he said Saturday afternoon.

Matthews also said that he hoped more homeowners in the area would now try to add their homes to the list.

Mike Sizemore, who spearheaded the effort for the historic listing, did not return a phone message left for him Saturday. He lives at 2301 Mass. and is president of the Breezedale Neighborhood Assn.

After approving the homes to the state list, state staff members will forward information to the National Park Service to attempt to add the homes to the National Register of Historic Places, which could take about two months, Davis said.

“Generally, their practice is to go with our recommendation,” she said.