Knickerbocker Apartments (Kansas City, Missouri)

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Knickerbocker Apartments
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Location501-535 Knickerbocker Place, Kansas City, Missouri
Coordinates 39°3′53″N94°35′31″W / 39.06472°N 94.59194°W / 39.06472; -94.59194
Built1909
ArchitectMiddaugh, Leon Grant; Rose, J.A.
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Demolished2020
NRHP reference No. 03000525 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 13, 2003

The Knickerbocker Apartments were located at 501-535 Knickerbocker Place in the Valentine Neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. The Late 19th and 20th Century Revival style building was designed by Leon Grant Middaugh and J.A. Rose, and was built in 1909. It is significant for its architecture, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. [1] It was demolished in 2020.

The Historic Kansas City Foundation listed the apartments on their 2014 Most Endangered list of buildings in the Kansas City area. [2] A fire in May 2020 created further damage to the vacant buildings. [3] They were owned by the Kansas City Life Insurance Company and were demolished in July-August 2020. [4] An identical building on the north side of the street was razed in 1982 [5] for a Kansas City Life Insurance Company expansion project.

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Demolition of the historic Knickerbocker Apartments, July 2020

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "2014 Most Endangered" (PDF) (Press release). Kansas City, Missouri: Kansas City Historic Foundation. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  3. Kevin Collison (2020-07-14). "Historic Midtown Apartments Coming Down After 40-Year Neighborhood Fight". Flatland, KCPT. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  4. Eric Bowers (22 July 2020). "Knickerbocker Apartments Demolition" . Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  5. "National Register of Historic Places Application" (PDF). 29 April 2003.