Mackay Building

For the skyscraper known as the McKay or MacKay Building during the latter 20th century, see McKinley Tower Apartments.

Mackay Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Mackay Building, September 2007
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Location	Park College, Parkville, Missouri
Coordinates	39°11′24″N94°40′48″W / 39.19000°N 94.68000°W / 39.19000; -94.68000
Area	less than one acre
Built	1886 (1886)
Built by	Hogg, James Oliver
Architect	Breen, Patrick
NRHP reference No.	79001389 [1]
Added to NRHP	April 6, 1979

Mackay Building, also known as Mackay Hall, is a historic building located on the campus of Park University at Parkville, Platte County, Missouri. It was built in 1886, and is a three-story, rock-faced limestone structure with Richardsonian Romanesque, High Victorian Gothic, and Chateauesque style design elements. It measures approximately 137 feet by 84 feet. It features a clock tower with tall spire rising in stages from a semi-detached central block, textured wall surfaces, complex roofs and towers, wall dormers, asymmetrical bays, and polychromatic color scheme. ^{[2] : 2}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Janice R. Cameron, Frances J. Fishburn, Harold F. Smith, and James M. Denny and Claire F. Blackwell (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mackay Building" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved February 1, 2017. (includes 7 photographs from 1975-1978)