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Title
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Charles Smith, Kansas City Architect
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Description
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Biographical sketch of Charles Ashley Smith, or Charles Smith (1866-1948), a prominent Kansas City architect. Native of Ohio coming to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1887 as a draftsman for architect William Hackney and taking over after Hackney's death in 1898 "as official architect for the Kansas City, Missouri Board of Education." Designer and co-designer of many buildings in Kansas City, Missouri, and the following in Kansas City, Kansas, with employee Arthur Hall: "the George H. Gray residence in Westheight Manor, built in 1924"; "the Tudor Style Fire Station No. 11 at 3100 State Avenue"; "the six-story Anderson Storage Co. Warehouse at 736-738 Armstrong, built in 1925"; "the rural White Church Elementary School of 1926-27"; and "the Woods Bros. Corporation's new Fairfax Airport."
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Date
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1905-06-11
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Object Type
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Book
