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Wards Kansas City: A Half-Mile around the Outside, with 47,000 Panes of Glass--The Largest Building West of the Mississippi. ..
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| Title | Wards Kansas City: A Half-Mile around the Outside, with 47,000 Panes of Glass--The Largest Building West of the Mississippi. .. |
| Abstract | Photos, illustrations, and article about the "Montgomery Ward building at St. John and Belmont" Avenues (or 6200 Saint John Avenue) in the Northeast residential district, built in 1914 as "[t]he largest building west of the Mississippi" River at the time. Owned by Aaron Montgomery Ward of Chicago as a "mail order house" and designed by architect John McKecknie. Also photos and descriptions of McKecknie's other Kansas City structures, including "the Calvert Hunt residence, and the Seigrist [sic] Engraving building on Oak Street." |
| Notes | McKecknie moved to Kansas City in 1896 where he remained the rest of his life. ..More artist that [sic] architect, McKecknie was also an accomplished photographer and painted in his spare time. He is considered a pioneer in the use of reinfoced concrete, having built some of Kansas City's first concrete buildings. |
| Date | April 7, 1999 |
| Source | Northeast News |
| Location | Vertical File: Buildings--Montgomery Ward |
| See Also | "Montgomery Ward building displayed design achievement," Michael Bushnell. Northeast News, January 5, 2011, p. 6. |
| Local Subject | Montgomery Ward Building
Buildings
Architects
McKecknie, John W.
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| Illustrations | No |
| Item Type | Newspaper Article
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| Access This Item | 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 |
| Item ID | 108914 |
| CONTENTdm number | 22898 |
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