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Title: Federal Buildings In Kansas City
Description: 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.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: History of Saline County, Missouri
Description: Illustration of the "United States Custom-House and Post-Office, at Kansas City.--1881."
Date: 1881
Object Type: Book

Title: Federal Building and Post Office
Description: 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.
Date: 1932
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Living High Downtown
Description: What was once the Fidelity National Bank and Trust Building at 9th and Walnut, later a federal office building, officially became Missouri's tallest apartment building recently. Developer Glenn Solomon and his company Simbol Commercial received the certificate of occupancy after a $64 million redevelopment project. It includes a 16,000-square-foot roof garden as well as a three-level, 4,200-square-foot space in the north tower that is available for $1.2 million. The lower four floors are available for commercial use. There are 159 luxury apartments with monthly rents ranging from $750 to $2,500. The city gave the project 100 percent property tax abatement for 25 years.
Date: 2005-10-05
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Re-Constructing the Old Federal Building, At Ninth and Walnut Streets, For the Fidelity Trust Company, of Kansas City
Description: In 1902 the Fidelity Trust Company purchased from the federal government the building at the corner of 9th and Walnut Streets. The building is to be remodeled for use by the company and to rent out the upper floors. Van Brunt & Howe were chosen as the architects. Includes description of the building as well as a sketch in the supplement section of this issue.
Date: 1903-06
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Law of Demand
Description: Article describes difficulties and negotiations involved in the rehabilitation of the Law Building and the Federal Building at 9th and Walnut.
Date: 2003-08-14
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: 911: An Emergency on Walnut
Description: 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).
Date: 1994
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Souvenir of Kansas City and Her Fire Department
Description: Photo of the "Old Custom House and Post Office" at 9th and Walnut Streets.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Book

Title: Wright's New Map and Guide for Kansas City, Mo., Kansas City and Wyandotte, Kans.
Description: Illustration of the post office and custom house at 9th and Walnut Streets.
Date: 1882
Object Type: Book

Title: Federal Government in Greater Kansas City
Description: Description of the federal building officially called the U.S. Customs House & Post Office, at 9th and Walnut Streets. Under construction in 1879, opened on August 29, 1885. Site cost $8,500, total cost reportedly $325,000. Three-story gray sandstone structure with two towers and an ornamental iron fence bordering on two sides with the Town Clock in one of its towers. Building razed in 1930 to make way for the new Fidelity Bank Building. The building was sold to the Fidelity Bank & Trust Company for $260,000.
Date: 1939
Object Type: Book

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