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Jackson County Courthouses
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Description
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History of the Jackson County Courthouses at 415 East 12th Street and at 5th and Locust Street in Kansas City, with photo.
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Date
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1996-03-10
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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County's Birthday Party: Jackson County Bicentennial Commission Will Stage Gala Dec. 15 at Independence
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Announcement of the "celebration of the sesquicentennial of Jackson County" in 1976 at Independence, with illustrations and description of the various Jackson County courthouses, starting with the first in Independence built in 1831 (remodeled five times by 1976) and including later ones in Kansas City, such as the first (at 2nd and Main Streets, built in 1872 and damaged in 1886 by a cyclone), the second (pictured, at 5th, Locust, Oak, and Missouri Avenues), and the third (the present "skyscraper courthouse").
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Date
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1976-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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K. C.'s New Building Recalls 100 Years of Progress
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Description
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Extensive article about the new Jackson County Courthouse at 12th and Oak Streets and its architecture, statuary, interior, etc., including contrasts with the older design of the Independence courthouse.
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Date
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1934-09-16
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Aerial View of Downtown Kansas City
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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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First Ward to Ward Parkway
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Description
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Photo and description of the new Jackson County Courthouse and plans for two more "Pendergast Pyramids"--a municipal auditorium and city hall, all constructed with Tom Pendergast's Ready Mixed Concrete company--in an article about the Pendergast machine's rule starting in the First Ward in the late 1800s and running to the present (1935) with Boss Tom's mansion on Ward Parkway.
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Date
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1935-03-15
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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The Courthouse Inscription
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Inscription on the north wall of the building: "The law is over the magistrate; the magistrate over the people. Let the people obey the magistrate and the magistrate the law" by an anonymous author and "The strength of the republic is not in its material wealth, but in the loyalty of its citizens, who believe their government is just," written by a lawyer, Milton Schwind, 315 North Chelsea Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri. The inscriptions were chosen by Judge Battle McCardle.
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Date
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1935-03-26
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Southeast from Commerce Tower
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View facing southeast taken from the Commerce Towers Building at 911 Main Street. The Richard Bolling Federal Building, Jackson County Courthouse, City Hall, the Southwestern Bell Telephone Building, and other downtown buildings can be seen.
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Date
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1966-05-04
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Downtown Rooftop View
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View facing southeast taken from the Commerce Towers Building at 911 Main Street. The Richard Bolling Federal Building, Jackson County Courthouse, City Hall, the Southwestern Bell Telephone Building, and other downtown buildings can be seen.
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Date
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1966-05-04
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Downtown Roof Top View
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Rooftop view of buildings on the lot of third building prior to its construction.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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