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Title: Westport Methodist Church
Description: Photograph of Westport Methodist Church at the corner of 40th and Washington Streets in the early 1980s. The church was dedicated in October 1896, and the congregation has been called the oldest in Kansas City, initially meeting in the home of William Chick in 1836, and the original building on the site constructed in 1853.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Methodist Church
Description: Photograph of Westport Methodist Church at the corner of 40th and Washington Streets in the early 1980s. The church was dedicated in October 1896, and the congregation has been called the oldest in Kansas City, initially meeting in the home of William Chick in 1836, and the original building on the site constructed in 1853.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Methodist Church
Description: Photograph of the main entrance of Westport Methodist Church at the corner of 40th and Washington Streets in the early 1980s. The church was dedicated in October 1896, and the congregation has been called the oldest in Kansas City, initially meeting in the home of William Chick in 1836, and the original building on the site constructed in 1853.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Public Library - Westport Branch
Description: Photograph of the Westport branch of the Kansas City Public Library, at 118 Westport Road, circa 1980. This branch was the original branch of the Kansas City Public Library system. Then called the Allen Library, it opened in 1898, shortly before Westport was annexed by Kansas City.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Allen School
Description: Photograph of the Allen School at 706 West 42nd Street circa 1980. Founded in 1853, the school was the first public school in Westport and Kansas City, and pictured building was built in 1912. Renovations to turn the building into a community center focused on senior citizens began in 1980, and the space also provided offices for the ballet and several other organizations.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Montrose Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Montrose Apartments building at the corner of Walnut, 40th, and Main Streets in the early 1980s. 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. The Old Westport Cashsaver grocery store can be seen to the north of the building.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3951-79 Main Street
Description: Photographs of stores and an apartment building on the 3900 block of Main Street in the early 1980s. The Old Westport Cash Saver grocery store, at 3967 Main, and the Montrose Apartment building, at the corner of 40th, Walnut, and Main Streets, are among the buildings pictured. The Montrose Apartments were demolished in early 1998 and the site was used for a parking lot.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3939 Wyandotte Street
Description: Photograph of a house at 3939 Wyandotte Street in the early 1980s. The stone building at the edge of the photograph is the Westport branch of the Kansas City Public Library, which faces Westport Road. Several other houses neighboring of the library had been demolished to allow for library parking.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3932 Central Street
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 3932 Central Street, built ca 1885. Recognized in the Historic Inventory of the State Historical Survey and Planning Office in 1976 as the Charles N. Price Residence. Price who was City Marshall for Westport Missouri in 1887. Located in the Westport neighborhood, as of 2018, the home appears to have been significantly renovated.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3932 Central Street
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the single family home at 3932 Central Street, built ca 1885. Recognized in the Historic Inventory of the State Historical Survey and Planning Office in 1976 as the Charles N. Price Residence. Price who was City Marshall for Westport Missouri in 1887. Located in the Westport neighborhood, as of 2018, the home appears to have been significantly renovated.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3923 Warwick Boulevard
Description: Photograph of a house at 3923 Warwick Boulevard in the early 1980s. Numerous houses on the north end of the block had recently been razed to make room for an additional parking lot for Westport High School, one block to the east.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nichols Road Courtyard
Description: Photograph of the Plaza Court of the Penguins courtyard at the northeast corner of Nichols Road and Pennsylvania Avenue in the 1980s. A Kansas City Trolley Corp. trolley, on Nichols Road, is pictured dropping a passenger off at a stop. The company operated free trolleys, circulating riders through Downtown, Crown Center, Westport, and the Plaza beginning in 1984 through the mid-1990s.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza Area Plan Area with Specific Guidelines
Description: Map created by the Kansas City Landmarks Commission as part of a 1980s Plaza Plan presentation, encompassing an area from State Line Road east to The Paseo, and from Westport Road & 39th Street south to 55th Street. The map illustrates an area with specific planning guidelines from Westport Road south to 45th and 46th Streets, and Terrace and Mercier Streets east to roughly Jarboe. Area plans, dealing with transportation, development, and zoning, among other factors, were developed over time for a number of Kansas City areas and are intended to provide guidance for their growth and design.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Map

Title: Plaza Area Plan Study Area
Description: Map created by the Kansas City Landmarks Commission as part of a 1980s Plaza Plan presentation, encompassing an area from State Line Road east to The Paseo, and from Westport Road and 39th Street south to 55th Street. Area plans, dealing with transportation, development, and zoning, among other factors, were developed over time for a number of Kansas City areas and are intended to provide guidance for their growth and design.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Map

Title: 3921 Warwick Boulevard
Description: Photograph of a house at 3921 Warwick Boulevard in the early 1980s. The ornamented roofline of Westport High School can be seen in the background of the image, above garage at the rear of the property. The neighboring house to the north, visible at the left edge of the image, and other houses on the north end of the block were razed to make room for an additional parking lot for the high school.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3932 Central Street
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 3932 Central Street, built ca 1885. Recognized in the Historic Inventory of the State Historical Survey and Planning Office in 1976 as the Charles N. Price Residence. Price who was City Marshall for Westport Missouri in 1887. As of 2018, the home appears to have been significantly renovated.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4224 Washington Street
Description: Photograph of a house at 4224 Washington Street in the early 1980s. This residence was later demolished, and the neighboring house at the right edge of the photo and the St. James Missionary Baptist Church, visible at the left edge, are the only pre-1940 structures remaining on the block, which was part of the historic Steptoe neighborhood, a pre-Civil War African-American neighborhood in the Westport area. The remaining land was reused for a new fire station and a large parking lot.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4224 Washington Street
Description: Photograph of a house at 4224 Washington Street in the early 1980s. This residence was later demolished, and the neighboring house at the right edge of the photo and the St. James Missionary Baptist Church, visible at the left edge, are the only pre-1940 structures remaining on the block, which was part of the historic Steptoe neighborhood, a pre-Civil War African-American neighborhood in the Westport area. The remaining land was reused for a new fire station and a large parking lot.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4212 Washington Street
Description: Photograph of a house at 4212 Washington Street in the early 1980s. This residence and the St. James Missionary Baptist Church, at the corner of 43rd and Washington, are the only pre-1940 structures remaining on the block, which was part of the historic Steptoe neighborhood, a pre-Civil War African-American neighborhood in the Westport area. The remaining land was reused for a new fire station and a large parking lot.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza Area Plan Transportation Improvements
Description: Map created by the Kansas City Landmarks Commission as part of a 1980s Plaza Plan presentation, encompassing an area from State Line Road east to The Paseo, and from Westport Road and 39th Street south to 55th Street. The map illustrates proposed transportation improvements along Volker Boulevard, Brookside Boulevard, 47th Street, and 43rd Street. Area plans, dealing with transportation, development, and zoning, among other factors, were developed over time for a number of Kansas City areas and are intended to provide guidance for their growth and design.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Map

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