Kansas City Landmarks Slide Collection

Photograph of businesses and buildings on the north side of the 1200 block of West
39th Street, circa 1990. Signs for Kansas City Floral and Nutri-Tan Tanning and Nutrition
Center stand in front of the buildings.

Photograph of the Whitehall Apartment buildings at 1207-09 East Armour Boulevard in
the early 1980s. The building in the background, 1207 E. Armour, suffered a major fire in
January 1983.

Photograph of a house at 121 East 36th Street in the early 1980s. The house, known as
the Alfred Toll Residence after an early resident, was built circa 1888 and was later
subdivided from a single-family home into multiple apartments.

Photograph circa 1980s, of several multiple family homes at 1212 - 1218 E. 14th
Street, adjacent to Interstate 35. That were later demolished for use by the adjacent Graybar
Electric Company.

Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 1216 West 73rd Street, built in
1934. Located in the Ward Parkway Plaza neighborhood.

Photographs of houses at 1217 East Armour Boulevard and 1215 East Armour in the early
1980s. Both homes were subdivided into multiple apartments after being initially built as
single family homes. 1217 E. Armour was built in 1906 and has been called the George Hucke
Residence after the initial owner, a prominent local contractor. The house at 1215 E. Armour
was built in 1904 and has been called the Julius Baer Residence after its original owner, a
local optometrist.

Photograph circa 1980s, of an architectural detail on the pediment of a house, at 1218
E. 14th Street. The house is one of five identical houses facing 14th Street between Tracy and
Forest, adjacent to Interstate 35 that were later demolished for use by the adjacent Graybar
Electric Company.

Photograph of a house at 1219 West 38th Street during the 1980s.

Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 1220 West 51st Street, built in
1916. Located in the Westwood neighborhood.

Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 1223 Huntington Road, built in 1923.
Located in the Stratford Gardens neighborhood.

Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 1224 W. 61st Street, built in 1924.
Located in the Stratford Gardens neighborhood.

Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 1226 West 56th Street, built in
1913. Located in the Stratford Gardens neighborhood.

Photograph of a house at 123 East 34th Street in the early 1980s. The area, south of
Linwood Boulevard to 34th Terrace, between Main and Gillham, was deemed blighted and ridden
with crime and drugs in the late 1980s, and this house, as well as other homes, apartments,
and commercial buildings, were demolished in the early and mid-'90s as part of the so-called
"Glover Plan" to be replaced by the Midtown Marketplace development, a large
commercial development anchored by big box retailers Home Depot and Costco.

Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 1233 Bales Avenue built in 1890.
Considered part of the Lykins neighborhood.

Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 1239 W. 61st Street, built in 1924.
Located in the Stratford Gardens neighborhood.

Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 1241 Huntington Road, built in 1935.
Located in the Stratford Gardens neighborhood.

Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 1242 Huntington Road, built in 1927.
Located in the Stratford Gardens neighborhood.

Photograph of a single-family residence at 1251 Huntington Road in the 1980s. The
house, designed by local architect Elizabeth Evans Rivard, was built in 1924 and has been
known as the James W. Plunkett Residence after its original owner.

Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 1254 Huntington Road, built in 1927.
Located in the Stratford Gardens neighborhood.

Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 1258 Huntington Road, built in 1927.
Located in the Stratford Gardens neighborhood.

Architectural detail from a building at 1300 Liberty Street in the early 1980s. A
figure is depicted holding a banner that reads "ADVANCE."

Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 1303 Indiana Avenue. Built in 1890,
it was demolished sometime after 2009. Located in the Lykins neighborhood.

Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 1303 Indiana Avenue. Built in 1890,
it was demolished sometime after 2009. Located in the Lykins neighborhood.

Photograph from 1980s of an industrial building in the West Bottoms for Kansas City
Pump Company. Larger portion of the building to the east, with the name "Kansas City Pump
Co." is no longer standing; it was demolished in the late 1990s. As of 2018, the
two-story portion houses an interior design and fabric upholstery store.

Photograph of 12th Street, looking west from 1320 West 12th Street to Liberty Street,
in the early 1980s. The Kansas City Bolt, Nut & Screw Company spans a large segment of the
block east of Hickory Street. Buildings to its east were demolished after being destroyed by a
1983 fire.