Westport and Main

Kansas City Landmarks Commission

Photograph of the Montrose Apartments building at the corner of 40th and Main Streets in the early 1980s, looking east from the intersection of Westport Road and Main. The building was designed by Shepard & Wiser and built in 1923. It was demolished in early 1998 and the site used for a parking lot. St. Paul's Episcopal Church stands to the south, across 40th Street.

1980~/1989~

Apartment houses
Grocery stores
Churches
Buildings
Bus stops

Montrose Apartment Hotel
Four Thousand Main Building
Saint Paul's Episcopal Church
Skaggs Drugstore
Old Westport Cash Saver

1940 Tax Assessment Photos, #11-233-15 - 11-233-16: http://kc1940.org/districts/district-no-11-map-kansas-city-jackson-count... Register of Historic Places Nomination, South Side Historic District: https://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/83001020.pdf

Photograph

Southmoreland

10 East 40th Street

Kansas City

Missouri

P34-6, Box 1, Folder 7

10025221

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