Liberty Memorial Design Proposals Collection

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #28
Description: Architectural rendering of the site layout included with the Liberty Memorial design proposal from Kansas City-based Thomas Wight and William Drewin Wight. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was awarded seventh place by the 1921 memorial jury. "Wight and Wight's designs placed a large obelisk in the middle of an array of six rectangular cultural center buildings."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #36
Description: Architectural detail of the three flags, altar, and columns included in a Liberty Memorial design proposal from San Francisco-based Walter D. Bliss and William B. Flaville. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was unranked by the 1921 memorial jury convened by the Liberty Memorial Association. "Bliss & Flaville's design called for a simple, circular arena of soaring columns. Inside, three flags stood before a large altar, which bore a long inscription." The words to the Battle Hymn of the Republic are inscribed on the altar. The inscription above the columns reads: "Liberty Memorial Monument erected A.D. MCMXXII by a grateful people to perpetuate in the minds of future generations the memory of the heroic self-sacrifice of the men who served in the World War."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #03
Description: Architectural rendering of the Liberty Memorial design proposal from the Kansas City-based firm Brostrom and Drotts. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their Beaux Arts-style entry proposed a large obelisk linked by column-lined walkways to two small buildings. Their proposal was unranked by the 1921 memorial jury convened by the Liberty Memorial Association.
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #04
Description: Architectural detail of the Liberty Memorial design proposal from the New York-based Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was awarded fourth place by the 1921 memorial jury. This detail depicts the sculpture of an imposing female figure, engraved with SPQR and a variety of scenes, set into the proposed central tower - the figure would not be visible to viewers at Union Station.
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #33
Description: Architectural rendering for a Liberty Memorial design proposal from the Kansas City-based firm Brostrom and Drotts. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their Beaux Arts-style entry was unranked by the 1921 memorial jury convened by the Liberty Memorial Association.
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #41
Description: Architectural rendering included with a Liberty Memorial design proposal from Kansas City-based Arthur S. Keene and Leslie Simpson. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry earned fifth place from the 1921 memorial jury convened by the Liberty Memorial Association. The proposed site included an art museum. music hall, and memorial building in addition to the monument. "The monument sat at the top of the hill, landscaped with zigzagging paths from the north edge."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #29
Description: Architectural detail of the obelisk included with the Liberty Memorial design proposal from Kansas City-based Thomas Wight and William Drewin Wight. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was awarded seventh place by the 1921 memorial jury. "Wight and Wight's designs placed a large obelisk in the middle of an array of six rectangular cultural center buildings."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #16
Description: Architectural rendering of the site layout of a Liberty Memorial design proposal from the Kansas City-based Samuel Greenebaum, Arthur R. Hardy and Ramon Schumacher. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry earned third place from the 1921 memorial jury convened by the Liberty Memorial Association. "The giant fluted column that formed the centerpiece of the firm's design would have been perched close to Main Street, on the eastern edge of the site."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #19
Description: Architectural rendering of the Liberty Memorial design proposal from the New York-based Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was awarded fourth place by the 1921 memorial jury. "Extending across Main Street to Signboard Hill with an arch, Goodhue's plan was entirely asymmetrical."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #20
Description: Architectural rendering of the site layout included with the Liberty Memorial design proposal from the New York-based Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was awarded fourth place by the 1921 memorial jury. "Extending across Main Street to Signboard Hill with an arch, Goodhue's plan was entirely asymmetrical."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #17
Description: Architectural rendering of a Liberty Memorial design proposal from the Kansas City-based Samuel Greenebaum, Arthur R. Hardy and Ramon Schumacher. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry earned third place from the 1921 memorial jury convened by the Liberty Memorial Association. "The giant fluted column that formed the centerpiece of the firm's design would have been perched close to Main Street, on the eastern edge of the site."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #15
Description: Architectural rendering of a Liberty Memorial design proposal from the Kansas City-based Samuel Greenebaum, Arthur R. Hardy and Ramon Schumacher. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry earned third place from the 1921 memorial jury convened by the Liberty Memorial Association. "The giant fluted column that formed the centerpiece of the firm's design would have been perched close to Main Street, on the eastern edge of the site."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #23
Description: Architectural detail included with a Liberty Memorial design proposal from Kansas City-based Arthur S. Keene and Leslie Simpson. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry earned fifth place from the 1921 memorial jury convened by the Liberty Memorial Association.
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #01
Description: Architectural rendering of the site layout for a Liberty Memorial design proposal from the Kansas City-based firm Brostrom and Drotts. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was unranked by the 1921 memorial jury convened by the Liberty Memorial Association
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #34
Description: Architectural rendering of the circular structure included in a Liberty Memorial design proposal from San Francisco-based Walter D. Bliss and William B. Flaville. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was unranked by the 1921 memorial jury convened by the Liberty Memorial Association. "Bliss & Flaville's design called for a simple, circular arena of soaring columns. Inside, three flags stood before a large altar, which bore a long inscription." The inscription reads: "Liberty Memorial Monument erected A.D. MCMXXII by a grateful people to perpetuate in the minds of future generations the memory of the heroic self-sacrifice of the men who served in the World War."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #21
Description: Three views of the Liberty Memorial design proposal from the New York-based Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was awarded fourth place by the 1921 memorial jury. The views depict the imposing female figure set into the proposed central tower and how the figure would not be visible to viewers at Union Station.
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #22
Description: Architectural rendering of the site layout for a Liberty Memorial design proposal from Kansas City-based Arthur S. Keene and Leslie Simpson. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry earned fifth place from the 1921 memorial jury convened by the Liberty Memorial Association. The proposed site included an art museum. music hall, and memorial building in addition to the monument.
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #35
Description: Site layout included in a Liberty Memorial design proposal from San Francisco-based Walter D. Bliss and William B. Flaville. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was unranked by the 1921 memorial jury convened by the Liberty Memorial Association. "Bliss & Flaville's design called for a simple, circular arena of soaring columns. Inside, three flags stood before a large altar, which bore a long inscription." The inscription reads: "Liberty Memorial Monument erected A.D. MCMXXII by a grateful people to perpetuate in the minds of future generations the memory of the heroic self-sacrifice of the men who served in the World War."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #18
Description: Architectural detail of a Liberty Memorial design proposal from the Kansas City-based Samuel Greenebaum, Arthur R. Hardy and Ramon Schumacher. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry earned third place from the 1921 memorial jury convened by the Liberty Memorial Association. "The giant fluted column that formed the centerpiece of the firm's design would have been perched close to Main Street, on the eastern edge of the site. Unlike other contest entries bearing inscriptions, one of the Greenebaum, Hardy and Schumacher renderings featured the legend, "Inscription to be carv[ed]."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #40
Description: Architectural rendering included with the Liberty Memorial design proposal from Kansas City-based Thomas Wight and William Drewin Wight. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was awarded seventh place by the 1921 memorial jury. "Wight and Wight's designs placed a large obelisk in the middle of an array of six rectangular cultural center buildings."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

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