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Title: Southmoreland and Plaza Buildings
Description: Photograph, looking southeast from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), across 47th Street toward the UMKC campus circa 1987. The Hilton Plaza Inn, at 1 West 45th, occupies the bottom left corner of the image, and numerous residential buildings are pictured lining 47th Street. Streetcar tracks can be seen running behind commercial buildings in the foreground, south diagonally across Main Street, before running alongside Brookside Boulevard south of Brush Creek. Main Street and Brookside Boulevard were later realigned as part of a Brush Creek beautification and flood control project in the 1990s.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 901 Brush Creek Boulevard
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of Faith Mission Church of God in Christ at 901 Brush Creek Boulevard. It was placed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places as part of the Rockhill Historic District in 1980. Located in the Rockhill neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Christian Science Reading Room
Description: Photograph of the Christian Science Reading Room at 3921 Main Street, circa 1982, in a building constructed in 1921. The vacant lot to its left is the site of the former Werby Building, demolished in 1979, and part of the Meyer Building can be seen to its right.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3901-3915 Main Street
Description: Photograph of demolition of buildings in the early 1980s at 3901 - 3915 Main Street, including the Werby Building on the southeast corner at the intersection of 39th and Main Streets. The spire of the Calvary Baptist Church at 3921 Baltimore can be seen in the background.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport and Main
Description: Photograph of the Montrose Apartments building at the corner of 40th and Main Streets in the early 1980s, looking east from the intersection of Westport Road and Main. The building was designed by Shepard & Wiser and built in 1923. It was demolished in early 1998 and the site used for a parking lot. St. Paul's Episcopal Church stands to the south, across 40th Street.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: United Methodist Church and Office Building
Description: View looking southeast of the United Methodist Church and office building at 903 Grand Avenue and the Grand Avenue Temple immediately to the east. Pedestrians and cars traveling along Grand Avenue can be seen.
Date: 1984
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3900 Block of Main Street
Description: Photograph of buildings on the west side of the intersection of 39th and Main Streets in the early 1980s. Muehlebach Flowers, at 3934 Main Street, is picture, as is a free-standing restaurant building that had been vacated by a Denny's restaurant in 1982. Calvary Baptist Church, at 3921 Baltimore, can be seen in the background on the opposite side of the block. The Price Candy Company Building, occupied by the Foolkiller Theater company, can be seen on the northwest corner of the intersection.
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: 913 Tracy Avenue
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a marker that reads "Unity Village," in front of the building at 913 Tracy Ave. The building served as the first headquarters for the Unity Church. Built in the early 1910s, it is in the Paseo West neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 913 Tracy Avenue
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a building at 913 Tracy Ave. The building served as the first headquarters for the Unity Church. Built in the early 1910s, it is in the Paseo West neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4408 Warwick Boulevard
Description: Photograph of the house at 4408 Warwick Boulevard in the early 1980s. The house, originally known as the Stanley P. Christopher Residence after an early resident, was purchased by the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and incorporated into the construction of their new Central Congregation facilities. The buildings were demolished in 1993 to provide parking for the new Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dorothy's Swap-Shop and Moten's Shoe Repair
Description: Photograph of Dorothy's Swap-Shop at 3931 Main, and Moten's Shoe Repair at 3933 Main, circa 1983. The facades of both buildings were altered from their original designs in 1946. A storefront church can be seen in the neighboring Southwell Building.
Date: 1983~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 115-217 Benton Boulevard
Description: Photograph looking north circa 1980s of the 200 block of Benton Boulevard. Addresses include the church at 217 Benton Boulevard, which was designed by L. Grant Middaugh and built in 1907 as well as single family homes at 211 Benton Boulevard, 205 Benton Boulevard and 201 Benton Boulevard. The apartment building visible at the end of the block was demolished in 1988.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: First Church of Christ Scientist
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a church at 1117 E. 9th Street, which originally housed The First Church of Christ, Scientist, until sometime in the mid 1980s. It was built in the 1897. Located in the Paseo West neighborhood.
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: 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: Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the front doors of a church at 934 Norton Avenue. The church 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: 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: 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: St. Luke's A.M.E. Church and Parsonage
Description: Photograph of the Saint Luke's A.M.E. Church, in a triangle created by the intersections of the corner of 43rd Street, Archibald Avenue and Roanoke Streets in the early 1980s. The church, established for freed slaves in Kansas City's Steptoe neighborhood after the Civil War, constructed the church building in 1882 and the parsonage at the rear of the property 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

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