-
-
Title
-
Early Kansas City Architects: Alice G. Jackson
-
Description
-
Photo and biographical article about Alice Jackson, an early architect in Kansas City. She was born in Illinois in 1863 and did not start her architectural career until she was almost 50 years old. Description of her life and career, coming to Kansas City about 1910 and likely designing her first house at 3914 Tracy Avenue, continuing to design other residences into the 1920s, including some in the Squire Manor development east of Midtown, the 600 block of Westover Road, 5408 Central Street, 3420 Coleman Road, and 200 West 53rd Street (nearly all in one of three styles: Prairie School, English cottage, or Swiss chalet).
-
Date
-
1979-06
-
Object Type
-
Magazine Article
-
-
Title
-
Roanoke Historic District Tour Features Thirteen Residences
-
Description
-
Article describing the 2006 Historic Kansas City Foundation Annual Fall Homes Tour provides a good description of the architectural styles found in the Roanoke neighborhood. Photos of several examples are included.
-
Date
-
2006
-
Object Type
-
Magazine Article
-
-
Title
-
New Future for Epperson House?
-
Description
-
Article discusses a study by the architectural firm Helix to determine the feasibility of continuing to use the Epperson House to house the Department of Architecture, Urban Planning and Design at UMKC and whether the building can be a laboratory for studying architecture, design and preservation. A short history of the house is also included.
-
Date
-
2005
-
Object Type
-
Magazine Article
-
-
Title
-
A Score of Slender Towers: Skyscraper Development in Kansas City, Missouri, 1929-1932
-
Description
-
Article discusses architectural, economic and cultural factors that drove a surge in skyscraper construction in the late-1920s and early-1930s. The design and building of the Telephone Building, the Professional Building, the Bryant Building, the Fidelity Building, and the Kansas City Power and Light Building are described in detail.
-
Date
-
2017-04
-
Object Type
-
Magazine Article
-
-
Title
-
Kansas City Bricks: 1870-1900
-
Description
-
Article about the construction boom using bricks in the 1880s. An original brick kiln located at 4th Street and Broadway Boulevard built by Kersey Coates is described.
-
Date
-
1986-07
-
Object Type
-
Magazine Article
-
-
Title
-
Remembering Delaware Street
-
Description
-
Photo and caption about architect Sanford White, designer of the Frank Jennings residence at 510 North Delaware Street in Independence, Missouri, built in 1885 and "once known as the Sawyer house."
-
Date
-
1962-05
-
Object Type
-
Magazine
