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Title: Westport Road Looking Southwest from near Baltimore Avenue
Description: View facing southwest along Westport Road from near its intersection with Baltimore Avenue in the Old Westport Residential District. Cars parked and traveling along Westport Road can be seen. The Harris-Kearney House, a Safeway grocery store and the Launderette laundromat are in view.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1855 Harris Home at 4000 Baltimore Avenue, in Old Westport
Description: Photo on the issue's cover and caption about the home on the inside cover.
Date: 1976-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Historic Westport--The Harris Home: A Rich and Varied History
Description: Detailed history of the house and its many owners starting "in the mid-1850s," including involvement from William R. Nelson.
Date: 1978-04
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Harris Home Purchased
Description: Article contains news of the purchase of the home by the historical society for its preservation and restoration.
Date: 1978-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Celebration at Harris-Kearney House
Description: Notice for a "gala celebration" for the "completion of restoration of the front porch and east façade of the 1855 Harris-Kearney House, 4000 Baltimore" Avenue.
Date: 1979-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Grant Will Finance Harris Home Project
Description: History of the home and its various owners, starting with the arrival of John Harris and Henrietta Harris and their children in 1832 from Kentucky by covered wagon.
Date: 1976-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Harris-Kearney House
Description: File containing a nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places for the Harris-Kearney House in Westport, built by John Harris.
Object Type: Report

Title: Harris/Kearney House
Description: History of the house including the story of its preservation by moving from Westport and Main Streets to 4000 Baltimore Avenue.
Date: 1924
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Historic Kansas City Architecture
Description: Book contains a photo and caption about the "early Westport home" built in about 1855, located at 4000 Baltimore Avenue.
Date: 1975
Object Type: Book

Title: The Harris House Story as Related by Frank C. Wornall in 1950
Description: History of the Harris Home, starting with the arrival of the Harris family in Westport in 1832 and tracing through the changes of ownership and preservation of the hotel and house.
Date: 1970-06
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: $10,000 Grant Received for Further Restoration of Harris-Kearney House
Description: News of a grant from the W. J. Brace Charitable Trust to the Westport Historical Society for continued restoration of the Harris House at 40th and Baltimore.
Date: 1979-04
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Harris-Kearney House
Description: Full, front view of the Harris (Kearney) House, probably located at Westport Avenue and Main at the time of the photograph. House was moved to 40th Street and Baltimore Avenue in 1922. Identified as "Old Westport Views."
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Biography of John Harris (1795-1874), Hotelier
Date: 2008
Object Type: Biography