Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri

[LIB9258] Published by The Southwest News Company, Kansas City, Missouri. Card No. M 931.

1942 Public Library, Kansas City, Kansas

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Andrew Carnegie offered $75,000.00 for a library building on July 4, 1901. A site at Sixth and Minnesota Streets, called Huron Place or Huron Park, had been given to the city by the old town site company and was intended for the site of a seminary; however, the site was given to the board of education to use as a library location. W. W. Rose was engaged as the architect and the contract was given to F. A. Thompson.

1923 Carnegie Library, Kansas City, Kansas

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[LIB4023] Located at 8th and Oak Streets and built at a cost of $10,000, the building was a simple store front that the Library quickly outgrew. In less than 10 years, the Library acknowledged the need for a larger facility and began a new building at 9th and Locust Streets. At a cost of $200,000, the new location opened its doors in 1897. The building was both an economic and architectural achievement for the Library. Complete with a grand rotunda and reference rooms donning murals and framed paintings, the location was an artistic inspiration, providing the Library with badly needed room for its ever-expanding collections and pubic services. [From the Website]

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1949 Library, National College for Christian Workers, Kansas City, Missouri

[LIB2359] After the retirement of Anna Neiderheiser as president in 1939, Cloyd V. Gustafson led the school on the first steps to becoming a liberal arts college. Dr. Lewis B. Carpenter became president in 1945. He began a building program and a push to achieving accreditation for a bachelor in liberal arts degree. The school name was changed to National College for Christian Workers in 1945 and to National College in 1958. The first BA degrees were granted in 1948, and men were admitted for the first time in 1954. [Website]

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Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri

[LIB3114] In 1960, it moved to a newly constructed "space age" facility at 311 E. 12th St., which it shared with the school district. [SOURCE] This is the building pictured on this postcard.

During the 1990s, Library administration became aware that it was time for another change in location for the Main Library. The 311 E. 12th St. facility, which it leased from the school district, was in a state of disrepair and the collection had once again outgrown its surroundings. In 1999, plans developed to relocate to the former First National Bank building at 10th and Baltimore. The century-old building, a true masterpiece of craftsmanship with its marble columns, bronze doors and ornate moldings, required remodeling and a fifth floor addition, but provided the framework for a modern and impressive urban library. [SOURCE]

1909 Carnegie Library, Kansas City, Kansas

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