How One Family Came to this Rockhill Block
Alfred and Grace Schauffler, a prominent Kansas City family, moved onto this Rockhill neighborhood block in the late 1920s. They lived at 4460 Rockhill Terrace until around 1945. Like many of their...
View ArticleBlack, white families, church, businesses shared Westport block in early 1900s
Kelly’s Westport Inn, one of the most historically significant buildings in Kansas City, was built in 1850-1. It served the frontier community as Boone’s Trading Post, and was later used as a drug...
View ArticleProhibition Raid Found ‘One of Finest Distilleries’ in South Plaza
The southwest corner of 51st and Main has been a popular eating spot for several decades. A 1917 map of the block shows only five houses on the block, including 5101 Main, which newspaper reports at...
View ArticleFamily Once Owned This South Plaza Block
The shops on the southeast corner of 51st and Main were built in the 1930s, after the McDonald farm was sold and the areas was developed for both commercial and residential use. Some blocks of Midtown...
View ArticlePlaza’s Nordstrom Block Has Seen Changes Before
Families headed up by a saddle maker, a stone mason and a wood worker once lived on this block of the Country Club Plaza, between 47th and 48th from Summit to Jefferson, now the site of redevelopment...
View ArticleMiddle, Upper Class Families Were First Residents of Crestwood Block
The Nichols Company described this home at 5445 Cherry for sale for $16,000 as “one of Kansas City’s loveliest Dutch Colonials” in a 1945 ad. “Forest trees and abundant shrubbery are its decoration....
View ArticleA 1920s Block Filled with Streetcar Workers
Small homes like this one on Campbell just south of Emanuel Cleaver Boulevard were once filled with streetcar workers, their families, and boarders who worked for the streetcar company. The homes on...
View ArticleNewly-renovated Scottish Rite Temple Anchors Historic Linwood and Paseo Block
The Scottish Rite Temple at the northwest corner of Linwood and the Paseo, opened in 1930, has recently been renovated and is available as rental space for parties, weddings and conventions – an effort...
View ArticleHomes Once Lined 39th Street West of Trafficway
Before it was a commercial strip, 39th Street between Summit and Roanoke was home to families who built new homes as Kansas City expanded to the south. Architect Louis Curtiss designed this house at...
View ArticleMore Steptoe Homes Lost, Erasing More of Kansas City’s Black History
Homes at the corner of W. 44th Terrace and Washington Street in the Steptoe neighborhood in 1940. Steptoe has been gradually removed from history as homes have been demolished over the years. In June...
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