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Title
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American Hereford Association Building
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Description
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Exterior view of the American Hereford Cattle Breeders Association building, at 300 West 11th Street, on the northwest corner of 11th and Central streets. Looking north, northwest. Sign at corner of building advertises work being done by Dasta Construction Co. The building became the Ararat Shrine Temple in 1953 when the American Hereford Association moved to 11th and Hereford Drive.
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Date
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1978-01
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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American Hereford Association Building
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Description
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Exterior view of the American Hereford Cattle Breeders Association building at 300 West 11th Street. Looking northwest; taken from southeast corner of 11th and Central streets. Sign at corner of building advertises work being done by Dasta Construction Co. The building became the Ararat Shrine Temple in 1953 when the American Hereford Association moved to 11th and Hereford Drive.
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Date
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1978-01
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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American Hereford Association Building
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Description
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Exterior view of the American Hereford Cattle Breeders Association Building, at 300 West 11th Street. Photograph looking northeast. Sign at corner of building advertises work being done by Dasta Construction Co. The building became the Ararat Shrine Temple in 1953 when the American Hereford Association moved to 11th Street and Hereford Drive.
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Date
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1978-01
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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KC's Bull Will Be Back in Skyline
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Description
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HNTB Architects Engineers Planners took down the Hereford Bull statue when they bought the American Hereford Association building. Calvin Trillin lamented the loss in The New Yorker last year. Now the famous bull will be located in Mulkey Square Park atop a new 65-foot pre-cast concrete pylon that is being donated by HNTB, DST Systems and the J. E. Dunn Construction Company.
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Date
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2002-05-17
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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American Hereford Association
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Description
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Promotional postcard for the American Hereford Association showing the cattle breeder's building at 300 W. 11th Street.
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Date
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1921~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Letter from Kansas City: The Bull Vanishes--Does Being a Cowtown Require the Presence of Cows?
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Description
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Illustration and article about the removal of the bull statue atop the old American Hereford Association Building (to a nearby park in Downtown Kansas City) with the relocation of the architectural firm of HNTB into the building (originally dedicated by President Dwight Eisenhower in the mid-1950s). Discussion also on Kansas City's general image (by the famous author, a former Kansas Citian) as a "cowtown."
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Date
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2001-06-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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''...It Was Founded Upon a Rock''
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Description
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History of the American Hereford Association with drawing of new headquarters building built at West 11th Street and Jefferson, including floor plans for all three floors. The Association began June 22, 1881; first Association Show in 1899 was held in Kansas City. On page 180 is photo of the residence of Charles Gudgell, Independence, Missouri, the first real home of the American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association. Gudgell was the Association secretary from 1884 to 1887. Headquarters moved to 300 W. 11th Street, Kansas City, in 1920, after occupying various locations until then.
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Date
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1953-07-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
