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The first comprehensive book on the rich architectural heritage of Kansas City. Profiling forty of the city's finest houses built between 1885 and 1938, each chapter includes floor plans and photographs detailing the exterior and interior architecture.

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Contents: Introduction: Explores the development of Kansas City's affluent residential districts and park and boulevard system, from the 1850s through the boom years of the 1920s; 40 chapters: Each documents an individual house, with history of architect and patron, photographs, floor plans, and architectural drawings; Selected catalogue (appendix): 60 additional houses, each with an exterior view and a caption listing original owner, architect, and date completed; Architects biographies (appendix): 20 brief biographies of the architects and firms that designed the 40 houses profiled; Bibliography; Index.

Kansas City Houses 18851938

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    A Hardback by Michael C. Kathrens

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      Publisher Bauer and Dean Publishers Inc
      Published 1 December 2018
      ISBN-13 9780983863229
      978-0983863229
      ISBN-10 0983863229
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      Architecture: residential History of architecture Photographs: collections

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The first comprehensive book on the rich architectural heritage of Kansas City. Profiling forty of the city's finest houses built between 1885 and 1938, each chapter includes floor plans and photographs detailing the exterior and interior architecture.

      Table of Contents
      Contents: Introduction: Explores the development of Kansas City's affluent residential districts and park and boulevard system, from the 1850s through the boom years of the 1920s; 40 chapters: Each documents an individual house, with history of architect and patron, photographs, floor plans, and architectural drawings; Selected catalogue (appendix): 60 additional houses, each with an exterior view and a caption listing original owner, architect, and date completed; Architects biographies (appendix): 20 brief biographies of the architects and firms that designed the 40 houses profiled; Bibliography; Index.

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