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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: Lincoln High School
Description: Photograph of the south addition to Lincoln High School at 22nd Street and Woodland Avenue in the late 1980s. Houses along 22nd Street, including 1804 East 22nd, are pictured in the foreground of the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: W. W. Yates School
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the W. W. Yates School at 1228 Lydia Avenue. Built in 1916, it was an elementary school until it closed in 1982 and sold, in 1984, to house a rehabilitation center and shelter. At some point in the late 1980s, the building was demolished. The building was located in the Paseo West neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Paseo High School
Description: Photograph of the Paseo High School building at 4747 Flora Avenue in the 1980s. Designed by school district architect Charles A. Smith, the school was completed in 1926. It was closed in 1990, to be replaced with a new building to house the Paseo Academy for Fine and Performing Arts magnet school on the same site.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Meservey School
Description: Photograph of the Meservey School at 4210 East 45th Street, between Jackson and Spruce Avenues, in the 1980s. Designed by Charles A. Smith and named for local attorney Edwin C. Meservey, the school was built in 1928. It was closed by the school district in 2009.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Allen School
Description: Photograph of the Allen School at 706 West 42nd Street circa 1980. Founded in 1853, the school was the first public school in Westport and Kansas City, and pictured building was built in 1912. Renovations to turn the building into a community center focused on senior citizens began in 1980, and the space also provided offices for the ballet and several other organizations.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Allen School
Description: Photograph of the Allen School at 706 West 42nd Street circa 1980. Founded in 1853, the school was the first public school in Westport and Kansas City, and pictured building was built in 1912. Renovations to turn the building into a community center focused on senior citizens began in 1980, and the space also provided offices for the ballet and several other organizations.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Horace Mann School
Description: Photograph of the Horace Mann School at 39th and Euclid Streets circa 1980. The building was designed by architect Charles A. Smith and completed in 1904. In a state of disrepair, it was closed by the school district in 1979 and placed for sale the following year. It operated as Brown-Caldwell Christian School from the early 1980s until circa 2007, when it was purchased, with the intention of residential redevelopment, by the Ivanhoe Neighborhood Association. It was damaged in an arson fire in December 2011, leading to its demolition.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Horace Mann School
Description: Photograph of the Horace Mann School at 39th and Euclid Streets circa 1980. The building was designed by architect Charles A. Smith and completed in 1904. In a state of disrepair, it was closed by the school district in 1979 and placed for sale the following year. It operated as Brown-Caldwell Christian School from the early 1980s until circa 2007, when it was purchased, with the intention of residential redevelopment, by the Ivanhoe Neighborhood Association. It was damaged in an arson fire in December 2011, leading to its demolition.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Webster School
Description: Photograph of the south side of the former Webster School at 1644 Wyandotte Street, the northwest corner of 17th and Wyandotte, circa 1983. The building was constructed in 1885 and operated as a school from that time until 1932. From 1932 until 1977 the building housed a variety of businesses and vocational schools. At the time of the photograph, the building was vacant and undergoing a major renovation.
Date: 1983~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Allen School
Description: Photograph of a parking lot at the Allen School at 706 West 42nd Street circa 1980. Founded in 1853, the school was the first public school in Westport and Kansas City, and pictured building was built in 1912. Renovations to turn the building into a community center focused on senior citizens began in 1980, and the space also provided offices for the ballet and several other organizations.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Webster School
Description: Photograph of the south side of the former Webster School at 1644 Wyandotte Street, the northwest corner of 17th and Wyandotte, circa 1983. The building was constructed in 1885 and operated as a school from that time until 1932. From 1932 until 1977 the building housed a variety of businesses and vocational schools. At the time of the photograph, the building was vacant and undergoing a major renovation. The AT&T and Davidson buildings can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: 1983~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Webster School
Description: Photograph of the south side of the former Webster School at 1644 Wyandotte Street, the northwest corner of 17th and Wyandotte, circa 1983. The building was constructed in 1885 and operated as a school from that time until 1932. From 1932 until 1977 the building housed a variety of businesses and vocational schools. At the time of the photograph, the building was vacant and undergoing a major renovation.
Date: 1983~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Norman School
Description: Photograph of the Norman School at 3514 Jefferson Street, circa 1981, looking north from a parking lot located on the south side of the building. Construction on the school began in 1906, and it was sold by the Kansas City School District to a private developer in 2006. A sign for Unicorn Theater, one of the building's tenants when it operated as the Norman Center for the Arts, is visible above the entrance.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Allen School
Description: Photograph of the Allen School at 706 West 42nd Street circa 1980. Founded in 1853, the school was the first public school in Westport and Kansas City, and pictured building was built in 1912. The photograph shows a "Future Home of Westport Allen Center" sign standing in front of the school, which has multiple broken and boarded-up windows. Renovations to turn the building into a community center focused on senior citizens began in 1980, and the space also provided offices for the ballet and several other organizations.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Allen School
Description: Photograph of the Allen School at 706 West 42nd Street circa 1980. Founded in 1853, the school was the first public school in Westport and Kansas City, and pictured building was built in 1912. Renovations to turn the building into a community center focused on senior citizens began in 1980, and the space also provided offices for the ballet and several other organizations.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Allen School
Description: Photograph of the Allen School at 706 West 42nd Street circa 1980. Founded in 1853, the school was the first public school in Westport and Kansas City, and pictured building was built in 1912. Renovations to turn the building into a community center focused on senior citizens began in 1980, and the space also provided offices for the ballet and several other organizations.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Paseo High School
Description: Photograph of the Paseo High School building at 4747 Flora Avenue in the 1980s. Designed by school district architect Charles A. Smith, the school was completed in 1926. It was closed in 1990, to be replaced with a new building to house the Paseo Academy for Fine and Performing Arts magnet school on the same site.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Pembroke Hill Country Day School
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a building called Founders Hall at 400 W. 51st Street, at the northwest corner of 51st Street and Wornall Avenue. The building was part of the Sunset Hill School, a college preparatory school for girls, started in 1913. It merged with Pembroke-Country Day School (for boys) in 1984 to form the Pembroke Hill Day School.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

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

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