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Title
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Federal Buildings In Kansas City
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Description
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Photos, illustrations, and information on the old federal buildings of Kansas City, doubling as post offices. First post office at 7th and Main Streets in the early 1880s, replaced in the mid-1880s in function with the Post Office and Customs House at the southeast corner of 9th and Walnut streets (also called the Federal Building and razed about 1932 for physical replacement by the Fidelity Building). Another federal building erected in 1900 with a dome on the east side of Grand Avenue between 8th and 9th streets, including a post office and demolished in 1938.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Federal Building and Post Office
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Description
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Photo and description of the Federal Building and Post Office building located at 9th and Walnut Streets, occupying 168 feet on Walnut Street and 115.5 feet on 9th Street.
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Date
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1932
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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911: An Emergency on Walnut
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Description
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Article about the twin-towered Post Office Federal Building, winner of 1931 American Institute of Architecture award. Story of its near abandonment after a report by OSHA (Office of Safety and Health Administration).
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Date
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1994
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
