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Title: Dixon Hotel
Description: National Register nomination form, item 7, page 1, for the Dixon Hotel at 1205 Baltimore Avenue.
Object Type: Report

Title: Dixon Hotel
Description: Information on the Dixon Hotel at 12th and Baltimore Avenues, demolished in 1985 to make way for One Kansas City Place, Kansas City's tallest building.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Hotels in Kansas City
Description: The file includes articles about various Kansas City hotels and a copy of the National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form for "Hotels in the Downtown Area of Kansas City."
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Book Seeks to Restore Cub's Great Jewish Heritage
Description: A new book entitled Johnny Kling: A Baseball Biography by Gil Bogen has recently been published. The author contends that Kling was Jewish although Kling's wife Lillian asserted he was not. Kling was a catcher for the Chicago Cubs from 1900-1911. He owned the Dixon Hotel in Kansas City and the Strand in Chillicothe, Missouri. He was also a professional billiards player as well as part owner of the Kansas City Blues baseball team.
Date: 2006-04-07
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Dixon Hotel
Description: Postcard of the Dixon Hotel.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Dixon and Sexton Hotel
Description: Full frontal view of the Dixon Hotel and the Sexton Hotel beside it. Located at 15 W. 12th. Also shows the Baltimore Shirt Company, Pennant Café, and Maze Theater located in the Dixon Hotel.
Date: 1915
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Storefronts on 12th Street
Description: Storefronts along south side of 12th between Baltimore and Main. Shows part of the sidewalk entry for the Dixon Hotel and the Sexton Hotel next door. Entrance to the Maze Theater is in view.
Date: 1916~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 12th Street from Main Street
Description: View looking west along 12th Street from its intersection with Main Street. A street maintenance project can be seen. Several pedestrians and cars parked along the street are in view. Signs for Lerner's Vogue, Arctic Ice Cream, the Senator Hotel, the Dixon Hotel, the State Hotel, and the Hotel Phillips can be seen.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 12th Street from Main Street
Description: View looking west along 12th Street from its intersection with Main Street. A street maintenance project can be seen. Several pedestrians and cars parked along the street are in view. Signs for Lerner's Vogue, Arctic Ice Cream, the Senator Hotel, and the Dixon Hotel can be seen.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dixon Hotel
Description: Postcard showing the Dixon Hotel that once stood on the southeast corner of 12th Street and Baltimore Avenue.
Date: 1932~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Johnny Kling Again Host at the Hotel Dixon
Description: Short article describes baseball player Johnny Kling resuming management of the Hotel Dixon, a favorite with stockmen. Mr. Walter Gable continues as the general manager.
Date: 1932-10-15
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Dixon Hotel and Johnny Kling
Description: Baseball player and owner, Johnny Kling, was also an expert billiards player. He opened a hotel in 1912 called the Hotel Dixon which advertised that it had 39 Kling specially designed tables. It was located at 12th and Baltimore in downtown Kansas City.
Date: 2006
Object Type: Book Section