1924 - Board of Trade Building - Kansas City, Mo.
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N 39° 06.120 W 094° 35.121
15S E 362915 N 4329292
This 13-story red brick and stone building is located at 127 W. 10th Street in Kansas City, Mo.
Waymark Code: WMK5C5
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 02/15/2014
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"McKecknie and Trask,
architects; Pratt and Thompson Construction Company, contractors, 1923-1924.
The third home of the Kansas City, Missouri, Board of Trade, this 13-story commercial building is highly embellished on the north, west and south facades. H-shaped in plan, the Board of Trade building is characterized by a deeply recessed light court at the west and east facades. Extending three stories in height, the base of the Board of Trade is faced with glazed terra cotta. Colossal pilasters and wide spandrels divide each bay.
The storefront levels, placed at the north (10th Street) and west (Wyandotte Street) facades, slightly modified from the original design, feature centrally-placed arched recessed entrances with paired, double-leaf aluminum-framed doors. The entry bays, further characterized by divided transoms, coffered intrados and prominent scrolled cartouche, extend through the second story. The north facade also features secondary entrances at the end bays, and plate glass windows that flank the main entrance. The remainder of the storefront facades has been modified with slate cladding and glass block.
Fenestration of the upper stories is one-over-one, double hung, sash; placed in pairs and threes at the end bays and in single units at the center bays of the second and third stories. The third story window units feature crenellated molding at the sills. A large stone cartouche, displaying "1924" at its center, is placed above the entrance bay at the third story."
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