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Title: Westport Junior High School & Westport High School
Description: Photograph of Westport Junior High School, foreground, and Westport High School, background, on 39th Street circa 1980. The high school was built in 1908, and the middle school was built in 1924 as a junior high school, and served as Kansas City Junior College from 1942 to 1969, and then a temporary location for Manual High School from 1969 to 1977, then returned to use as a junior high, and later middle, school. Both school buildings were closed by the Kansas City School District in 2010, and sold to private developers in 2014.
Date: 1980~
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: 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~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: View Looking East of the Westport Bank Building
Description: View facing east of the Westport Bank Building, once located on the eastern corner of Westport Road and Broadway Boulevard. A sign advertising Video Westport can be seen. Pedestrians and cars traveling along Westport Road are in view.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza Laundry Company
Description: Photograph of the Plaza Laundry Company building at the corner of 42nd Street and Pennsylvania Avenue circa 1980. The building was constructed as a laundry in 1925, and in 1982, a new owner began a renovation process to turn the structure into an office building dubbed 100 Westport Square.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Mabry Hall
Description: Photograph of the Mabry Hall building at 4112-14 Pennsylvania Avenue, circa 1980. At the time of the photo, the building was owned by Ace Dickinson, who operated Ace's Rock Shop and Museum on the ground floor. The building is arguably the oldest extant commercial building in Kansas City, with some claiming it was constructed in 1843. Other sources suggest a date closer to 1850.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Mabry Hall
Description: Photograph of the Mabry Hall building at 4112-14 Pennsylvania Avenue, circa 1980. At the time of the photo, the building was owned by Ace Dickinson, who operated Ace's Rock Shop and Museum on the ground floor. The building is arguably the oldest extant commercial building in Kansas City, with some claiming it was constructed in 1843. Other sources suggest a date closer to 1850.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Mabry Hall
Description: Photograph of the Mabry Hall building at 4112-14 Pennsylvania Avenue, circa 1980. At the time of the photo, the building was owned by Ace Dickinson, who operated Ace's Rock Shop and Museum on the ground floor. The building is arguably the oldest extant commercial building in Kansas City, with some claiming it was constructed in 1843. Other sources suggest a date closer to 1850. The neighboring building, at 4116 Pennsylvania, can be seen to the right of Mabry Hall.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Seth E. Ward Residence
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the single family home at 1032 West 55th Street. Sometimes referred to as the Bent-Ward Home, it was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 as the Frederick Campbell Residence, Ward House and on the the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1985. The home was originally built in the 1850s by William Bent on land that served as part of the battleground during the Battle of Westport. The home was bought by Seth E. Ward in 1871, who made additions to the home. Restoration was begun in 1949 by Dr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Campbell.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Seth E. Ward Residence
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the backside of a single family home at 1032 West 55th Street. Sometimes referred to as the Bent-Ward Home, it was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 as the Frederick Campbell Residence, Ward House and on the the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1985. The home was originally built in the 1850s by William Bent on land that served as part of the battleground during the Battle of Westport. The home was bought by Seth E. Ward in 1871, who made additions to the home. Restoration was begun in 1949 by Dr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Campbell. Located in the Sunset Hill neighborhood.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Black & Decker Parking Lot
Description: Photograph of a parking lot immediate south of a Black & Decker office building at 4324 Main Street, circa 1980.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: H&R Block Parking Lot
Description: Photograph of a parking lot at the rear of the H&R Block headquarters, at 4410 Main Street, circa 1980. A portion of a St. Luke's Hospital building can be seen at background left, and the Embassy Suites at 43rd and J. C. Nichols Parkway is visible at background right.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

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