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Title: Armour Plaza Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Armour Plaza Apartments building at the northwest corner of Armour and Tracy in the early 1980s. The building was designed by Defoe and Besecke and opened in 1925. It was condemned after a fire in 1985 and demolished in 1995.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Armour Apartments
Description: Photograph of the balconies and architectural details on the Armour Apartments building at 1100-08 East Armour Boulevard, the northeast corner of Armour and Troost, in the early 1980s. The apartment building was designed by architect John McKecknie and built in 1905, and was demolished in 1988.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Alexandria Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Alexandria Apartments buildings at 1326 & 28 East Armour Boulevard in the early 1980s. The apartments had undergone a major renovation several years prior under a Department of Housing and Urban Development program, and were available as federally subsidized housing at the time of the photograph.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Brownhardt Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Brownhardt Apartments at the southeast corner of Armour and Campbell in the early 1980s. The building, designed by architect Alonzo Gentry, opened in 1929.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 405-07 & 409 East Armour Boulevard
Description: Photograph of the Windsor Manor Apartments, at 409-11 East Armour Boulevard, and the Richilieu Apartments at 405-07 East Armour, in the early 1980s. Windsor Manor was built in 1924 and designed by local architect Nelle Peters. The Richilieu was built in 1923. The Gillham Plaza office building, at the southwest corner of Armour and Gillham, can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Windemere Apartments
Description: Photograph of the westernmost of the two buildings comprising Windemere Apartments building at 601-607 East Armour Boulevard in the early 1980s. The building was constructed in 1922-23, and served as a residential care facility for individuals with psychological issues in the 1970s. That facility closed in 1978, and by 1980 the building returned to use as an apartment building.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Homestead Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Homestead Apartments building at the southwest corner of Armour and Campbell in the early 1980s. The building, which provided Section 8-eligible housing at the time of the photograph. The building was designed by local architect Nelle Peters and opened as the Hotel Ricardo in 1922. After a 2010s renovation, the building became known as the Ricardo Apartments.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sheridan Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Sheridan Apartments building at 1305-07 East Armour Boulevard in the early 1980s. Designed by local architect Nelle E. Peters, the building opened in 1921, and was named the Yaletown Apartments after a 2010s renovation. A neighboring apartment building and replaced with a parking lot. The neighboring building at the right of the image, the Linda Vista Apartment building, was also designed by Nelle E. Peters, and opened in 1925. At the time of the photograph, units in the building were recently renovated and available as federally subsidized housing.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 721 East Armour Boulevard
Description: Photograph of a house at the southwest corner of Charlotte Street and Armour Boulevard in the early 1980s. Known as the William Repp Residence after its initial owner, a local furniture dealer, the home was designed by Shepard & Farrar and built in 1904-05. At the time of the photograph, the house was used as medical offices.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 800 East Armour Boulevard
Description: Photograph of a house at 800 East Armour Boulevard in the early 1980s. Known as the William Huttig Residence after an initial resident, the house was built in 1904. The house was subdivided into multiple apartments around the time of the photograph, but later returned to a single-family home.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Windemere Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Windemere Apartments building at 601-607 East Armour Boulevard in the early 1980s. The buildings were constructed in 1922-23, and served as a residential care facility for individuals with psychological issues in the 1970s. That facility closed in 1978, and by 1980 the building returned to use as an apartment building. The Kenwood Apartments, at the southwest corner of Armour and Kenwood, are visible at the left of the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Newbern Apartments
Description: Photograph of the main doorway of the Newbern Apartments building at 525 East Armour Boulevard in the early 1980s. Built in 1921, the building was originally known as the Peacock Hotel, but was renamed Newbern in 1925.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wrennmoor Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Wrennmoor apartment building at the southwest corner of Armour and Harrison in the early 1980s. A sign in front advertises 1- and 2-bedroom apartments and studios for rent. The building opened in 1927, but was condemned after multiple arson fires in 1988. It was demolished in 1995. The Central Presbyterian Church at 3501 Campbell can be seen at the right of the photograph. The congregation, founded in 1866, has resided at this location since 1921.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Newbern Apartments
Description: Photograph of the main doorway of the Newbern Apartments building at 525 East Armour Boulevard in the early 1980s. Built in 1921, the building was originally known as the Peacock Hotel, but was renamed Newbern in 1925.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: National Catholic Reporter
Description: Photograph of the National Catholic Reporter headquarters at the southwest corner of Armour and Warwick in the early 1980s. The building, originally built and used as a residence, was converted to use as offices in the 1950s. It has served as offices for the local AFL-CIO, the Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Kansas City, and became the headquarters of the National Catholic Reporter in the late 1970s.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Senate Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Senate Apartments at 1015 East Armour Boulevard in the early 1980s. Opened in 1928, the building was demolished in 1995. At the time of the photograph, the windows on the ground-floor level appear boarded up. A retail building can be seen just to the east of the Senate building, and the Cavalier Apartments (demolished in 1996) and Boulevard Manor building can be seen one block east, between Troost and Forest.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bainbridge Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Bainbridge Apartments building at 900-08 East Armour Boulevard in the early 1980s. The building, originally built as two separate structures in 1926 and later joined via a central entry. At the time of the photograph, the building served as Section 8 federal housing.
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: 501 East Armour Boulevard
Description: Photograph of a house at 501 East Armour Boulevard in the early 1980s. The house, built in 1912, has been known as the Judge Michael Ross Residence after its initial resident. The house is photographed with a "For Sale" sign in the front yard. Originally built as a single family home, the house had also served as a residential hall for women, and had been converted into office space by the time of this photograph.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 710 East Armour Boulevard
Description: Photograph of a house at 710 East Armour Boulevard circa 1980. The house was designed by Keene & Simpson and built in 1911, and is called the Levi McIntire House after an early resident.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

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