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Title: Taking Steps To Record Steptoe, Westport's Vanishing African American Neighborhood
Description: The African American community of Steptoe was located in Westport, Missouri. This article explores the name of the community and its growth after the Civil War. "The tiny hamlet in Westport known as Steptoe was a collection of neat clapboard houses tucked along narrow streets between Westport Road and the Country Club Plaza. Its center was at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 43rd Terrace. The name Steptoe was spelled out in blue and white ceramic tiles set in the pavement at each corner." Various family names connected with the area are mentioned.
Date: 2004
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Old Homes Remaining on Quality Hill Soon to Be Demolished
Description: Story of two adjacent homes of members of the Fisher family on Quality Hill at 701 and 711 Pennsylvania Avenue, scheduled for demolition in area redevelopment plans. Photos and history of Quality Hill, including the Fisher Sawmill, built by the Fisher brothers in 1866, responsible for most of the early construction of the neighborhood.
Date: 1962-10
Object Type: Magazine

Title: Indian Village Country Club: Homes, Not Houses
Description: Promotional booklet for building family homes in 1920s luxury Kansas City suburban tract development now in the Santa Fe Hills neighborhood southeast of 85th Street and Wornall Road. It was to include rare amenities such as an open air theater, bell tower, pool, club house, and Dutch windmill. Built on property owned by Daniel Boone's son Nathan, and featuring the Boone school and home. Businessman developer Emory Sweeney founded an automobile school and WHB radio. Landscape architects Hare & Hare were to handle the project, and George Hamilton Stone was assigned as General Manager. Detailed plat map at center fold. The document claims that the neighborhood will, “exclude undesirable people from the standpoint of morals, character, and integrity.”
Date: 1923
Object Type: Book

Title: 2933 Walnut
Description: View of the house that once stood at 2933 Walnut Street, then under construction.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 2933 Walnut
Description: View of the house that once stood at 2933 Walnut Street, then under construction.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Town Meetings - City Style
Description: Article about "town meetings" on neighborhood issues as "the antidote" to apathy toward city government in cities "where municipal matters run smoothly and there are no screaming headlines," run by the Welfare Department's Community Service Division.
Date: 1952-11
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Country Club District
Description: Title continues: "Including Sunset Hill, Mission Hills, Hampstead Gardens, Wornall Manor, and Greenway Fields, '1,500 Acres Restricted. Planned, Developed, and Offered Exclusively by J.C. Nichols." Street map of Country Club district and of Mission Hills, Kansas. Identifies property owners. Inset map of Kansas City shows relative location.
Date: 1917-04
Object Type: Map

Title: The Country Club District: 1000 Acres Restricted
Description: Booklet published to promote the Country Club District neighborhoods by the J. C. Nichols Company. Images of landscaping, streets and residences are included. Property descriptions for residents are described.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Book

Title: Country Club District: 2500 Acres Restricted
Description: Title continues: "Including Sunset Hill, Mission Hills, Indian Hills, Hampstead Gardens, Crestwood, Greenway Fields, Wornall Manor, Westwood, Westwood Hills, and Armour Hills. 2,500 Acres Restricted. Planned, Developed and offered Exclusively by J. C. Nichols Investment Co." Plat map of the Country Club District, showing dimensions for each plot and sites for some proposed structures.
Date: 1922-08
Object Type: Map

Title: Unidentified Residential Development
Description: View of an unidentified residential development. Completed houses, parked cars and construction materials can be seen.
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Creating Karnes Boulevard and Coleman Highlands
Description: History of Karnes Boulevard and the Coleman Highlands Residential District, both within or near the Roanoke-Valentine residential district, or the Valentine residential district.
Date: 1999
Object Type: Magazine

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