An old post card from about 1908 shows the proposed Union Station, Kansas City, Mo. with a design that was never executed. A clipping from The Star of Nov. 12, 1910, gives the story of the change: W. S. Kinnear, president of the Kansas City Terminal, returned this morning with a secret of intense interest to Kansas City. While in Chicago he had a look at the correct perspective of the new Union Station. It was in the office of Jarvis Hunt, the architect. Mr. Hunt has decided on the final architectural plan for the new station. The station proper will cost $5.5 million. The Star printed a picture of the plans for the new station more than a year ago, but they have been changed. The south front is to be plain and is not to have the big arches that were in former plans. The arches are to give way to columns and the roof is to be flat instead of oval. The same is true of the roof that covers the waiting rooms. The inside of the station and the trackage plans are to remain the same. It is an improvement over the first plans. Everything is going forward satisfactorily and the contract will be let this winter for the building of the station. The building of the new station is the largest single project ever undertaken for Kansas City. The station was opened officially Oct. 29-31, 1914. Kansas City Star, December 4, 1971.
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