Kansas City is the largest and most populous city in Missouri state. The City was incorporated as a town in 1850 and as City in 1853. Kansas City thrived after the Civil War, especially in the Prendergast era. Boulevards, Parks, City hall, Country Club Plaza, Country Club District, and several other famous infrastructures were built that completely reshaped the City. At the beginning of the 20th Century, the population of the City was over 163,752 residents. The first streetcars introduced in the City were horse-powered, and in 1908 all of them replaced with electric-powered streetcars. Kansas City had the most extensive streetcars system in the country. During the prohibition era, Kansas City remained unaffected.
Here below are some historical photos of Kansas City from the early 1900s that capture street scenes, landmarks, and everyday life.
There are so many cool old buildings in KC. I understand how some homes become functionally obsolete…but look at the old homes in KC that have been renovated. This saddens me so much.
Just like the three they plowed under on the 3900 block of Bell Street.
I was wondering if you had any pictures of St Marty’s Church or the Inter-State building. It would be great to see pictures of the Jackson County Parental School (now the RCC jail) on the same street!
It’s crazy how big some of these are and yet there are almost none left. In the area between Oak & Locust and Missouri Ave & 5th, a bunch of newer condos were built (and sat half completed for a long time). A minimum of the Convention Hall was demolished and replaced by the Municipal Auditorium.
At least we got some really nice parking lots to replace all the bulldozed buildings
Thank god we demolished all that for parking lots.
That Main+Delaware Junction photo always hits me hard. It hurts my soul now that it’s just a large highway with endless crashes.