Burnham-Munger Manufacturing Company Building - 1892 - Kansas City, Missouri
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N 39° 06.359 W 094° 35.174
15S E 362846 N 4329735
This is a five-story, red brick building located at 612 Central Street in Kansas City, Mo.
Waymark Code: WMW7WF
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 07/21/2017
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National Register of Historic Places
Wholesale District
(Seal of Historic Garment District)
Burnham-Munger Manufacturing
Company Building
Architect: Walter C. Root
1892
- Marker Text
"612 Central Street, 1892, architect - Walter C. Root.
This five-story, red brick, Commercial/Neo-Romanesque style building is intact and is in excellent condition."
- National Register Application
BURNHAM - MUNGER - ROOT MFG. CO.
Organized 1893. Factories in Independence, Missouri and Kansas City, Missouri. Manufacturers of overalls, shirts, pants, rompers, corduroy clothing, hunting clothing, etc. Operating 700 stitching machines. Daily capacity 600 dozen. Selling goods over the entire West, and a great many lines as far east as the Atlantic. Sole manufacturers in the United States of the FITZ line of work clothing and the patented Zero collar flannel shirt; also sole manufacturers of the Aladdin Rain Proof Cloth for hunting clothing. Annual factory pay roll $200,000.00.
- Vintage Kansas City Website
Year built or dedicated as indicated on the structure or plaque: 1892
Full Inscription (unless noted above): see long description
Website (if available): [Web Link]
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