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Title: Wellington Apartments
Description: View looking southwest of the Wellington Apartments Building at 519 W 11th Street. The Dickerton House can be seen on the right hand side of the image.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Rollins School
Description: Full, exterior street level view of Rollins School located at 4043 Main Street. It later became the first St. Paul's Episcopal Day School.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 2937 Walnut Street
Description: Photograph of a house at at 3937 Walnut, circa 1980. The house is one of the few on the block that was not demolished to make way for new residential development.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 42 Janssen Place
Description: Photograph of the garage carriage house in the rear of the single family home at 42 Janssen Place. In 1975, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Janssen Place Historic District and on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1980. It was built in 1900 for Joseph M. Bernardin of the Bernardin Lumber Company. Located in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Janssen Place Residential District Main Entrance Gateway
Description: Photograph of a pillar, part of the Janssen Place Residential District Main Entrance Gateway at the intersection of Janssen Place and 36th Street. The gate was constructed in 1897. In 1975, the neighborhood was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Janssen Place Historic District and on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 432-34 West 47th Street
Description: Photograph of an apartment building at 432-34 West 47th Street in the early 1980s. The buildings, along with all other buildings on the block bound by 47th Street, 46th Terrace, Pennsylvania Avenue, and Broadway, were demolished to make way for the Valencia Place office building project, the groundbreaking for which took place in November 1997.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Unidentified House
Description: Photograph of an unidentified house in the Plaza area, circa 1980. The street number "4845" hangs next to the front door.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oak Ridge Manor
Description: Photograph circa 1980, looking north, at the west end of a home at 5410 NE Oak Ridge Drive, originally built around a log cabin in 1829 by James Compton. A Compton family member lived in the home until 1954, when it was sold to Louise Sandstrom who converted it into a restaurant. It opened in 1983 as Stroud's North, Oak Ridge Manor Restaurant & Bar. The home was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 and the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1980 as the Dr. James Compton Residence.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Stanford and Sons
Description: Photograph of Stanford and Sons restaurant and comedy club, at 504 Westport Road, circa 1980. Standing to its east, at the right of the photo, is Kelly's Bar at 500 Westport Road. Both buildings were built circa 1850 and are among the oldest buildings in Kansas City. The Manor Bakery building is visible in the background of the image.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza Laundry Company
Description: Photograph of the Plaza Laundry Company building at the corner of 42nd Street and Pennsylvania Avenue circa 1980. The building was constructed as a laundry in 1925, and in 1982, a new owner began a renovation process to turn the structure into an office building dubbed 100 Westport Square.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1320 West 12th Street
Description: Photograph of 12th Street, looking west from 1320 West 12th Street to Liberty Street, in the early 1980s. The Kansas City Bolt, Nut & Screw Company spans a large segment of the block east of Hickory Street. Buildings to its east were demolished after being destroyed by a 1983 fire.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: City Bank and Trust Company
Description: Photograph of City Bank, at 1800 Grand Boulevard, circa 1980. The building opened as Grand Avenue Bank in 1976, and was designed by the Kivett & Myer architecture firm. The firm changed its name to City Bank and Trust Company in 1978. The Power and Light and Davidson buildings can also be seen in the background of the image, to the northwest.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Apartment Building on Pennsylvania
Description: View looking northeast of the apartment building at 1008 Pennsylvania Avenue. Cars parked along Pennsylvania Avenue can be seen.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Buildings along Jefferson
Description: View looking south of buildings along Jefferson Street from just north of its intersection with 12th Street. Cars parked and traveling along 12th and Jefferson streets can be seen. Signs for Quality Hill Liquors in the building that once stood at 615-621 W. 12th Street are in view.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Cathedral Apartments
Description: View looking north of the Cathedral Apartments at 412 W. 11th Street. A pedestrian on the sidewalk can be seen.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 39th and Main Streets
Description: Photograph of the northeast corner of 39th and Main Streets, circa 1980, including the Hotel Netherlands apartment building. The Hyde Park building, at right, opened in 1916, and at the time of this photo, the ground floor was occupied by the Adult Literary Guild adult bookstore, which was evicted in 1982 as part of a neighborhood redevelopment effort lead by J. Nelson Happy.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The New Stanley
Description: Photograph of The New Stanley bar and restaurant at 501 Westport Road circa 1980, as well as a view of Pennsylvania Avenue looking southeast from Westport Road. The restaurant and bar opened in 1975 in the building that was the former Doerschuk pharmacy. An establishment called the Old Stanley opened in 1987 under new ownership in the space after the New Stanley closed in 1985.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

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