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Title: John Johnson
Description: Biographic article about "Mayor Johnson, who, it now appears. ..was the first architect and construction superintendant of the original Coates House, at that time called the Broadway hotel."
Date: 1927-06-10
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Tragic Awakening
Description: Ten died in a fire at a group home in Anderson, Missouri. Cause as yet unknown. Along with the article is a chart with the deadliest fires in Missouri history: Feb. 17, 1957: Katie Jane Nursing Home in Warrenton, 72 dead; March 9, 1914: Missouri Athletic Club and Bank building in St. Louis, 37 dead; April 2, 1979: Wayside Inn board and care home in Farmington, 25 dead; and January 28, 1978: Coates House fire in KC, 20 dead.
Date: 2006-11-28
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Broadway Hotel/Coates House
Description: In 1868 the hotel at 10th and Broadway was completed at a cost of $20,000, by Colonel S. W. Eldridge. It was operated for a period following its completion by Eldridge's brother, Major Thomas B. Eldridge, who called it the Broadway Hotel. In 1870 Kersey Coates and John R. Balis bought the hotel and renamed it the Coates House.
Date: 1956-01-13
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Hyatt Collapse Joins Long List of Disasters in the History of Kansas City
Description: Last entry in list of disasters, with unfortunate results: "[t]wenty residents of the Coates House hotel perished. The fire was largely blamed on the lack of smoke detectors and the initial failure of residents to take reports of the fire seriously."
Date: 1981-07-18
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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