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Landmarks, institutions, and the architecture of the city.

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1830s 1

Shawnee Indian Mission Historic Site — built 1839

1840s 1

Huron Cemetery — built 1843

1850s 5

1859 Jail, Marshal's Home and Museum — built 1859
Grinter Place — built 1857
The River Market (City Market) — built 1857
Union Cemetery — built 1857
Wornall House Museum — built 1858

1860s 2

Hannibal Bridge — built 1869
Truman Home — built 1867

1870s 2

Elmwood Cemetery — built 1872
Sauer Castle — built 1871

1880s 6

8th Street Tunnel — built 1888
Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery — built 1888
Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral — built 1888
Savoy Hotel — built 1888
Strawberry Hill Museum and Cultural Center — built 1887
Vaile Mansion — built 1881

1890s 6

Coates House Hotel — built 1891
Convention Hall — built 1899
Electric Park — built 1899
Fairmount Park — built 1893
New York Life Building — built 1890
Police Station No. 4 (Hemingway Building) — built 1895

1900s 10

Boley Building — built 1909
Folly Theater — built 1900
Holy Rosary Catholic Church — built 1903
Intercity Viaduct — built 1907
Kansas City Public Library — Central Branch — built 1906
Mineral Hall — built 1903
Mutual Musicians Foundation — built 1904
R.A. Long Building — built 1907
Scarritt Building and Arcade — built 1906
Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio State Historic Site — built 1903

1910s 17

ASB Bridge — built 1911
Fire Station No. 21 / Police Station No. 3 (Brookside) — built 1917
Gem Theater — built 1912
Hotel Muehlebach — built 1915
Isis Theatre — built 1918
Kansas City Museum — built 1910
Livestock Exchange Building — built 1910
Longview Mansion — built 1914
Mid-Central Exchange — built 1913
Newman Theatre — built 1919
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church — built 1919
Paseo YMCA — built 1914
Truman & Jacobson Haberdashery — built 1919
Union Station — built 1914
Visitation Catholic Church — built 1917
Western Auto Building — built 1914
Winnwood Beach — built 1912

1920s 19

Cathedral of Saint Peter (Kansas City, Kansas) — built 1927
Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport — built 1927
Country Club Christian Church — built 1922
El Torreon Ballroom (Cowtown Ballroom) — built 1927
Fairfax Airport — built 1921
Fairyland Park — built 1923
Hotel Kansas City — built 1922
Hotel President — built 1925
Laugh-O-Gram Studio (McConahay Building) — built 1922
The Liberty Memorial + National WWI Museum — built 1926
Lincoln Building — built 1921
Loose Park — built 1927
Mainstreet Theatre — built 1921
Memorial Hall (Kansas City, Kansas) — built 1925
Midland Theatre — built 1927
Municipal Stadium — built 1923
Providence Medical Center — built 1920
Reno Club — built 1928
Uptown Theater — built 1928

1930s 11

Bishop Ward High School — built 1931
Fire Station No. 11 — built 1931
General Hospital No. 2 — built 1930
Hotel Phillips — built 1931
Jackson County Courthouse — built 1934
Kansas City, Missouri City Hall — built 1937
Municipal Auditorium — built 1935
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art — built 1933
Power and Light Building — built 1931
Washington High School (Kansas City, Kansas) — built 1932
Wyandotte High School — built 1936

1940s 2

Donnelly College — built 1949
Plaza Time Building — built 1947

1950s 3

The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum — built 1957
Linda Hall Library — built 1956
TWA Kansas City Overhaul Base — built 1957

1960s 6

Commerce Tower — built 1965
Crown Center — built 1968
The Giralda Tower (Plaza Replica) — built 1967
Halls Plaza — built 1965
Kansas City, Kansas Public Library — built 1966
National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame — built 1963

1970s 11

Arrowhead Stadium (GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium) — built 1972
Bartle Hall Convention Center — built 1976
F. L. Schlagle High School — built 1973
Hallmark Cards Corporate Headquarters — built 1971
J. C. Harmon High School — built 1973
Kansas City International Airport — built 1972
Kansas City Kansas Community College — built 1972
Kauffman Stadium — built 1973
Kemper Arena (now Hy-Vee Arena) — built 1974
Truman Sports Complex — built 1972
The Westin Crown Center — built 1973

1980s 5

Azura Amphitheater — built 1984
Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center — built 1989
Hyatt Regency Crown Center (now Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center) — built 1980
One Kansas City Place — built 1988
Town Pavilion — built 1986

1990s 5

American Jazz Museum — built 1997
Argosy Casino — built 1994
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art — built 1994
National Frontier Trails Museum — built 1990
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum — built 1997

2000s 2

Bloch Building (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art) — built 2007
T-Mobile Center (formerly Sprint Center) — built 2007

2010s 1

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts — built 2011

2020s 1

CPKC Stadium — built 2024

Date not established 39

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