Newbern Apartments

Kansas City Landmarks Commission

Photograph, looking south, circa 1980s of an apartment building called the Newbern Apartments at 525 East Armour Boulevard. It was built in 1921-23 and designed by architects Ernest O. Brostorm and Philip T. Drotts. It was placed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1978 as Newbern E Armour Blvd Apartments, and in 1982 as part of the Armour/Gillham Historic Apartment-Hotel District. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Located in the Hyde Park neighborhood.

1980~/1989~

Buildings
Apartment hotels

Newbern Apartments
Newbern Hotel

National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, Armour Boulevard Multiple Resource Area: https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/64000388.pdf; Kansas City Register of Historic Places, Newbern E Armour Blvd Apartments: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17T295PMQZe-tNdCD9LbbUzAja5CGW2k3/view

Photograph

Hyde Park

525 East Armour Boulevard

Kansas City

Missouri

P34-6, Box 2, Folder 14

10025803

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