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Title
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Federal Buildings In Kansas City
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Description
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Photos, illustrations, and information on the old federal buildings of Kansas City, doubling as post offices. First post office at 7th and Main Streets in the early 1880s, replaced in the mid-1880s in function with the Post Office and Customs House at the southeast corner of 9th and Walnut streets (also called the Federal Building and razed about 1932 for physical replacement by the Fidelity Building). Another federal building erected in 1900 with a dome on the east side of Grand Avenue between 8th and 9th streets, including a post office and demolished in 1938.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Midland Hotel
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Description
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Skyline view looking northeast from New York Life Building showing hotel on far left. Also shows Federal Building and Studebaker Brothers.
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Date
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1900
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Parade Archway
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Description
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Looking north along Grand from near 9th at archway spanning the street that reads "Welkome". Also shows the Federal Building under construction and the Grand Avenue Methodist Church.
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Date
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1895
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Federal Building
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Description
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Full frontal and side view of first building, looking northeast; located on east side of Grand between 8th and 9th.
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Date
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1900
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Federal Building
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Description
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Full frontal and side view of first building, looking northeast.
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Date
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1900
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Grand Avenue Facing South
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Description
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View of Grand Avenue facing south from about 7th Street.
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Date
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1926
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Federal Building
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Description
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Full frontal and side view of first building, looking east.
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Date
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1900
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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St. Peter and St. Paul Catholic Church
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Description
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Full frontal and side view, looking northwest, of St. Peter and St. Paul Catholic Church, located on the southwest corner of 9th and McGee. Also shows Federal Building at 8th and Grand.
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Federal Building
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Description
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Partial frontal and side view of Federal Building at 8th and Grand, looking northeast.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Federal Building
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Description
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Full frontal and partial side view of first building during winter.
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Date
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1930-01
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Federal Building
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Description
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Construction view of first building.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Grand Avenue
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Description
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Looking south along Grand from 8th Street. The dome of the U.S. Post Office and Federal Building and spire of the Grand Avenue Methodist Church are visible.
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Date
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1908-07
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Landmark Courthouse in Makeover
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Description
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Financing for the renovation of the historic U.S. Courthouse finally is in place and a Wisconsin developer, Alexander Co., is moving ahead with the project. The nine-story courthouse at 811 Grand Boulevard opened in 1939 and closed in 1998 when the Charles Evans Whittaker United States Courthouse opened. The building will have 176 apartments, parking garage, rooftop deck, a fitness room, and a community room with a home theater. "The four historic courtrooms will be preserved, but a use has yet to be identified...."
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Date
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2010-01-19
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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The Federal Courthouse Building: A Threat?
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Description
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Contemplation about replacement of the United States Courthouse building at 811 Grand Avenue because of inadequacy for future needs.
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Date
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1991
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Federal Government in Greater Kansas City
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Description
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Second Federal Building in Kansas City, built in 1900, also housing the Post Office, at 9th and Grand Avenue. Had a capital design complete with dome gilded with gold leaf and rotunda. Building cost $900,050.47 and site acquired in 1891 for $451,578.33. Razed in 1938.
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Date
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1939
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Object Type
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Book Section
