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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: Biography of Kersey Coates (1823-1887), Civic Leader
Date: 2003
Object Type: Biography

Title: Coates House Hotel
Description: Detail view of front entrance, north wing.
Date: 1989
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coates House Hotel
Description: Partial frontal and side view.
Date: 1989
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coates House Hotel
Description: Close-up view of the north wing.
Date: 1989
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coates House Hotel
Description: Detail view of north wing.
Date: 1989
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coates House Hotel
Description: Partial frontal and full side view.
Date: 1989
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coates House Rehab Underway
Description: Actual renovation work being started on the hotel to be used as apartments in the new Quality Hill project downtown.
Date: 1985-03
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Coates House Sold
Description: Sale of the hotel "[c]onsidered to be the most important historic building extant in downtown" for reuse as an apartment building "as the gateway into the Quality Hill project."
Date: 1984-03
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Coates Sparks Interest
Description: Proposed renovation plans for the hotel in case of sale by the Historic Kansas City Foundation.
Date: 1983-01
Object Type: Magazine 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

Title: The Life of K. C.'s Grand Old Lady
Description: Story of the Coates House, its famous visitors including Fanny Brice, and related history from its beginning in 1860.
Date: 1980-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: HKCF Buys Coates House Hotel
Description: Purchase of the old hotel in order to sell again to an owner agreeing to preserve and restore the "significant architectural and historic aspects of the building."
Date: 1979-04
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Opening and Closing Nights for a Grand Hotel
Description: Story of the Coates House from its construction and grand opening in 1891 to its near destruction by fire in 1978.
Date: 1979-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Renovation Possible: Historic Old Coates House, Ravaged by Disastrous Fire, May Be Restored
Description: History of the old hotel after the 1978 fire, including description of its near-destruction by fire earlier in 1901.
Date: 1978-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 3: Hoods Who Spotlight on Organized Crime in the Kansas City Area
Description: Booklet intended to inform the public of the dangers of organized crime in Kansas City. The book contains: a summary of successful prosecution of syndicate members or associates from January 1, 1961 to present (April 1970); the Kefauver Senate Committee underworld charts for Kansas City organized crime activities, Exhibits 1 and 1A; a list of members and associates of the syndicate; the danger signs for the community; and a list of syndicate business connections.
Date: 1970-04
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Architecture and Society: Selected Essays of Henry Van Brunt
Description: Photo of the Coates House, apparently crediting Van Brunt & Howe for its design in 1889-1890.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Book

Title: John Johnson
Description: One page about the second legal mayor of the city, John Johnson (1816-1903), trained as an architect in England and becoming designer of the Broadway Hotel, later called the Coates House, in 1857 at 10th and Broadway Boulevards. Description of Johnson's life and career, a native of England coming to Kansas City in 1852 and serving as its second mayor for about a month in 1855, then going "into the real estate busines, platting several additions," with residence at 5th and Delaware Avenues. Also "the first professional architect in the city," associated with Asa Cross, and possibly the designer of "the first city hall at 4th and Main Streets, a two-story brick building which had the police department and jail on the first floor."
Date: 1968
Object Type: Book

Title: Kansas City, Missouri, Southwest from French Room of Commerce Tower
Description: View of downtown facing southwest from the French Room of the Commerce Towers Building at 911 Main Street. The third Board of Trade Building, the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the Coates House Hotel, the Graphic Arts Building, the Quality Hill area, and other downtown buildings can be seen.
Date: 1965-04-22
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coates House Hotel
Description: Photograph features the Coates House Hotel building, looking southeast, at the corner of 10th Street and Broadway Boulevard. To the east on 10th Street, the Kansas City Custom Garment Co. building is also visible. As of 2010, the building houses the sales offices of Quality Hill Condos, with apartment dwellings on the upper levels.
Date: 1964-07-21
Object Type: Negative

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