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Title: La Solana Apartments
Description: Photograph of the La Solana apartment building at 4628 Broadway in the 1980s. The building was built in 1926 and designed by local architect Nelle Peters. The building was demolished in 1987 to make way for construction of the Townsend Place Condominiums tower.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 7901 East Bannister Road
Description: Photograph of a house at 7901 Bannister Road in the 1980s. The house was the country home of Long-Bell Lumber Company president Frederick J. Bannister and family, and the site of their award-winning La Cima dairy farm from 1910 to Bannister's death in 1934. The property, spanning from approximately Blue Ridge Parkway east to James A. Reed Parkway, and 95th south to 100th Street, was subdivided into a suburban residential development beginning in 1945.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 7901 East Bannister Road
Description: Photograph of a house at 7901 Bannister Road in the 1980s. The house was the country home of Long-Bell Lumber Company president Frederick J. Bannister and family, and the site of their award-winning La Cima dairy farm from 1910 to Bannister's death in 1934. The property, spanning from approximately Blue Ridge Parkway east to James A. Reed Parkway, and 95th south to 100th Street, was subdivided into a suburban residential development beginning in 1945.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Giralda Tower
Description: Photograph of the Giralda Tower, on the southwest corner of Baltimore Avenue and 47th Street circa 1987. The Giralda Tower was built by J. C. Nichols in a smaller imitation of La Giralda tower in Seville, Spain, and Swanson's clothing store is also photographed to the tower's west.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: LaBelle Building
Description: Photograph of the La Belle Building at 1718-26 West 39th Street in the late 1980s. Virgil's Cafe, which opened in 1944, World Spirits liquor store, and Loma's Jewelry occupy the ground-level storefronts. The building was destroyed by fire on November 7, 1990, and was replaced by a one-story commercial strip and parking lot.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Elevated Plaza View
Description: Elevated view of the Plaza in the 1980s, looking southwest from near the intersection of 47th and Main Streets. The Giralda Tower, built by J. C. Nichols in a smaller imitation of La Giralda tower in Seville, Spain, is photographed in the foreground at left. Other Plaza commercial and residential buildings are also visible in the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph, Cityscapes

Title: 1411 West 39th Street
Description: Photograph of a retail building at 1411 West 39th Street, circa 1990. La Fonda El Taquito closed at the location in 1989 and Westport Pizza Company opened later that year. Wyoming Beauty beauty shop occupies the storefront at 1413 West 39th.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: LaMar's Donuts
Description: Photograph of LaMar's Donuts at 240 Linwood Boulevard, circa 1981. The building intially served as a garage and gas station, and in 1960 became the original location of the doughnut shop which grew to become a regional chain. LaMar's closed the location in 2003.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Saint Stephen's Catholic Church & Academy
Description: Photograph of the St. Stephen's Catholic Church and Academy buildings at 1029 and 1001 Bennington Avenue in the 1980s. Construction on the stone church building began in 1919. In 1990, the congregation was consolidated with the nearby Holy Trinity and St. Michael's churches in the St. Stephen's building, renamed Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. The school building was constructed circa 1960 adjacent to the north of the church, and closed in 2010 due to declining enrollment.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Saint Stephen's Catholic Church
Description: Photograph of an alley at the rear of St. Stephen's Catholic Church building at 1029 Bennington Avenue in the 1980s. Construction on the stone church building began in 1919. In 1990, the congregation was consolidated with the nearby Holy Trinity and St. Michael's churches in the St. Stephen's building, renamed Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Saint Stephen's Catholic Church & Academy
Description: Photograph of the St. Stephen's Catholic Church and Academy buildings at 1029 and 1001 Bennington Avenue in the 1980s. Construction on the stone church building began in 1919. In 1990, the congregation was consolidated with the nearby Holy Trinity and St. Michael's churches in the St. Stephen's building, renamed Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. The school building was constructed circa 1960 adjacent to the north of the church, and closed in 2010 due to declining enrollment.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Saint Stephen's Catholic Church
Description: Rear view photograph, taken from Norton Avenue, of the St. Stephen's Catholic Church building at 1029 Bennington Avenue in the 1980s. Construction on the stone church building began in 1919. In 1990, the congregation was consolidated with the nearby Holy Trinity and St. Michael's churches in the St. Stephen's building, renamed Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Athenaeum Club
Description: Photograph of the Kansas City Athenaeum building at the corner of Campbell St. and Linwood Boulevard circa 1981. The building, designed by architect Samuel Tarbet and opened in 1914, serves was the home for the Kansas City Women's Athenaeum Club, which was founded in 1894 and focused on cultural programming for local women. With club membership dwindling, the building was sold to the Kansas City alumnae chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority in 2015. The LaSalle apartment building, a 14-story building which served as apartments, a hotel, and senior housing and was demolished in 2001, can be seen to the east of the Athenaeum.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Athenaeum Club
Description: Photograph of the Kansas City Athenaeum building at the corner of Campbell St. and Linwood Boulevard circa 1981. The building, designed by architect Samuel Tarbet and opened in 1914, serves was the home for the Kansas City Women's Athenaeum Club, which was founded in 1894 and focused on cultural programming for local women. With club membership dwindling, the building was sold to the Kansas City alumnae chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority in 2015. The LaSalle apartment building, a 14-story building which served as apartments, a hotel, and senior housing and was demolished in 2001, can be seen to the east of the Athenaeum.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: LaBelle Building
Description: Photograph of signs on the exterior of Virgil's Cafe at 1712 W. 39th Street in the late 1980s. Virgil's opened in the building, which spans from 1712-26 W. 39th, in 1944, and remained until the building was destroyed by fire on November 7, 1990. The building was replaced by a one-story commercial strip and parking lot.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Athenaeum Club
Description: Photograph of the Kansas City Athenaeum building at the corner of Campbell St. and Linwood Boulevard circa 1981. The building, designed by architect Samuel Tarbet and opened in 1914, serves as the home for the Kansas City Women's Athenaeum Club, which was founded in 1894 and focused on cultural programming for local women. With club membership dwindling, the building was sold to the Kansas City alumnae chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority in 2015. The LaSalle apartment building, seen in the photograph with the name Defenders' Townhouse, Inc., was a senior housing facility at 922 Linwood. The 14-story building also served as apartments and a hotel and was demolished in 2001.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Athenaeum Club
Description: Photograph of the Kansas City Athenaeum building at the corner of Campbell St. and Linwood Boulevard circa 1981. The building, designed by architect Samuel Tarbet and opened in 1914, serves was the home for the Kansas City Women's Athenaeum Club, which was founded in 1894 and focused on cultural programming for local women. With club membership dwindling, the building was sold to the Kansas City alumnae chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority in 2015. The LaSalle apartment building, a 14-story building which served as apartments, a hotel, and senior housing and was demolished in 2001, can be seen to the east of the Athenaeum.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1700 Block of 39th Street
Description: Photograph of the 1700 block of 39th Street, looking west from Genessee Street, circa 1990. Fric and Frac, at 1700 W. 39th, and Virgil's Cafe, at 1712 W. 39th, are pictured on the north side of the block along with other restaurants. Johnson Hardware can be seen in the background, on the northwest corner of 39th and Bell.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Saint Stephen's Catholic Church & Rectory
Description: Photograph of the alley between the St. Stephen's Catholic Church and its rectory at 1029 Bennington Avenue in the 1980s. Construction on the stone church building began in 1919. In 1990, the congregation was consolidated with the nearby Holy Trinity and St. Michael's churches in the St. Stephen's building, renamed Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church. The rectory stands immediately south of the church.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: P34-4 Miscellaneous Landmarks Commission Photographs Finding Aid
Description: The Miscellaneous Landmarks Commission Collection contains images produced by various Kansas City, Missouri city departments during the 1920s through the 1980s. This subcollection is a part of the Landmarks Commission Collection (P34).
Date: 1920~/1989~
Object Type: Finding Aid

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