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Title: Southwell Building
Description: Photograph of the Southwell Building at the intersection of Main Street and Westport Road, in the late 1970s. The building was designed by architects McKecknie and Trask and opened in 1929. Ground floor tenants of the building at the time of the photo include Corby's Shoes and the Dunhill Furniture store. The Falcon Club bar, described as Irish-American on their sign, occupies the second floor. The bar became known as Harling's Falcon Club in 1980, and then as Harling's Upstairs a few years later.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Southwell Building Architectural Detail
Description: Detail photograph of the Art Deco terra cotta detail on the second floor of the Southwell Building, at 3935-41 Main Street, at the intersection of Main Street and Westport Road in the late 1970s. The building was designed by architects McKecknie and Trask and opened in 1929.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Moten's Shoe Repair
Description: Photograph of Moten's Shoe Repair & Western Boot Sales at 3933 Main Street, in the late 1970s. The blue glass facade was added to the building in 1946. A portion of the Southwell building can be seen to the right of the image.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sophian Plaza
Description: Photograph of the Sophian Plaza apartment building at 4618 Warwick Boulevard in the early 1980s. The 47-unit building, designed by Shepard & Wiser and developed by Henry J. Sophian, was built in 1922, and converted to a condominium in 1978.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Streetcar Tracks at 47th and Main
Description: Photograph of the intersection of 47th and Main Streets, looking south along Main, circa 1980. Decommissioned streetcar tracks are pictured in the foreground of the image, running along the path of what later would be Brookside Boulevard's connection to Main Street.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Art Institute Volker Building
Description: Photograph of Kansas City Art Institute's Volker Building at 305 East 44th Street, in the early 1980s. Construction of the building was completed in 1948, and the building was used as a home for the school's sculpture and ceramics programs.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Art Institute East Building
Description: Photograph of Kansas City Art Institute's East Building at 44th and McGee Streets, in the early 1980s. Construction of the building was completed in 1972, and the building provided space for photography, printmaking, and other programs.
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: 4325 Warwick Boulevard
Description: Photograph of a house at 4325 Warwick Boulevard in the early 1980s, including the carriage house garage at the rear of the property. The house was built circa 1909, with the garage added later, and appears to be undergoing repairs or renovations in the photograph. The property is also known as the R. S. Lemon Residence, after an early resident.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Marriott and Hilton Plaza Hotels
Description: Photograph, looking east from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), of the Hilton Plaza Hotel at 1 East 45th Street and the Marriott Hotel at 4445 Main Street circa 1987. To the east across Walnut Street, the All Souls Unitarian Church is pictured behind the Marriott, and the Simpson House, at 4509 Walnut, and the Montreux apartments stand to the south. The Nelson Art Gallery is also pictured in the background of the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nelson Art Gallery Lobby
Description: Interior photograph of the Kirkwood Hall lobby of the Nelson Art Gallery, looking north, in the early 1980s. Architectural details, including marble columns and a coat of arms mounted above a ticket and information desk, can be seen in the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 210-16 Brush Creek Boulevard
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of two apartment buildings on the north side of Brush Creek Boulevard (called Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard since 1999), east of Main Street. 210-12 Brush Creek Boulevard (on the left) is called the Granada and 214-16 Brush Creek Boulevard is named Plaza 52. They were built in 1922.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Southwell Building
Description: Photograph of the Southwell Building at the intersection of Main Street and Westport Road, in the late 1980s. The building was designed by architects McKecknie and Trask and opened in 1929. Recycled Sounds, The Futon Company, and Metcalfe Key are among the ground-floor tenants, with Harling's Upstairs Bar and Grill occupying the second floor.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Marriott Hotel Main Street
Description: Photograph, looking east from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), of the Marriott Hotel at 4445 Main Street circa 1987. The hotel stands on the northeast corner of 45th and Main Streets.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3951-79 Main Street
Description: Photographs of stores and an apartment building on the 3900 block of Main Street in the early 1980s. The Old Westport Cash Saver grocery store, at 3967 Main, and the Montrose Apartment building, at the corner of 40th, Walnut, and Main Streets, are among the buildings pictured. The Montrose Apartments were demolished in early 1998 and the site was used for a parking lot.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 39th and Main Streets
Description: Photograph of the intersection of 39th and Main Streets in the early 1980s. The Netherlands Hotel apartment building and commercial Hyde Park building can be seen on the northeast corner, and the New Earth Books & Records store in the former Price Candy Company building on the northwest corner. A Mobil gas station stands on the southwest corner. The photograph was taken after the demolition of the Werby Building on the southeast corner, circa 1980.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nelson Art Gallery
Description: Photograph of the 45th Street-facing entry of the Nelson Art Gallery in the early 1980s. A visitor parking can be seen in front of the building, with a low stone wall between the lot and 45th Street. The museum opened in 1933, and underwent a major redesign of its grounds in the late 1980s to create the Henry Moore Sculpture Garden, which was later expanded further and renamed the Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4500 Block of Main Street
Description: Photograph of the east side of the 4500 block of Main Street in the late 1970s. The Hilton Plaza Inn, at 45th & Main, stands at the left edge of the image. The Grandview Apartments, at 4535 Main, and the Alameda Vista Apartments, at 4537-41 Main, stand to the south. A portion of the Ponce De Leon Apartments, at 4555 Main, is visible at the right edge of the photograph. With the exception of the Sevilla Plaza building at 4545 Main, all the apartment buildings between the hotel and Ponce de Leon building were later demolished to create parking lots for adjacent hotels and apartments.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4456 Rockhill Terrace
Description: Photograph of a house under construction at 4456 Rockhill Terrace in the early 1980s.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Junior High School & Westport High School
Description: Photograph of Westport Junior High School, foreground, and Westport High School, background, on 39th Street circa 1980. The high school was built in 1908, and the middle school was built in 1924 as a junior high school, and served as Kansas City Junior College from 1942 to 1969, and then a temporary location for Manual High School from 1969 to 1977, then returned to use as a junior high, and later middle, school. Both school buildings were closed by the Kansas City School District in 2010, and sold to private developers in 2014.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

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