Our Awards

Close up photograph of the plaque, "First Women's Club in Michigan." Photograph by Brian Wolfe
  • 1961: State Historic Site 221 – First Women’s Club in Michigan
  • 1970: National Historic Place (the first building designated in Kalamazoo)
  • 2012: Women’s Group of the Year from the YWCA of Kalamazoo
  • 2012: Historic Preservation Merit Award from Kalamazoo Historic Preservation Commission
  • 2012: Proclamations from the Cities of Kalamazoo and Portage, the County of Kalamazoo, and the State of Michigan for 160th anniversary
  • 2013: Crystal Vision Award from the Kalamazoo / Battle Creek chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction
  • 2015: State History Award in Historic Restoration / Preservation category
  • 2025: LLA inducted into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame

Close-up of the plaque, "this building has been designated as worthy of preservation and has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places, 1970"
Award for the LLA by the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame
Proclamation by the City of Kalamazoo on the LLA's induction to the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame
Photo of an LLA member and 3 men as part of the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame award ceremony.