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Title
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Nelle E. Peters
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Description
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Photos and information on Nelle Peters (1884-1974), an early woman architect in Kansas City and designer of many apartment buildings including the so-called Poet Apartments or "literary block" on West 48th Street on the Country Club Plaza.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Architecture Along Armour Boulevard
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Description
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Nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places for Armour Boulevard, includes map and information on the two apartment buildings there designed by Kansas City architect Nelle Peters for real estate developer Charles Phillips. Ellison Apartments were built in 1926 at 306 West Armour Boulevard and Del Monte Apartments in 1920 at 200-202 West Armour Boulevard.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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The Amazing Nelle E. Peters
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Description
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Photos and article about Nelle Peters (1884-1974), "one of Kansas City's most successful architects" and "responsible for the design of over 1,000 buildings" including "[t]he 'literary block' or 'poets' row'. ..a series of apartment buildings on [W]est 48th Street in Kansas City" as well as other apartments, hotels, residences, and commercial buildings, etc.
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Date
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1990~/1999~
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Early Kansas City Architect: A Liberated Woman
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Description
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Photos and biographical article about Nelle Peters (1884-1974), a prolific architect (pictured) specializing in apartments and hotels in Kansas City and also designing churches, hotels, residences, and commercial buildings (with a photo of the "David Copperfield" apartments or hotel). Born in North Dakota and coming to Kansas City about 1907 as an architect for Ernest Brostrom before going independent in 1909.
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Date
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1978-04
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Architectural Career of Nelle Peters
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Description
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Photos and biographical article about Nelle Peters (1884-1974), a Kansas City architect specializing in hotels and apartments especially in the 1920s. Native of North Dakota and coming to Kansas City in the late 1901s before opening her own architectural practice about 1910 and going on to design "hundreds" of apartment or hotel buildings.
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Date
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1989-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Dictionary of Missouri Biography
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Description
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Biography of female architect Nelle E. Peters (1884-1974), a designer of Kansas City "apartment buildings and hotels, particularly in the 1920s."
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Apartments' Past Could Stop Wrecking Ball
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Description
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Article focuses upon an effort to prevent the demolition of three adjacent two-story apartment buildings located in the Country Club Plaza that were designed by Kansas City architect Nelle Peters. Greg Allen, president of the Historic Kansas City Foundation, is interviewed and describes his organization's efforts. The author states that the potential demolition is being handled by 47 Summit LLC, an organization managed by the Overland Park-based Price Brothers.
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Date
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2015-06-19
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Nelle Peters
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Description
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Photo and bio of Nelle Elizabeth Nichols Peters, or Nelle Peters (1884-1974), an early woman architect in Kansas City designing mainly hotel and apartment buildings. Native of North Dakota coming to Kansas City in 1909 shortly before opening her own office, marrying William Peters ("a designer for the Kansas City Terminal Railroad"), and forming an association with Charles Phillips, owner of the real estate development business of the Phillips Building Company.
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Date
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1992
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Object Type
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Book
