Kansas City Landmarks Slide Collection

Title: Bernard Corrigan Residence Interior
Description: Photograph of a large round clock, 34 inches in diameter, encased in the top of the staircase in a single family home at 1200 West 55th Street. Designed by Louis Curtiss and built in 1913 for Bernard Corrigan, it was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as the Bernard Corrigan Residence.
Date: 1978~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westminster Congregational Church Interior
Description: Interior photograph of a skylight and stained glass in the Westminster Congregational Church at the southwest corner of 36th and Walnut in the early 1980s. Construction began on the original section of building in May 1904, and it was opened and consecrated in 1907. An addition was added in 1912. The building was still home to the same church at the time of the photo, but the shrinking congregation voted to disband in July 1995.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Simpson House
Description: Photograph of the Simpson House at 4509 Walnut Street in the early 1980s, showing a closer view of the arched front door and the approach to the door. The home was built in 1909 for Burnett Simpson and was occupied by the family until 1983, when it was acquired by the neighboring All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church for use as an event space and additional space for church activities.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bernard Corrigan Residence Interior
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a stained glass window in the first floor entrance hall in the single family home at 1200 West 55th Street. Designed by Louis Curtiss and built in 1913 for Bernard Corrigan, it was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as the Bernard Corrigan Residence. Located in the Sunset Hill neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 2924 Harrison Street
Description: Photograph of a dormer and windows on a house at 2924 Harrison Street in the early 1980s. The single-family home was converted around the time of this photograph into Upper Room Jesus Compassionate Minstries, a missionary center and emergency shelter. All houses and apartment buildings to its south on the block have been demolished.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Price Candy Company Building
Description: Photograph of terra cotta detail on the Price Candy Company building at 2 West 39th Street. circa 1981. The building was constructed in 1929 by W. R. Brovard to be a factory for Price Candy, and at the time of this photo was the home of the Foolkiller Theater collective until they sold the building in 1985.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ambassador Apartments
Description: Photograph of the front porch of Ambassador Apartments at 441 Knickerbocker Place, circa 1981. The building, called Ambassador B, and its twin neighbor to the east, Ambassador A, were designed by local architect Nelle Peters and were built by the Ambassador Hotel to serve as overflow guest rooms in 1927 and were later used as apartments. Both buildings were razed in 2012.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ambassador Apartments
Description: Photograph of architectural detailing on the upper levels of the Ambassador Apartments at 435 Knickerbocker Place, circa 1981. The building, called Ambassador A, and its twin neighbor to the west, Ambassador B, were designed by local architect Nelle Peters and were built by the Ambassador Hotel to serve as overflow guest rooms in 1927 and were later used as apartments. Both buildings were razed in 2012.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial
Description: Close-up photograph of Liberty Memorial circa 1990. The photograph shows sculptural details, called Guardian Spirits, near the top of the memorial's tower. Four Spirits are depicted on the tower, and are called Honor, Courage, Patriotism, and Sacrifice. Built as a memorial to World War I, the monument and its attached museum were dedicated in 1926 and were designed by architect H. Van Buren Magonigle in Egyptian Revival style. Structural deterioration lead to the memorial being closed to the public in 1994. It was restored and reopened, with an expanded museum, in 2006.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bernard Corrigan Residence Interior
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a stained glass window in the entryway of the single family home at 1200 West 55th Street. Designed by Louis Curtiss and built in 1913 for Bernard Corrigan, it was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as the Bernard Corrigan Residence. Located in the Sunset Hill neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wirthman Building
Description: Photograph of the upper levels of the Wirthman Building at the corner of 31st Street and Troost Avenue in the early 1980s. Lettering in an upper window Reads "A. L. Kushner Dentist." Constructed in 1917, the building was briefly home to Walt Disney's Laugh-O-Gram Studios, and was demolished in 1997.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 412 West 47th Street
Description: Photograph of doors and other architectural details on an apartment building at 412 West 47th Street in the early 1980s. The building, along with all other buildings on the block bound by 47th Street, 46th Terrace, Pennsylvania Avenue, and Broadway, were demolished to make way for the Valencia Place office building project, the groundbreaking for which took place in November 1997.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Armour Apartments
Description: Photograph of the balconies and architectural details on the Armour Apartments building at 1100-08 East Armour Boulevard, the northeast corner of Armour and Troost, in the early 1980s. The apartment building was designed by architect John McKecknie and built in 1905, and was demolished in 1988.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Unidentified Architectural Element
Description: Photograph of an unidentified exterior stonework architectural element in the 1980s. A street number, 1903, appears engraved on the structure.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Unidentified Terra Cotta Adornments
Description: Photograph of unidentified terra cotta elemenets of a frieze on the exterior of a building in the 1980s. The frieze includes terra cotta tiles in geometric and other motifs.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 410 West 47th Street
Description: Photograph of windows and other architectural details on an apartment building at 410 West 47th Street in the early 1980s. The building, along with all other buildings on the block bound by 47th Street, 46th Terrace, Pennsylvania Avenue, and Broadway, were demolished to make way for the Valencia Place office building project, the groundbreaking for which took place in November 1997.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wirthman Building
Description: Photograph of the upper levels of the Wirthman Building at the corner of 31st Street and Troost Avenue in the early 1980s. Lettering in an upper window Reads "A. L. Kushner Dentist." Constructed in 1917, the building was briefly home to Walt Disney's Laugh-O-Gram Studios, and was demolished in 1997.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 542 Park Avenue East, architectural detail
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of architectural details on the balconies of an apartment building at 540-542 Park Avenue East, built in 1910. Located in the Pendleton Heights neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 412 West 47th Street
Description: Photograph of windows and other architectural details on an apartment building at 412 West 47th Street in the early 1980s. The building, along with all other buildings on the block bound by 47th Street, 46th Terrace, Pennsylvania Avenue, and Broadway, were demolished to make way for the Valencia Place office building project, the groundbreaking for which took place in November 1997.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: James School
Description: Photograph ornamentation around the door of James Elementary School at 5810 Scarritt Avenue in the 1980s. The school, named for J. Crawford James, an early school board member, was built in 1910.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

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