Kansas City, Missouri. Charles O'Brannen, left, and Eula Greer, freigh...
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Kansas City, Missouri. Team tracks at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa F...
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Kansas City, Missouri. Loading and unloading cars at the Atchison, Top...
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Standard Theatre, 300 West Twelfth Street, Kansas City, Jackson County...
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Standard Theatre, 300 West Twelfth Street, Kansas City, Jackson County...
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R. A. Long House, 3218 Gladstone Boulevard, Kansas City, Jackson Count...
Significance: Building is architecturally significant as a particularly grand local example of a Beaux-Arts residence. Its original owner, R.A. Long, symbolized the late-19th century ideal of coming from a poor... More
R. A. Long House, 3218 Gladstone Boulevard, Kansas City, Jackson Count...
Significance: Building is architecturally significant as a particularly grand local example of a Beaux-Arts residence. Its original owner, R.A. Long, symbolized the late-19th century ideal of coming from a poor... More
Scarritt Building & Arcade, Ninth Street & Grand Avenue, & 819 Walnut ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-114 Survey number: HABS MO-263
Scarritt Building & Arcade, Ninth Street & Grand Avenue, & 819 Walnut ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-114 Survey number: HABS MO-263
Scarritt Building & Arcade, Ninth Street & Grand Avenue, & 819 Walnut ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-114 Survey number: HABS MO-263
Kansas City City Hall, 414 East Twelfth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...
Significance: The City Hall is the tallest and most obvious of a three building construction program passed in 1931 by the people of Kansas City. The overall bond program was labeled the "Ten-Year-Plan," and of... More
Bullene, Moore, Emery & Company Building, 1016-1018 Grand Avenue, Kans...
Significance: The Bullene. Moore, Emery and Company store (known since 1895 as Emery, Bird, Thayer) was a commercial institution of outstanding significance for several generations of Kansas Citians. The firm a... More
Sears Roebuck & Company Mail Order Plant, 3625 Truman Road, Kansas Cit...
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Francois Chouteau Bridge, Spanning Missouri River at Chouteau Traffic ...
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Warner Plaza, 8 Warner Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
Survey number: HABS MO-1893-B Building/structure dates: 1926 Initial Construction
Warner Plaza, 29 Warner Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N764 Survey number: HABS MO-1893-I Building/structure dates: 1926 Initial Construction
Warner Plaza, 29 Warner Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N764 Survey number: HABS MO-1893-I Building/structure dates: 1926 Initial Construction
Warner Plaza, 29 Warner Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N764 Survey number: HABS MO-1893-I Building/structure dates: 1926 Initial Construction
John Harris House, 4000 Baltimore Avenue, Kansas City, Jackson County,...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11 Survey number: HABS MO-31-16 Building/structure dates: 1844 Initial Construction
Rockhill Road Bridge, Spanning Brush Creek between Forty-eighth & Volk...
Significance: The Rockhill Road Bridge is the earliest documented stone bridge of this type in Missouri. The bridge was built by William Rockhill Nelson, founder and owner of the Kansas City Star newspaper, re... More
3210 Warwick Boulevard (Apartments), Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
Significance: The simple, Neoclassical apartment house located at 3210 Warwick Boulevard is an early example of the classically columned multi-deck, veranda apartment dwelling which became a local prototype in ... More
3210 Warwick Boulevard (Apartments), Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
Significance: The simple, Neoclassical apartment house located at 3210 Warwick Boulevard is an early example of the classically columned multi-deck, veranda apartment dwelling which became a local prototype in ... More
Warner Plaza, 37 Warner Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
Survey number: HABS MO-1893-H Building/structure dates: 1926 Initial Construction
Union Cemetery, Union Confederate Monument Site, 227 East 28th Street ...
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Warner Plaza, 28 Warner Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
Survey number: HABS MO-1893-E Building/structure dates: 1926 Initial Construction
Warner Plaza, 28 Warner Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
Survey number: HABS MO-1893-E Building/structure dates: 1926 Initial Construction
Kansas City General Hospital, 2315 Locust, Kansas City, Jackson County...
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East Twenty-third Street Viaduct, Spanning Big Blue River at Mancheste...
Significance: The 23rd Street Viaduct is significant in the areas of Politics/Government and Community Planning and Development. The steel girder structure is an existing example of the 1935 civic improvement ... More
Paseo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Interstate 29/35, Kansas City...
Significance: The Paseo Bridge represents one of only a few self-anchored suspension bridges ever built in the United States. This unique bridge design was chosen to provide Kansas City with a signature struct... More
Miller Plaza, 35-37 Miller Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
Significance: This building is one of fourteen original buildings in the Miller Plaza complex which reflects the historical eclecticism of the post-World War I era through the restrained use of a mixture of Tud... More
Bernard Corrigan House, 1200 West Fifty-fifth Street, Kansas City, Jac...
Significance: Building as architectural significance as an important regional example of the Prairie Style, designed by Kansas City architect Louis S. Curtiss. The building was among the earliest residential st... More
Star Theater, 1615-1617 East Eighteenth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...
Significance: The Star Theater (Gem Theater) is significant as one of the first and most enduring movie theaters constructed in Kansas City, Missouri, for an African-American clientele. The Star was built in 1... More
Municipal Auditorium, 1310 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, Jackson Coun...
Significance: The Municipal Auditorium is a classic example of 1930s moderne style constructed with funds from the city and the federal government. Although the U.S. contribution was relatively small, it kept t... More
William F. Huston House, 1910 Woodland Avenue, Kansas City, Jackson Co...
Significance: A rare surviving example of Second Empire style architecture which has been identified in Kansas City. The residence was probably constructed for Whitfield Diehl, a realator, for speculation since... More
William F. Huston House, 1910 Woodland Avenue, Kansas City, Jackson Co...
Significance: A rare surviving example of Second Empire style architecture which has been identified in Kansas City. The residence was probably constructed for Whitfield Diehl, a realator, for speculation since... More
New York Life Insurance Building, 20 West Ninth Street, Kansas City, J...
2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Representing the city's expansion during the 1880s into a major business center, the New York Life Building is one of the most significant survivi... More
New York Life Insurance Building, 20 West Ninth Street, Kansas City, J...
2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Representing the city's expansion during the 1880s into a major business center, the New York Life Building is one of the most significant survivi... More
New York Life Insurance Building, 20 West Ninth Street, Kansas City, J...
2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Representing the city's expansion during the 1880s into a major business center, the New York Life Building is one of the most significant survivi... More
Armour, Swift, Burlington Bridge, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
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Armour, Swift, Burlington Bridge, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
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Armour, Swift, Burlington Bridge, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
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Armour, Swift, Burlington Bridge, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
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Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...
Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More
Legion parading before half million spectators, American Legion Conven...
Stereo copyrighted by Keystone. No. 13361. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Kansas City, Missouri. Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad tracks,...
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Hotel Fredric, 312 East Ninth Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
Survey number: HABS MO-1923 Building/structure dates: 1916-1917 Initial Construction
Hotel Fredric, 312 East Ninth Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
Survey number: HABS MO-1923 Building/structure dates: 1916-1917 Initial Construction
R. A. Long House, 3218 Gladstone Boulevard, Kansas City, Jackson Count...
Significance: Building is architecturally significant as a particularly grand local example of a Beaux-Arts residence. Its original owner, R.A. Long, symbolized the late-19th century ideal of coming from a poor... More
R. A. Long House, 3218 Gladstone Boulevard, Kansas City, Jackson Count...
Significance: Building is architecturally significant as a particularly grand local example of a Beaux-Arts residence. Its original owner, R.A. Long, symbolized the late-19th century ideal of coming from a poor... More
Scarritt Building & Arcade, Ninth Street & Grand Avenue, & 819 Walnut ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-114 Survey number: HABS MO-263
Kansas City City Hall, 414 East Twelfth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...
Significance: The City Hall is the tallest and most obvious of a three building construction program passed in 1931 by the people of Kansas City. The overall bond program was labeled the "Ten-Year-Plan," and of... More
Kansas City City Hall, 414 East Twelfth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...
Significance: The City Hall is the tallest and most obvious of a three building construction program passed in 1931 by the people of Kansas City. The overall bond program was labeled the "Ten-Year-Plan," and of... More
Kansas City City Hall, 414 East Twelfth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...
Significance: The City Hall is the tallest and most obvious of a three building construction program passed in 1931 by the people of Kansas City. The overall bond program was labeled the "Ten-Year-Plan," and of... More
Bullene, Moore, Emery & Company Building, 1016-1018 Grand Avenue, Kans...
Significance: The Bullene. Moore, Emery and Company store (known since 1895 as Emery, Bird, Thayer) was a commercial institution of outstanding significance for several generations of Kansas Citians. The firm a... More
Bullene, Moore, Emery & Company Building, 1016-1018 Grand Avenue, Kans...
Significance: The Bullene. Moore, Emery and Company store (known since 1895 as Emery, Bird, Thayer) was a commercial institution of outstanding significance for several generations of Kansas Citians. The firm a... More
Bullene, Moore, Emery & Company Building, 1016-1018 Grand Avenue, Kans...
Significance: The Bullene. Moore, Emery and Company store (known since 1895 as Emery, Bird, Thayer) was a commercial institution of outstanding significance for several generations of Kansas Citians. The firm a... More
Sears Roebuck & Company Mail Order Plant, 3625 Truman Road, Kansas Cit...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Sears Roebuck & Company Mail Order Plant, 3625 Truman Road, Kansas Cit...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Sears Roebuck & Company Mail Order Plant, 3625 Truman Road, Kansas Cit...
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Francois Chouteau Bridge, Spanning Missouri River at Chouteau Traffic ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Francois Chouteau Bridge, Spanning Missouri River at Chouteau Traffic ...
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Francois Chouteau Bridge, Spanning Missouri River at Chouteau Traffic ...
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4533-39 Roanoke Parkway (Apartment Building), Kansas City, Jackson Cou...
Significance: This building is one of nine two-story apartment buildings in the area of Roanoke Parkway that, together, present a unified urban streetscape that is enlivened by paired facades, interrelated cou... More
Rockhill Road Bridge, Spanning Brush Creek between Forty-eighth & Volk...
Significance: The Rockhill Road Bridge is the earliest documented stone bridge of this type in Missouri. The bridge was built by William Rockhill Nelson, founder and owner of the Kansas City Star newspaper, re... More
St. Louis Avenue Viaduct, Spanning Kansas City Terminal Railroad at Be...
Significance: The St. Louis Avenue Viaduct is the oldest of only nine known extant skewed Pratt truss bridges, a rather uncommon bridge form, in Missouri. Furthermore, its fifty-foot width is unusual for a bri... More
Warner Plaza, 43 Warner Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
Survey number: HABS MO-1893-G Building/structure dates: 1926 Initial Construction
Rockford School, Raytown & Longview Road, Kansas City, Jackson County,...
Significance: The small brick building of Rockford School was built as a one-room schoolhouse. At the time of its construction in 1916, three other similar schools designed by the same architect, J.R. Felt & Co... More
East Twenty-seventh Street Viaduct, Spanning Vine Street, Kansas City,...
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East Twenty-seventh Street Viaduct, Spanning Vine Street, Kansas City,...
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Kansas City General Hospital, 2315 Locust, Kansas City, Jackson County...
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Kansas City General Hospital, 2315 Locust, Kansas City, Jackson County...
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Kansas City General Hospital, 2315 Locust, Kansas City, Jackson County...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical landmark building, courtyard, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Kansas City General Hospital, 2315 Locust, Kansas City, Jackson County...
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Kansas City General Hospital, 2315 Locust, Kansas City, Jackson County...
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Warner Plaza, 23 Warner Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
Survey number: HABS MO-1893-J Building/structure dates: 1926 Initial Construction
Conklin House, 1207 Pennsylvania Avenue, Kansas City, Jackson County, ...
Significance: Retaining much of its original architectural integrity, the Conlkin Residence is a contributing building within the Quality Hill Historic District. Its significance is derived from its contributio... More
East Twenty-third Street Viaduct, Spanning Big Blue River at Mancheste...
Significance: The 23rd Street Viaduct is significant in the areas of Politics/Government and Community Planning and Development. The steel girder structure is an existing example of the 1935 civic improvement ... More
Miller Plaza, 9 Miller Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
Significance: Designed primarily as a commercial building with apartment space, this building is one of two buildings located on the corners of Main Street and Miller Plaza which were designed to be mirror imag... More
Warner Plaza, Both sides of Warner Plaza between Main & Warwick, Kansa...
Significance: The Warner Plaza apartment development demonstrates an extensive, early innovative approach to multi-unit residential planning. It is a significant representation of the impact of the City Beautif... More
Paseo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Interstate 29/35, Kansas City...
Significance: The Paseo Bridge represents one of only a few self-anchored suspension bridges ever built in the United States. This unique bridge design was chosen to provide Kansas City with a signature struct... More
Paseo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Interstate 29/35, Kansas City...
Significance: The Paseo Bridge represents one of only a few self-anchored suspension bridges ever built in the United States. This unique bridge design was chosen to provide Kansas City with a signature struct... More
Paseo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Interstate 29/35, Kansas City...
Significance: The Paseo Bridge represents one of only a few self-anchored suspension bridges ever built in the United States. This unique bridge design was chosen to provide Kansas City with a signature struct... More
Star Theater, 1615-1617 East Eighteenth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...
Significance: The Star Theater (Gem Theater) is significant as one of the first and most enduring movie theaters constructed in Kansas City, Missouri, for an African-American clientele. The Star was built in 1... More
Municipal Auditorium, 1310 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, Jackson Coun...
Significance: The Municipal Auditorium is a classic example of 1930s moderne style constructed with funds from the city and the federal government. Although the U.S. contribution was relatively small, it kept t... More
Municipal Auditorium, 1310 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, Jackson Coun...
Significance: The Municipal Auditorium is a classic example of 1930s moderne style constructed with funds from the city and the federal government. Although the U.S. contribution was relatively small, it kept t... More
Municipal Auditorium, 1310 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, Jackson Coun...
Significance: The Municipal Auditorium is a classic example of 1930s moderne style constructed with funds from the city and the federal government. Although the U.S. contribution was relatively small, it kept t... More
Municipal Auditorium, 1310 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, Jackson Coun...
Significance: The Municipal Auditorium is a classic example of 1930s moderne style constructed with funds from the city and the federal government. Although the U.S. contribution was relatively small, it kept t... More
New York Life Insurance Building, 20 West Ninth Street, Kansas City, J...
2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Representing the city's expansion during the 1880s into a major business center, the New York Life Building is one of the most significant survivi... More
New York Life Insurance Building, 20 West Ninth Street, Kansas City, J...
2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Representing the city's expansion during the 1880s into a major business center, the New York Life Building is one of the most significant survivi... More
New York Life Insurance Building, 20 West Ninth Street, Kansas City, J...
2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Representing the city's expansion during the 1880s into a major business center, the New York Life Building is one of the most significant survivi... More
New York Life Insurance Building, 20 West Ninth Street, Kansas City, J...
2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Representing the city's expansion during the 1880s into a major business center, the New York Life Building is one of the most significant survivi... More
Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...
Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More
Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...
Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More
Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...
Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More
Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...
Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More
Kansas City, Missouri. General view of part of the stockyards
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Hotel Fredric, 312 East Ninth Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
Survey number: HABS MO-1923 Building/structure dates: 1916-1917 Initial Construction
Hotel Fredric, 312 East Ninth Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
Survey number: HABS MO-1923 Building/structure dates: 1916-1917 Initial Construction
R. A. Long House, 3218 Gladstone Boulevard, Kansas City, Jackson Count...
Significance: Building is architecturally significant as a particularly grand local example of a Beaux-Arts residence. Its original owner, R.A. Long, symbolized the late-19th century ideal of coming from a poor... More
R. A. Long House, 3218 Gladstone Boulevard, Kansas City, Jackson Count...
Significance: Building is architecturally significant as a particularly grand local example of a Beaux-Arts residence. Its original owner, R.A. Long, symbolized the late-19th century ideal of coming from a poor... More