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 Image: Title: Date: Description:
21. Missouri's Contribution to American Architecture Missouri's Contribution to American Architecture 1928 Club structure built in 1893, designed by Frederick C. Gunn and Louis Curtiss, architects.
22. Bernard Corrigan Residence Bernard Corrigan Residence 2008 Description and history of the Bernard Corrigan residence in Kansas City designed by Louis Curtiss as a three-story Prairie School style reflecting the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright. It was built in...
23. Art & Artists: A Brilliant Architect Drew Designs for Baltimore Art & Artists: A Brilliant Architect Drew Designs for Baltimore March/1/1949 Description of the architecture of a demolished hotel and its architect, including its unusual features, such as a wide hallway called "Peacock Alley."
24. Historic Kansas City Architecture Historic Kansas City Architecture //1975 Description of the Boley Building at 1130 Walnut Street, designed in 1909 by Louis Curtiss.
25. The Architecture of America: A Social and Cultural History The Architecture of America: A Social and Cultural History 1961 Description of the innovative glass-walled Boley Building built in 1909 by Louis Curtiss, exploring the motif of a transparent glass wall, enclosing an entire structure.
26. Hotel Baltimore Illustrated: Kansas City, Missouri Hotel Baltimore Illustrated: Kansas City, Missouri //190? Drawings, descriptions, and photos of the hotel designed by Louis Curtiss as well as related and unrelated advertisements for local businesses.
27. Louis S. Curtiss Louis S. Curtiss File contains a photocopy of the will of Louis S. Curtiss and a letter by Fred T. Comee, regional manager of the United States Steel Corporation in 1972 to Mrs. William L. Holmes, architectural historian...
28. Bringing out the Beauty in the Beast Bringing out the Beauty in the Beast October/14/1980 File contains an article about the residence in the Hyde Park residential district of "prominent K. C. lawyer, Frank Brumback and his wife Louise Upton Brumback, or Louise Brumback, a painter," and their...
29. Taming the Devil-Wagons Taming the Devil-Wagons November//1972 First part of the article about early automobiles in the Kansas City area, describing an accident in 1902 Downtown Kansas City involving Robert and Bettina Prigg and allegedly Louis Curtiss, a prominent...
30. Bernard Corrigan Residence Bernard Corrigan Residence Folder containing a nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places for the residence of Bernard Corrigan (1847-1913), "a contractor, street railway magnate, and real estate speculator" moving...
31. Jesse A. Hoel Residence Jesse A. Hoel Residence n.d. Full frontal view of the Jesse A. Hoel Residence, 2108 Washington Boulevard in Kansas City, Kansas. This home was designed and built by Louis Curtiss, 1915-16.
32. Westheight: Neighbors Call It ''Kansas City's Best-Kept Secret" Westheight: Neighbors Call It ''Kansas City's Best-Kept Secret" June 2004 Full-color photo of Westheight Manor in Kansas City, Kansas, designed by Louis Curtiss.
33. J. J. Heim Home Is Sold: Robert Sutherland, Jr., Pays $90,000 for Unique Residence J. J. Heim Home Is Sold: Robert Sutherland, Jr., Pays $90,000 for Unique Residence November/25/1923 Illustration and article about the residence of J. J. Heim, or Joseph Heim, at 55th and Ward Parkways sold to Robert Sutherland, Jr., originally designed as the home for Bernard Corrigan by architect Louis...
34. Stately Elegance: Hand-Decorated Walls Set Apart House Designed by Louis Curtiss Stately Elegance: Hand-Decorated Walls Set Apart House Designed by Louis Curtiss December 22, 1985 Information about the Miller Home at 2204 Washington Boulevard in Kansas City, Kansas, the last completed project of architect Louis Singleton Curtiss, or Louis Curtiss (1865-1924), also describing its...
35. The Willis Wood Theatre The Willis Wood Theatre October//1901 Lengthy article concerning the building of the Willis Wood Theater located at 11th and Balitmore in downtown Kansas City. Includes a description of the building and the materials used. The architect listed...
36. Roland Bruner Residence Roland Bruner Residence Nomination form for the National Register for the Roland Bruner residence, also known as "Mineral Hall" or "Ownby Hall," built in 1903-1904 at 4340 Oak Street by Henry Johnson and later owned by the Kansas...
37. Curtiss Studio Building Curtiss Studio Building Nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places Inventory, designed by Louis Curtiss.
38. The Laudables The Laudables April-May//1983 One paragraph about the rehabilitation by the Merlyn Desmarteau family of "their house at 500 East 36th Street," formerly a rooming house and designed by Louis Curtiss.
39. The Architecture of John Wellborn Root The Architecture of John Wellborn Root 1973 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...
40. Bernard Corrigan Residence Bernard Corrigan Residence 1975 Photo and caption about the Bernard Corrigan house at 1200 West 55th Street, built in 1914 and designed by architect Louis S. Curtiss.