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| Title | August Meyer |
| Abstract | References to and descriptions of August Meyer (1851-1905), or A. R. Meyer, as "capitalist and leader in matters of public improvements" and as one of the three most important developers of Kansas City's park and boulevard system along with George Kessler and William Rockhill Nelson. Native of Saint Louis coming to the Kansas City area in 1881 as a wealthy lead mine investor and smelting executive, then becoming president of the park board in 1892 and later the Commercial Club. |
| Notes | He is considered the father of Kansas City's park and boulevard system because it was during his term as president of the city's Park Board that the system was planned. Mayor Benjamin Holmes appointed him president of Kansas City's first Park Board in March 1892. Kansas City's Meyer Boulevard was named for him after his death (sometime [sic] during the period December 1905-1908). The street's first entry in the city directory is in the 1913 edition ("Meyer Parkway"). |
| Author | Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
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| Date | 1938 |
| Source | Where These Rocky Bluffs Meet: Including the Story of the Kansas City Ten-Year Plan |
| Location | MVSC 977.8411 K152 |
| Page | 29, 35-37, 41-42, 50, 65 |
| Local Subject | Meyer, August R.
Meyer Boulevard
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| Illustrations | Yes |
| Item Type | Book Section
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 115122 |
| CONTENTdm number | 7869 |
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