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The Architecture of John Wellborn Root
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| Title | The Architecture of John Wellborn Root |
| Abstract | Photo (of the Grand Avenue railroad station) and description (by author and Kansas City Star architectural critic Donald Hoffmann) of buildings and construction techniques in Kansas City designed by architect John Root of the firm of Burnham & Root, including the following: "deep caisson foundations" pioneered in Kansas City by architect Louis Curtiss (as an improvement to Root's steel "rail-grillage footing"), the old Board of Trade Building of 1888 (destroyed in 1966), the James Lombard residence at 1805 Jefferson Street and the Young Men's Christian Association (or Y. M. C. A.) building in 1887, and the Grand Avenue Station for railroads at 22nd and Grand Avenues in 1889 (demolished to make way for Union Station). |
| Author | Donald Hoffmann
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| Date | 1973 |
| Location | 720.92 R78h |
| Chapter Title | 2 (A Beginning), 5 (Kansas City. ..)-6 (Chicago) |
| Page | 26, 103, 117, 132-133 |
| Local Subject | Root, John W.
Architects
Curtiss, Louis
Railroad Stations
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| Item Type | Book
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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 | 117957 |
| CONTENTdm number | 9275 |
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