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Title
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City Hall, 12th Street
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Description
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File contains pamphlets, articles, a calendar, a fact sheet about the building as well as the mayor and city council, and other material.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Kansas City City Hall: Elevator Study
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Description
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Comprehensive study of the elevators located within Kansas City City Hall, located at 414 E. 12th Street. The report covers the following topics: the history of Otis Elevator Company and City Hall, features and benefits, results, before and after photographs, a proposal, work by others, and brochures.
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Date
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1998
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Object Type
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Report
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Title
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Days in Old Hall End
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Description
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Abandonment of the 56-year-old structure, once the only tower to rival the New York Life Building in height and used to view Lindbergh's landing in 1927.
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Date
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1938-11-20
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Rich Tapestry of Global Good Will
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Description
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The Sister Cities program marks its 50th anniversary starting July 13, 2006. A museum-quality tapestry which spans 17 feet by 8 feet adorns the Kansas City Council chambers. It depicts a scene concerning Seville, Spain in 1248. Seville, Spain was Kansas City's first sister city which persented the tapestry in 1969 as a gift. The artist of the work is Senora Gloria H. de Rollan. A street in Seville called Avenida de Kansas City is one of the city's busiest thoroughfares. Includes a photograph of the tapestry.
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Date
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2006-07-13
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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City Hall
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Description
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Kansas City City Hall opened October 25, 1937, with a height of 423 feet and 30 stories. Located on 12th Street, bounded by Oak, Locust, 11th and 12th Streets. Built with a PWA grant of $1,575,000 for the building and $1,64,827 for the plaza and garage. Contract awarded to Swenson Construction Company. Architects Wight & Wight. PWA grants on the building amounted to 45 of the total cost of labor and materials, with all excavation work done by federal relief labor.
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Date
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1905-04-21
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Aerial View of Downtown Kansas City
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Description
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Aerial view of downtown Kansas City looking west with the Jackson County Courthouse and City Hall, two prominent buildings in the left foreground.
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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City Hall
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Description
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Full view of City Hall, on 12th Street between Oak and Locust streets, looking northeast. YMCA is in the background.
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Date
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1962-09-20
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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40 Years Ago
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Date
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1967-10-21
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 2, 1909-1937, Page p229
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from E. 11th Street south to E. 13th Street and from Oak Street east to Cherry Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1909/1937
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1939-1958, Page p023
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from E. 10th Street south to E. 12th Street and from McGee east to Locust, showing buildings and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1939/1958
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Downtown Kansas City Skyline
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Description
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View looking toward the southwest of a portion of the eastern side of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Photo taken from the Chase Hotel around 9th and Holmes. Buildings in view include from left to right: Jackson County Courthouse, City Hall, Kansas City Power and Light Building and Telephone Building. A portion of the old Central High School/Junior College located on the corner of 11th and Locust can be seen on the left. Also the Schuyler Hotel and Drake Hotel are in view.
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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SC87 Kansas City (Mo.) City Hall Building Files Finding Aid
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Description
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The Kansas City (Mo.) City Hall Building Files collection contains materials from the Kansas City, Missouri Department of Public Works, City Architect’s Office. This collection primarily contains the architectural history of the City Hall building in addition to project correspondence from the department of Public Works or the Kansas City Government.
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Date
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1931/1999
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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City Hall
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Description
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Kansas City, Missouri's, City Hall is 30 stories in height and 423 feet in elevation.
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Date
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1931-08-23
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Municipal Service Bureau Satisfies Vexed Citizens
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Description
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Photo and article about the "Kansas City Bureau of Information and Service" or "Information and Service Bureau" of the city government at City Hall, "established September 1, 1940" for public provision of information to inquiring citizens. Discussion on the bureau's egalitarian function in contrast to years previous under the Pendergast machine.
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Date
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1942-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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You Should Have Been Along: Auto-Biography of Edward F. Bowman
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Description
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Chapter of the autobiography of the author about the amateur Astronomy Club of the 1930s in Kansas City, memorialized in the carvings on the interior and exterior of City Hall at 12th and Oak Streets by Wight & Wight and architect E. D. Tarbell with symbols of the club. Descriptions throughout of the club's astronomical and meteorological sightings during the Depression.
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Object Type
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Book
