Strolling through historic Lawrence

is akin to walking through

a parlor filled with people

Each house has its own special charm.

There’s that gray wooden structure

on Kentucky Street that smiles back at you

with its bright white window frames.

Another on Tennessee holds its umbrella

for you with its tall pillared arms.

A stately home on Illinois Street

with its brick frontage

and square billet moldings

provides a stone path for your processional entry.

Farther south is a stately mansion

that at one time welcomed invited guests

to elegant tea parties and banquets

but now draws fraternity members

into its hallowed, high-ceiling halls.

All of these houses hold memories.

Yet all one has to do to relive them

is to stroll through historic Lawrence.