The Architectural Career of Nelle Peters

Ehrlich, George
Piland, Sherry

Photos and biographical article about Nelle Peters (1884-1974), a Kansas City architect specializing in hotels and apartments especially in the 1920s. Native of North Dakota and coming to Kansas City in the late 1901s before opening her own architectural practice about 1910 and going on to design "hundreds" of apartment or hotel buildings.

1989-01

Peters, Nelle E.
Architects
Apartments
Hotels

The following buildings designed by Nelle Peters are pictured in this article: (1) a "twelve-plex apartment house," located at 720-722 West 37th Street; (2) "the Hanover apartments" at 3603-3605 Central Street; (3) "the Belnord Court" at 4024-4050 Warwick Boulevard; (4) "the Ambassador Hotel at 3560 Broadway"; (5) a "row-type apartment at 420 West 46th Terrace"; (6) the "Luzier Company" building at 3216 Gillham Plaza; and (7) the "James Russell Lowe, cluster-type apartment building [or James Russell Lowe Apartments] at 722 Ward Parkway."

Magazine Article

Missouri Historical Review

83

2

161-176

Periodical

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