George Hucke
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George Hucke
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Description
Biographical sketch of George Hucke, "a prominent contractor," born in Kansas City in 1860 at 12th and McGee Streets, entering the construction industry about 1880 and "buil[ding] many of the better-class residences and buildings in the city."
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Creator Name
Creator: Whitney, Carrie Westlake
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Date(s)
1908
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Subject (local)
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Digital Collection(s)
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Related Item
Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908
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Note(s)
George Hucke erected the following local structures with partner S. E. Sexton, according to this book: (1) the Dwight Building, (2) the Jones building, (3) the Roosevelt Apartments, (4) the Alta Apartments, (5) the Ortiz Apartments, (6) the Albion Apartments, (7) the residences of A. E. Stilwell, J. Logan Jones, H. L. Root, and "Heim," and (8) the Sexton Hotel. His father, Herman Hucke, "a native of Germany, also a contractor and builder" arriving here in 1852, "built the first schoolhouses, the first courthouse and many of the most prominent buildings and homes of Kansas City, among them being the residence of L. R. Moore at Ninth and Cherry streets, which was long considered one of the finest homes here."
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Shelf Locator
q977.8411 W61
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Restriction on Access
This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests
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