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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: Faultless Starch Company Building
Description: Photograph of the buildings along 8th Street, west of Santa Fe. The Faultless Starch Company Building is at 1027 W. 8th St, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Vitagraph Film Exchange Building
Description: Photograph of the Vitagraph Film Exchange building at the southeast corner of 17th and Wyandotte in the early 1980s. Built in 1930 by Warner Brothers, the building was part of Kansas City's Film Row, an area focused on the film distribution industry. Warner Brothers continued to occupy the building into the 1970s, but an "Office Space for Lease" sign is posted at the time of the photograph.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Switzer School Primary Unit
Description: Photograph of the west side of the Switzer School Annex building at 1810 Madison Avenue in the 1980s. The annex was built in 1958 to accommodate elementary students, and is linked to buildings east of Madison by a tunnel under the street. The Switzer/West campus closed permanently in 2006 and was sold for redevelopment as a residential property in 2015.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: John Deere Company
Description: Photograph of the former John Deere Plow Company Building on Hickory Street, between 13th Street and 13th Terrace, in the 1980s. The Columbian Steel Tank Building stands a block to the north. The 12th Street Bridge can be seen in the background.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1402-08 West 12th Street
Description: Photograph of upper level windows of buildings on 12th Street, between Hickory and Liberty Streets, in the early 1980s.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1308 West 11th Street
Description: Photograph from 1980s of an industrial building in the West Bottoms for Kansas City Pump Company. Larger portion of the building to the east, with the name "Kansas City Pump Co." is no longer standing; it was demolished in the late 1990s. As of 2018, the two-story portion houses an interior design and fabric upholstery store.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Martin School
Description: Photograph of Martin School at 716 North Garland Avenue in the 1980s. The school, named for school board member Judge Edward L. Martin, originally operated in a building built in 1882. The new building, pictured, opened in 1955 but was closed by the school district due to low enrollment in 1976 as the surrounding area become primarily industrial. The building was sold circa 1981 for industrial/warehouse use.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 514 West 26th Street
Description: Photograph of a commercial building at the northeast corner of 26th and Broadway in the early 1980s. The building served as a garment factory at the time of the photo, and was sold to Strahm Printing ; Mailing in 1984.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Convent of Perpetual Adoration
Description: Photograph of a convent and church at 1409 E. Meyer Boulevard in the early 1980s. The building was dedicated in 1948 by the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, and was purchased in 1984 by the Youth for Christ organization for use as a residence facility for unwed mothers. In 2002 the building was purchased by the Franciscan Sisters who returned the building to use as a convent called Convent of Christ the King.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Switzer School Primary Unit
Description: Photograph of the southwest corner of the Switzer School Annex building at 1810 Madison Avenue in the 1980s. The annex was built in 1958 to accommodate elementary students, and is linked to buildings east of Madison by a tunnel under the street. The Switzer/West campus closed permanently in 2006 and was sold for redevelopment as a residential property in 2015.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 501 Southwest Boulevard
Description: Photograph of a commercial building at 501 Southwest Boulevard in the early 1980s. The Victorian building dates to 1886, and at the time of the photograph was home to Rand & Son, a mechanical contracting company.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 2712 Holmes Street
Description: Photograph of a duplex residence at 2712 Holmes Street in the early 1980s. The majority of homes and apartment buildings on the block were demolished to make way for commercial and industrial development.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 816 Forest Avenue
Description: Photograph of a single-family residence at 816 Forest Avenue in the early 1980s. Built in the 1870s, the house was demolished at some point after this photograph was taken, along with other properties on the block. The block was redeveloped for business/industrial use and adjacent parking.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3101 Peery Avenue
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a building at 3101 Peery Avenue, built in 1906. This was an industrial building used for warehouse space, but since 2006, is available for conversion to condominiums. Located in the Independence Plaza neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Convent of Perpetual Adoration
Description: Photograph of a convent and church at 1409 E. Meyer Boulevard in the early 1980s. The building was dedicated in 1948 by the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, and was purchased in 1984 by the Youth for Christ organization for use as a residence facility for unwed mothers. In 2002 the building was purchased by the Franciscan Sisters who returned the building to use as a convent called Convent of Christ the King.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Avenue
Description: Photograph of Union Avenue looking east from Mulberry Street toward Santa Fe Street in the early 1980s. The building at far left was later demolished. CFM Distributors, Inc., stands in the Brokers Building on the northeast corner of Union and Santa Fe.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Livestock Exchange Building
Description: Photograph of the Livestock Exchange building at 1600 Genessee Street in the early 1980s. The building opened in 1910 as offices for the surrounding Kansas City stockyards operation, and was later converted to general office use after the closing of the stockyards. Signs advertise a Boatmen's Bank branch and a snack shop as tenants of the building. Golden Ox restaurant stands at the south end of the building.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Luzier Cosmetics Building
Description: Photograph, looking west, circa 1980s of a portrait - presumably of Thomas Luzier - above the fireplace inside the Luzier Cosmetics building at 3216 Gillham Plaza. The north building (five bays) was built in 1927 for the Martha Washington Candy Company by the architectural firm Hoit, Price & Barnes. The south building (three bays) was designed by local architect Nelle E. Peters in 1928. "When the two buildings were linked together in 1933 with a one-story, one-bay unit, and a second story walkway, the main facade of the north building was modified to match the features designed by Peters for the original Luzier facility." (National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, p. 7) The building served as headquarters for Luzier’s Cosmetics Firm from 1928 until 2000. In 2017, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Luzier Special Formula Laboratories Building. Located in the Midtown neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Admiral Arms Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Admiral Arms Apartments at the northeast corner of Admiral Boulevard and Tracy Avenue, in the 1980s. Built circa 1910, the building originally opened as the Admiral Arms Apartments, and was redubbed the Park Plaza Apartments in 1940. The building is pictured with lower level windows are boarded up. Beginning in 1988, a major renovation returned it to use as 70+ unit apartment complex called Admiral Apartments.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

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