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James L. Lombard Residence
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| Title | James L. Lombard Residence |
| Description | Postcard of James L. Lombard Residence at 1805 Jefferson |
| Historical Article | A post card in color, mailed from Kansas City in 1905 and titled Typical Kansas City Residence, pictures the 3-story Roman brick residence of James L. Lombard, 1805 Jefferson.
The house was considered an outstanding work of John Wellborn Root in the year 1887, according to Donald Hoffmann's 1973 publication, The Architecture of John Wellborn Root. Root, a Chicago architect of the firm, Burnham & Root, also designed the Board of Trade Building, Midland Hotel, Y.M.C.A. building and the William Chick Scarritt residence.
James L. Lombard, for whom the mansion pictured was built, arrived in Kansas City in 1885 and established the Lombard Brothers Bank, which a year later became the First National Bank, of which Lombard was president for many years, including the period of the financial panic of 1893. He brought the institution safely through that financial crisis.
All that remains of the fashionable home today is part of the brick driveway and part of the rock retaining wall in front.
Kansas City Times
March 29, 1975
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| Author | Ray, Mrs. Sam (Mildred)
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| Item Type | Postcard |
| Collection | Mrs. Sam Ray Postcard Collection (SC58)
See finding aid: http://localhistory.kclibrary.org/u?/Local,36981 |
| Location | SC58 |
| Local Subject | Residences
Lombard, James L.
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| Digital Format | JPEG |
| Barcode | 20000321 |
| Repository | Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri |
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