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Title
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Westport High School
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Description
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Photos and information on Westport High School, built (by the Swenson Construction Company) in 1908 at 39th and Locust Streets from designs by architect Charles Smith. Originally organized as a school in 1852 by Reverend Nathan Scarritt at 40th and Washington Streets prior to the formation of the Kansas City School District.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Plan: Repurpose Westport High as a School
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Description
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Article discussing proposals made to the Kansas City Public Schools for the empty Westport High School and Westport Middle School. The plans call for converting the schools into market-rate apartments, buildings for independent senior housing, or to reuse Westport High School as a private school and the middle school as a center for nonprofit organizations. Both schools, along with 28 others, were closed in 2010 due to declining enrollment.
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Date
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2012-08-31
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Vacuum Cleaner Inventors
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Description
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Article explaining a vacuum cleaner invented by Westport High School teachers Daniel Hall and Charles Hermann.
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Date
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1908-11-25
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
