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Title: Switzer School
Description: File contains a photographic image of Switzer School located on Madison between 18th and 20th Streets.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Switzer School
Description: Full, street level view of Switzer School located at 1829 Madison Avenue. Named for Henry Switzer, Secretary of the Board of Education from 1875 to 1880.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Switzer School Class
Description: Exterior view of students from Switzer School. Students are not identified.
Date: 1887
Object Type: Photograph

Title: A Switzer History
Description: Article about "the oldest of Kansas City's public schools still in use" at 1829 Madison Street. Old building of the complex to possibly be saved as a "historic centerpiece between the two magnet schools."
Date: 1987-02-17
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Interview with Skip and Leo Feingold
Description: Interview with Leo and Skipper Feingold about their lives and their experience in Kansas City's garment industry. The couple discuss Leo's military service, meeting through a friend while he was stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, and mention Skipper's early career tapdancing as part of the Luke Sisters. They also discuss their children's clothing business, Stevie Togs, Skipper's work as a teacher, and Leo's work for Stern-Slegman-Prins and Kap-Pel Fabrics.
Object Type: Video Recording

Title: Benjamin Franklin Closing Nov. 8
Description: Notice of the closing the Benjamin Franklin Elementary School at 1325 Washington Street, with students being transferred to Switzer Elementary School at 1829 Madison Street.
Date: 1973-11-08
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Switzer School
Description: Exterior, southwest corner view of Switzer school in the construction stage. Located at 1829 Madison Avenue.
Date: 1958-04
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1909-1938, Page p058
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 18th Street south to W. 20th Street and from Belleview Avenue east to Jefferson Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1938
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1949, Page p128
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 18th Street south to W. 20th Street and from Belleview Avenue east to Jefferson Street, showing buildings and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1939/1949
Object Type: Map

Title: West Junior High School
Description: Photograph of the west side of the West Junior High building at 1936 Summit Street in the 1980s. Designed by architect Charles A. Smith, the junior high building and attached library opened in 1926 and were connected to the adjacent Switzer School by a bridge. 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: Switzer School
Description: Photograph of Switzer School at 1829 Madison Avenue in the 1980s, flanked by the West Junior High building to the south and the Switzer Addition to the north. The main Switzer building, designed by Charles A. Smith, was built in 1899. 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: 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: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p041
Description: North central part of early Kansas City in the West Side area from W. 17th Street south to about W. 19th Street and from Holly Street east to Madison Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1895/1907
Object Type: Map

Title: Switzer School
Description: Architectural model of Switzer School, Primary Unit, location at 18th Street and Madison Avenue. Architects listed as Peterson & Mantel.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1957, Page p128
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 18th Street south to W. 20th Street and from Belleview Avenue east to Jefferson Street, showing buildings and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1939/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Switzer School
Description: Photograph of a 1939 addition to the Switzer School at 1829 Madison Avenue in the 1980s. This addition, adjoining the main 1899 school building to its south, was built using Public Works Administration funds. 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: 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: West High Sale Seems a Bittersweet Development
Description: Article announces that the Kansas City School District has approved a redevelopment plan for the West High School complex located at 20th Street and Madison Avenue. Details of the plan, which included selling the complex to the Foutch Brothers real estate firm, are provided. Members of the Westside Housing Organization, who proposed an alternate plan, and the Westside Community Action Network are interviewed and express their hopes and concerns for the site.
Date: 2014-07-07
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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