Northeast Kansas City Fights To Save Historic Smith Hall

Continuing coverage of yet another local landmark at risk . . . 

"Smith Hall, built in 1927 in the Colonial Revival/ Georgian Revival style designed by architectural team Holt, Price & Barnes, is located at 1710 Independence Blvd., on the Kansas City University (KCU) campus. This osteopathic medical learning facility purchased the original Children’s Mercy Hospital and the nurses’ residence – now Smith Hall – in 1971 and has expanded its campus beyond its original footprint.

"On Sept. 26, Newkirk Novak Construction representatives appeared before the City’s Historic Preservation Commission for a hearing of Case No. CH-DM-2025-00090, a request to demolish this structure. Following the National Register of Historic Places Criterion for Evaluation, the Commission granted a 45-day stay of demolition, which will expire on Tuesday, Nov. 11."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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