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| Title | Godfrey Swenson |
| Abstract | Biographical sketch of Godfrey Swenson, president of the Swenson Construction Company in the Victor Building. Born in Sweden in 1876 and emigrating to Kansas City in 1896 as a stonemason, establishing his construction company in 1908. |
| Notes | The following buildings are listed as being constructed by the Swenson Construction Company: Westport High School (1908), Kansas City Live Stock Exchange Building (1910), the Telephone Building, the Kansas City Athletic Club building (1919), the Kansas City Club buildings, the Jackson County Courthouse, City Hall, the Scottish Rite Temple, the Kansas City Power and Light Building, the Chambers building, the Security building, the Federal building, the First National Bank Building, and the Wilder building, etc. |
| Author | Citizens Historical Association
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| Date | 1938 |
| Source | Biographical Data of Kansas Citians |
| Location | MVSC Q 091 C58 |
| Page | [412-413] |
| Local Subject | Swenson, Godfrey
Swenson Construction Company
Construction Industry
Buildings
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| Illustrations | No |
| Item Type | Book Section
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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 | 120148 |
| CONTENTdm number | 8113 |
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