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Title
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Jesse F. Lauck Dies: Architect, 81, Designed Kansas City Buildings
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Description
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Photo and obituary for Jesse Lauck, "81 years old, designer of many famous Kansas City hotels and apartment buildings." Description of his life and career as a native of Denver coming to Kansas City as a youth with residence at 6920 Edgevale Raod.
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Date
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1969-09-29
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Nelle Peters
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Description
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Photo and bio of Nelle Elizabeth Nichols Peters, or Nelle Peters (1884-1974), an early woman architect in Kansas City designing mainly hotel and apartment buildings. Native of North Dakota coming to Kansas City in 1909 shortly before opening her own office, marrying William Peters ("a designer for the Kansas City Terminal Railroad"), and forming an association with Charles Phillips, owner of the real estate development business of the Phillips Building Company.
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Date
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1992
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Early Kansas City Architect: A Liberated Woman
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Description
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Photos and biographical article about Nelle Peters (1884-1974), a prolific architect (pictured) specializing in apartments and hotels in Kansas City and also designing churches, hotels, residences, and commercial buildings (with a photo of the "David Copperfield" apartments or hotel). Born in North Dakota and coming to Kansas City about 1907 as an architect for Ernest Brostrom before going independent in 1909.
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Date
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1978-04
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Obituaries: Phillip T. Drotts
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Description
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Designed mainly church units, including Nazarene Theological Seminary at 1700 Meyer Boulevard, the Nazarene Publishing House, Hotel Aladdin, and Hotel LaSalle.
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Date
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1960-05-17
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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A Kansas City Architect, Phillip Drotts
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Description
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Biographical article about architect Phillip Drotts, working in Kansas City from 1904 until the early 1950s, "the designer of some of the city's outstanding structures." Photos and description of his career, associated with fellow architects John McKecknie and Ernest Brostrom, including designs of churches, apartments, hotels, and residences, dying in 1960.
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Date
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1983-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
