National and State Registers of Historic Places

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County: Wyandotte
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Lowell Elementary School

1040 Orville Ave
Kansas City (Wyandotte County)
Listed in National Register 2008-01-31

Architect: Rose, William W. & Peterson, David B.
Category: other; school
Thematic Nomination: Historic Public Schools of Kansas

Lowell Elementary School is located in the Riverview Neighborhood at 1040 Orville Avenue. The school's original eight classrooms were built in 1898, but a William Rose-designed addition in 1905 unified the front elevation. He also consulted on a 1922 addition to the building. Classical Revival elements evident on Lowell include pediments, pilasters, engaged columns with decorative capitals, and cornice line dentils. Beaux Arts features include ballustraded windowsills above the entrances and arched windows. Named in honor of poet James Russell Lowell, students in grades one through seven attended Lowell Elementary School until 1980 when it was used as a warehouse. The building was nominated as part of the "Historic Public Schools of Kansas" multiple property listing for its architectural significance.

Maunder, William, House

616 N 9th St
Kansas City (Wyandotte County)
Listed in State Register 1993-09-07

Architect: Not listed
Category: single dwelling

State Register Nomination

Meeks, Cordell D., Sr., House

600 Oakland Avenue
Kansas City (Wyandotte County)
Listed in National Register 2013-10-09

Architect: Unknown
Category: domestic

Since its construction in 1903, the residence at 600 Oakland Avenue has been home to two distinguished Kansas City attorneys - first to Charles W. Trickett, a white Republican prohibitionist, and his family; and second to Cordell D. Meeks, Sr., an African American Democrat county commissioner and district court judge, and his family. Trickett is perhaps best known professionally for his efforts as an assistant attorney general to enforce Kansas prohibition laws in the early 1900s. After his death, Trickett's family sold the house in 1949 to a young Meeks who became a leader in local Democratic Party politics. Meetings of the Northeast Democrat Committeemen and Committeewomen's League were held in this home for years. Meeks was sworn in to the Wyandotte County Commission in 1951 and served as a commissioner until 1973 when he became the first African American elected to the District Court in the State of Kansas. The property was nominated for its association with Meeks in the areas of politics and government.

Northeast Junior High School

400 Troup Ave
Kansas City (Wyandotte County)
Listed in National Register 2008-10-16

Architect: Rose & Peterson; Radotinsky, Meyn, Deardorf (1961)
Category: school
Thematic Nomination: Historic Public Schools of Kansas

The Northeast Junior High School is a four-story masonry structure constructed in 1923 as the first intermediate school to serve Kansas City's African-American population. Rose and Peterson Architects designed the building, which had the same floor plan as Northwest Junior High built in 1922 to serve the area's white students. These twin schools were indicative of Kansas City's citywide educational segregation that extended from the first grade through junior college. The building is nominated for its educational history and architectural significance constructed during the Progressive-era in a commercial style with Beaux Arts stylistic influences.

Quindaro Townsite

Generally bounded by 31st St., Sewell Ave., 21st. St, and the Missouri-Pacific RR
Kansas City (Wyandotte County)
Listed in National Register 2002-05-22

Architect: Not listed
Category: archaeological site

The townsite of Quindaro was initially occupied by Euro-Americans in 1857 and essentially ceased to exist in 1862. However, the area of Quindaro, as it was originally platted, was subsequently settled by African-Americans and also saw the establishment of educational and healthcare institutions associated with this same community. This nomination includes a total of 26 major features, including the foundation remains of 20 buildings, two outbuildings, three wells, and one cistern associaed with Quindaro townsite.

Rosedale World War I Memorial Arch

Mt. Marty Park, near Booth and Drexel
Kansas City (Wyandotte County)
Listed in National Register 1977-08-02

Architect: John Leroy Marshall
Category: monument/marker

Sauer Castle

935 Shawnee Drive
Kansas City (Wyandotte County)
Listed in National Register 1977-08-02

Architect: Not listed
Category: single dwelling

Schleifer-McAlpine House

608 Splitlog Ave
Kansas City (Wyandotte County)
Listed in National Register 2007-10-10

Architect: Not listed
Category: single dwelling

The Schleifer-McAlpine House was built in 1870 as an Italianate-style two-story brick residence on a limestone foundation with a two-story wraparound front porch. Between 1870 and 1925, two prominent citizens, Louis Schleifer and Nicholas McAlpine, both of who were successful businessmen and public officials, occupied the house. Schleifer operated a brickyard company with his brother Fred, which produced materials for many of the buildings in Kansas City from 1867 to 1880. Schleifer and McAlpine were involved in local politics, serving as a Wyandotte City Councilmen. One of McAlpine's most important involvements was that he was one of eight partners in the Kansas City, Kansas Town Company. The company was formed in 1868 to plat and develop the portion of Wyandotte County lying in the river bottoms between the Kansas-Missouri state line on the east, the Missouri River on the north, and the Kansas River on the west. The house was nominated for its architectural significance and for its association with community planning, development and government.