Kansas City Landmarks Slide Collection

Title: Westminster Congregational Church
Description: Photograph of the Westminster Congregational Church at the southwest corner of 36th and Walnut, looking at its north-facing side, in the early 1980s. The construction began on the original section of building in May 1904, and it was opened and consecrated in 1907. An addition was added in 1912. The building was still home to the same church at the time of the photo, but the shrinking congregation voted to disband in July 1995.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: St. Luke's A.M.E. Church Cornerstone
Description: Photograph of the Saint Luke's A.M.E. Church cornerstone, in a triangle created by the intersections of the corner of 43rd Street, Archibald Avenue and Roanoke Streets in the early 1980s. The stone records the date of the church's construction as 1882. The church was established for freed slaves in Kansas City's Steptoe neighborhood after the Civil War, and the parsonage at the rear of the property was added in 1891. The buildings were razed in July 2003 due to deterioration and the widening of 43rd Street. Prior to that, the church was the oldest church in Westport.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a church at 934 Norton Avenue. The church building has housed several church congregations over several years including the Holy Trinity Catholic Church. It was built in 1926. Located in the Lykins neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westminster Congregational Church Interior
Description: Interior photograph of a stained glass window in the Westminster Congregational Church at the southwest corner of 36th and Walnut in the early 1980s. Construction began on the original section of building in May 1904, and it was opened and consecrated in 1907. An addition was added in 1912. The building was still home to the same church at the time of the photo, but the shrinking congregation voted to disband in July 1995.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westminster Congregational Church
Description: Photograph of the Westminster Congregational Church at the southwest corner of 36th and Walnut, looking at the parking lot and west-facing side of the building, in the early 1980s. The construction began on the original section of building in May 1904, and it was opened and consecrated in 1907. An addition was added in 1912. The building was still home to the same church at the time of the photo, but the shrinking congregation voted to disband in July 1995.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Central Presbyterian Church
Description: Photograph of the Central Presbyterian Church at the southeast corner of Armour and Campbell in the early 1980s. The congregation, founded in 1866, has resided at this location since 1921. The Wrennmoor apartment building, at 915 East Armour, can be seen standing to the east of the church. The building opened in 1927, but was condemned after multiple arson fires in 1988. It was demolished in 1995.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Our Lady of Perpetual Help Redemptorist Catholic Church
Description: Photograph of the front stonework, inscribed by the architectural firm Wilder & Wight which designed the church, dated 1907, on Our Lady of Perpetual Help Redemptorist Church at 3333 Broadway Boulevard. Construction on the church began in 1907; it was dedicated in 1912. It was placed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places as Redemptorist Church Complex in 1987.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3200 Independence Avenue
Description: Photograph circa 1980s looking southeast, of the Benton Theater building that was at 3200 Independence Avenue, on the northeast corner of Independence Avenue and Benton Boulevard. It was built ca. 1911 and served as a church after the theater closed in 1952. It was demolished in 2015, after the roof collapsed in 2014. In the Scarritt Point neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Methodist Church
Description: Photograph of Westport Methodist Church at the corner of 40th and Washington Streets in the early 1980s. The church was dedicated in October 1896, and the congregation has been called the oldest in Kansas City, initially meeting in the home of William Chick in 1836, and the original building on the site constructed in 1853.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 917 Tracy Avenue
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a building at 917 Tracy Ave. The building was part of the first headquarters for the Unity Church. Built in the early 1910s, it was in the Paseo West neighborhood. The building was demolished in 2005.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 20 Janssen Place
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the single family home at 20 Janssen Place. It was built in 1909 for William A. Pickering, a prominent lumberman, by the architectural firm Shepard, Farrar & Wiser. In 1975, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Janssen Place Historic District and on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1980. Located in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 48 Janssen Place
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the single family home at 48 Janssen Place. In 1975, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Janssen Place Historic District and on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1980. It was built in 1900 for Burton D. Hurd, president of the Joseph O'Leary Machinery Company. Located in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 54 Janssen Place
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of garage carriage house in the rear of the single family home at 54 Janssen Place. The home was built in 1916-17 for John W. Jenkins, president of the J.W. Jenkins and Sons Music Company, by the architectural firm Shepard, Farrar & Wiser. In 1975, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Janssen Place Historic District and on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1980. Located in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3642 Charlotte Street
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 3642 Charlotte Street, built in 1908. Located in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3605 Gillham Road
Description: Photograph - looking northwest - circa 1980s of a single family home at 3605 Gillham Road, built in 1890. Located in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 610 East 45th Street
Description: Photograph of a house at 610 East 45th Street in the early 1980s.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 5825 Grand Avenue
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 5825 Grand Avenue, built in 1922. Located in the Brookside neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 403 Olive Street
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home (green building) at 403 Olive Street, which was demolished in 2002. To the north is 405 Olive Street, a single family home built in 1917. Next to it is 411 - 413 Olive Street, a four-unit apartment building, built in 1890. Located in the Pendleton Heights neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Houses on Campbell Street
Description: Photograph of houses along Cambell Street in the 1980s. Vantage point faces north toward 36th Street and Armour Boulevard, with Central Presbyterian Church and the Bainbridge Apartments in the distance.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 53 Janssen Place
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the single family home at 53 Janssen Place. It was built in 1913-14 for Granville M. Smith, president of the Common Wealth National Bank by the architectural firm Keene & Simpson. In 1975, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Janssen Place Historic District and on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1980. Located in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

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