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Title: 501 Westport Road
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the corner of Westport Road and Pennsylvania Avenue. The building on the right is 501 Westport Road and as of 2018, housed Harry's Bar and Tables restaurant.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport City Hall
Description: View looking southwest along High (now W. 40th Terrace) Street showing the Westport City Hall building that once stood at its intersection with Pennsylvania Avenue. Cars parked along the street can be seen. The building also served as stations for the fire and police departments. A sign for Police Department No. 5 is displayed on the building. A Red Crown Gasoline station east of the building is in view. A portion of a Manor Baking Company building can be seen in the background.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Embassy Suites and Westport
Description: Photograph, looking northwest from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), toward Westport circa 1987. The Embassy Suites hotel, at at 220 West 43rd Street, occupies the center of the image, with commercial buildings in Westport occupying the background of the image. J. C. Nichols Parkway curves through the upper right, and a building on the St. Luke's Hospital campus occupies the lower left.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station - Westport Room
Description: Interior view of Union Station at 30 W. Pershing Road during its renovation. The photograph shows work being done on the murals Arrival at Westport Landing; Outfitting at Westport Landing; Commerce of the Prairies. The murals were commissioned in 1937 to decorate the Westport Room restaurant and cocktail lounge inside of Union Station.
Date: 2000~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 433 Westport Road
Description: Photograph of a the building at 433-35 Westport Road in the late 1970s. Ground floor tenants include Baber's Classic Cup at 433 Westport and Natural Wear, a clothing store, and Earth Shoe outlet, at 435 Westport. The Westport Square development united the buildings on the block bound by Westport Road, Archibald Street, Broadway, and Pennsylvania Avenue into a shopping and dining center with a central courtyard in 1973.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 433 Westport Road
Description: Photograph of a the building at 433-35 Westport Road in the late 1970s. Ground floor tenants include Baber's Classic Cup at 433 Westport, and an architecture firm's offices occupy the second floor. The Westport Square development united the buildings on the block bound by Westport Road, Archibald Street, Broadway, and Pennsylvania Avenue into a shopping and dining center with a central courtyard in 1973.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Battle of Westport
Description: Color print of the mural, "The Battle of Westport," by N. C. Wyeth, measuring 15 x 26.25 in. The image depicts the clash between Union and Confederate forces that took place in Westport, Missouri on October 23, 1864. The original mural was completed in 1920 and is displayed in the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City.
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Westport Christian Church
Description: Folder contains the fifty-third anniversary program, Westport Christian Church, Sunday, Oct. 29, 1899. Includes a short historical sketch and officers and members of the official board, trustees, etc. The vertical files in this collection were formerly a part of the department's regular vertical files.
Date: 1899
Object Type: Archival Material

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: Westport and Main
Description: 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.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Battle Reunion
Description: Unframed reprint of a black and white photograph (10 x 24 in.) of the reunion at the 61st anniversary of the Battle of Westport. Unidentified men, women and children are posed standing in front of the Westport Library, formerly the Allen Library, at 118 Westport Road in Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1925-10-23
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Battle of Westport
Description: Several articles about the battle, the "last Confederate attempt to invade the North."
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Battle of Westport
Description: List of veterans compiled by Albert Doerschuk in 1912.
Date: 1912-08-25
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Westport High School
Description: Most of the items in this folder pertain to a Westport High School 25th class reunion held in 1963. These items include program events, rosters, and a reunion booklet. The folder also contains a printed daily program dated 1919 and a commencement program dated 1924. The vertical files in this collection were formerly a part of the department's regular vertical files.
Date: 1919/1963
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Westport & Waldo Railway
Description: Notice of the change in name of the Kansas City Electric Railway to the Westport & Waldo Railway.
Date: 1894-03-24
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Intersection of Westport & Pennsylvania
Description: Photograph of the intersection of Westport Road and Pennsylvania Avenue circa 1923. Wiedenmann Brothers Grocery Store, at 500 Westport Road, can be seen on the northwest corner of the intersection, and Doerschuk's Prescription Drug Store, at 501 Westport, is on the southwest corner. Signs reading "Mogul Overalls" hang on the building at 433 Westport, on the southeast corner, which was the home to Klein's clothing store. The northeast corner, a vacant lot at the time of the photo, was the original location of the pre-Civil War Harris-Kearney House, a hotel and later a private home, which was moved to a location several blocks away in 1922. It was replaced by a commercial building shortly thereafter.
Date: 1923~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport High School
Description: Photograph of Westport High School on 39th Street circa 1980. The high school was built in 1908. Westport High School was closed by the Kansas City School District in 2010, and sold to private developers in 2014.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Battle of Westport
Description: Article about the Battle of Westport on October 23, 1864, the "last battle of the Civil War on Missouri soil" on the site of the later Country Club Plaza along Brush Creek.
Date: 1946-11
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Westport High School Reunion
Description: Group portrait of individuals attending the 65th reunion of the Class of 1926.
Date: 1981-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Presbyterian Church
Description: Photos and article about the chronology of the Westport Presbyterian Church and its three incarnations, the first organized in 1835, moving "into a small brick building located at 706 Westport Rd." until 1895, then moving "into a new building located at the church's present location, 201 Westport Rd.," until destroyed by fire in 1903, then building and occupying the present (2000) building in 1904 also at 201 Westport Road. Description of the church's general history, including its organ, installed in 1905, membership ups and downs, and present functions, such as serving as "home to various non-profit organizations, including the Kansas City Chorale, the Historic Kansas City Community Foundation, and Irish and Lithuanian folk dance groups."
Date: 2000-10-11
Object Type: Magazine Article

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