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Title: Apartment Buildings on Troost
Description: View looking northwest of five apartment buildings located at 4008-4026 Troost Avenue.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Manor Hall
Description: Photograph of the Manor Hall building at 3848 Troost Avenue circa 1979. National Bedding Mart is in the ground-level storefront.
Date: 1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Athenaeum Club
Description: Photograph of the Kansas City Athenaeum building at the corner of Campbell St. and Linwood Boulevard circa 1981. The building, designed by architect Samuel Tarbet and opened in 1914, serves was the home for the Kansas City Women's Athenaeum Club, which was founded in 1894 and focused on cultural programming for local women. With club membership dwindling, the building was sold to the Kansas City alumnae chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority in 2015. The LaSalle apartment building, a 14-story building which served as apartments, a hotel, and senior housing and was demolished in 2001, can be seen to the east of the Athenaeum.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Athenaeum Club
Description: Photograph of the Kansas City Athenaeum building at the corner of Campbell St. and Linwood Boulevard circa 1981. The building, designed by architect Samuel Tarbet and opened in 1914, serves as the home for the Kansas City Women's Athenaeum Club, which was founded in 1894 and focused on cultural programming for local women. With club membership dwindling, the building was sold to the Kansas City alumnae chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority in 2015. The LaSalle apartment building, seen in the photograph with the name Defenders' Townhouse, Inc., was a senior housing facility at 922 Linwood. The 14-story building also served as apartments and a hotel and was demolished in 2001.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Luzier Cosmetics Building
Description: Photograph of the southern wing of the Luzier Cosmetics Building at 3216 Gillham Plaza in the 1980s. The building was developed in two phases - the larger north wing was designed by local architecture firm Hoit, Price, ; Barnes in 1927 for Martha Washington Candy Company, and the smaller south wing designed by local architect Nelle E. Peters and added in 1928. Luzier purchased the north building and linked the two in 1933, at which time Peters' exterior ornamentation was extended to unify the structures. The building served as the headquarters for the Luzier Cosmetics company from 1928 to 2000.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1006 Linwood Boulevard
Description: Photograph of a building and storefront at the corner of Linwood and Harrison circa 1981. The location was a Safeway grocery store in the '30s, then housed a Western Auto store from the 1940s until August, 1979, and later became home to the Paul Mesner Puppet Theater. The building was vacant at the time of the photograph.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fire Station 31
Description: Photograph of Kansas City Fire Department's Fire Station 31, at 4518 Troost Avenue, around the time of its closure in 1979. KCFD chose to close this location upon the opening of a new station at 34th and the Paseo.
Date: 1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Cook Stores and 5-10-25 Stores on Troost
Description: View looking west of storefronts once located at 4626-4628 Troost Avenue. Cars parked along Troost Avenue can be seen. Signs for Cook Stores Company and 5-10-25 Stores are in view.
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Newbern Apartments
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of two apartment buildings at the corner of East Armour Boulevard and Cherry Street, on the south side of Armour Boulevard. On the left is the Windemere Apartments at 601 East Armour Boulevard, built in 1922-23. On the right is the Newbern Apartment building at 525 East Armour Boulevard which was built in 1921-23 and designed by architects Ernest O. Brostorm and Philip T. Drotts. The Windemere Apartments were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as part of the Armour Boulevard Multiple Resources -District II in 1984. The Newbern Apartments were placed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1978 as Newbern E Armour Blvd Apartments, and in 1982 as part of the Armour/Gillham Historic Apartment-Hotel District. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Located in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wirthman Building
Description: Photograph of the upper levels of the Wirthman Building at the corner of 31st Street and Troost Avenue in the early 1980s. Lettering in an upper window Reads "A. L. Kushner Dentist." Constructed in 1917, the building was briefly home to Walt Disney's Laugh-O-Gram Studios, and was demolished in 1997.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3130-3132 Troost Avenue
Description: Photograph of a commercial building at 3130-32 Troost Avenue in the early 1980s, with Drake International Security as a ground floor tenant. The building was constructed circa 1922, and is still standing as of 2018, though the neighboring building to the south (at the left of the image) was razed and the space was used as a parking lot.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Newbern Apartments
Description: Photograph, looking south, circa 1980s of an apartment building called the Newbern Apartments at 525 East Armour Boulevard. It was built in 1921-23 and designed by architects Ernest O. Brostorm and Philip T. Drotts. It was placed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1978 as Newbern E Armour Blvd Apartments, and in 1982 as part of the Armour/Gillham Historic Apartment-Hotel District. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Located in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wirthman Building
Description: Photograph of the upper levels of the Wirthman Building at the corner of 31st Street and Troost Avenue in the early 1980s. Lettering in an upper window Reads "A. L. Kushner Dentist." Constructed in 1917, the building was briefly home to Walt Disney's Laugh-O-Gram Studios, and was demolished in 1997.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Luzier Cosmetics Building
Description: Photograph of the Luzier Cosmetics Building at 3216 Gillham Plaza in the 1980s. The building was developed in two phases - the larger north wing was designed by local architecture firm Hoit, Price, ; Barnes in 1927 for Martha Washington Candy Company, and the smaller south wing designed by local architect Nelle E. Peters and added in 1928. Luzier purchased the north building and linked the two in 1933, at which time Peters' exterior ornamentation was extended to unify the structures. The building served as the headquarters for the Luzier Cosmetics company from 1928 to 2000.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Windemere Apartments
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the Windemere Apartments at 601 East Armour Boulevard, built in 1922-23. The Windemere Apartments were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as part of the Armour Boulevard Multiple Resources -District II in 1984. In the left side of the photograph, the corner of the building which is visible is the Kenwood Apartments at 615 East Armour Boulevard. Located in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Windemere Apartments
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of two apartment buildings at the corner of East Armour Boulevard and Cherry Street, on the south side of Armour Boulevard. In the foreground is the Windemere Apartments at 601 East Armour Boulevard, built in 1922-23. In the background is the Newbern Apartment building at 525 East Armour Boulevard which was built in 1921-23 and designed by architects Ernest O. Brostorm and Philip T. Drotts. The Windemere Apartments were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as part of the Armour Boulevard Multiple Resources -District II in 1984. The Newbern Apartments were placed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1978 as Newbern E Armour Blvd Apartments, and in 1982 as part of the Armour/Gillham Historic Apartment Hotel District. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Located in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 405-07 & 409 East Armour Boulevard
Description: Photograph of the Windsor Manor Apartments, at 409-11 East Armour Boulevard, and the Richilieu Apartments at 405-07 East Armour, in the early 1980s. Windsor Manor was built in 1924 and designed by local architect Nelle Peters. The Richilieu was built in 1923. The Gillham Plaza office building, at the southwest corner of Armour and Gillham, can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Athenaeum Club
Description: Photograph of the Kansas City Athenaeum building at the corner of Campbell St. and Linwood Boulevard circa 1981. The building, designed by architect Samuel Tarbet and opened in 1914, serves was the home for the Kansas City Women's Athenaeum Club, which was founded in 1894 and focused on cultural programming for local women. With club membership dwindling, the building was sold to the Kansas City alumnae chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority in 2015. The LaSalle apartment building, a 14-story building which served as apartments, a hotel, and senior housing and was demolished in 2001, can be seen to the east of the Athenaeum.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Athenaeum Club
Description: Photograph of the Kansas City Athenaeum building at the corner of Campbell St. and Linwood Boulevard circa 1981. The building, designed by architect Samuel Tarbet and opened in 1914, serves was the home for the Kansas City Women's Athenaeum Club, which was founded in 1894 and focused on cultural programming for local women. With club membership dwindling, the building was sold to the Kansas City alumnae chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority in 2015. The LaSalle apartment building, a 14-story building which served as apartments, a hotel, and senior housing and was demolished in 2001, can be seen to the east of the Athenaeum.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 401 East Armour Boulevard
Description: Photograph looking east circa late 1970s of the lot where the Belleclaire Apartment Hotel once stood at 401 East Armour Boulevard. Designed by architect Nelle Peters, it was built in 1927 and demolished in 1979. The lot was acquired by the city in 1988 and a small park called Commonwealth Green occupies the space.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

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