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Title: What's the Story behind the Ornate Building at 2001 Vine Street?
Description: Vine Street Workhouse information: "The building is known as the Vine Street Workhouse. It was designed by Wallace Love and built with the help of prisoners between 1895 and 1897. Prisoners also helped quarry the native limestone used in the structure. Until 1911, the castle-like building served as a municipal prison complete with dungeons in the basement to house the toughest offenders."
Date: 1988-07-31
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: 19th and Vine
Description: Aerial view looking east near 19th and Vine; shows City Workhouse with railroad tracks beside it.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Local Upstart Non-Profit Looks to Renovate Historic Brant Castle
Description: Article announces that 2orMore, a nonprofit organization created by Daniel Edwards and Ebony Burnside, has started a project to restore and repurpose the former city workhouse located at 21st and Vine Streets in Kansas City. A history of Brant Castle, as the workhouse is also known, is provided. Edwards and Burnside are interviewed and state that the project has been divided into three phases. Phase one will handle cleanup of the site. Phase two will establish a community garden and outdoor space at the site. Lastly, phase three will deal with restoration of the structure's interior and the creation of a community use space.
Date: 2014-05-16
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Capturing the Castle
Description: Article describes the efforts of volunteers working to restore the Vine Street Workhouse, otherwise known as the Castle, located at 2001 Vine Street. Daniel and Ebony Edwards are interviewed and describe their decision to found 2orMore, a non profit organization directed at redeveloping the Workhouse as a community center. Representatives from the Kansas City Business Center for Entrepreneurial Development, the organization that owns the property, as well as the Mutual Musicians Foundation are interviewed and describe their organizations' involvement with the restoration project.
Date: 2014-06-26
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Old City Prison Still Stands on Vine Street
Description: Postcard image of and short article about the City Work House building located at 2001 Vine St. The stone, castle-like structure was designed and completed by local architect Wallace Love in 1896. It housed prisoners until the 1920s when the facility was taken over by the water department. The building has been vacant for nearly three decades.
Date: 2011-12-07
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Work Is the Only Cure for Criminals
Description: Police Judge Harry G. Kyle states his belief in the efficacy of hard work for controlling ciminal behavior. Second part of article tells about how well fed and housed the inmates of the Vine Street Workhouse are.
Date: 2009
Object Type: Book Section

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