Jan 15, 1985
National Register of Historic Places - Row House Buildings (Boundry Increase)
Statement of Significance: The Row house Buildings at 1-3-5-7 East 34th Street (and 3401 Main); and 9-11-13-15-17-19-21-23 East 34th Street, constructed in 1888, represent rare surviving examples of row house architecture, once commonly constructed during the 1880's in the city of Kansas City. The area in which the buildings are located was platted in 1885, and the builds accommodated a rapidly increasing population. As Main Street evolved into a vital commercial corridor, the row houses which once existed there were eventually demolished. The building at 1-3-5-7 East 34th Street exhibits exemplary Queen Anne Style characteristics, and is noteworthy in its own right. The building at 9-23 East 34th Street is somewhat less ornamented in its architectural detail, but shares many common features that are distinctive to the row house type of building. Each of the buildings define the individual living units by the projection of the bays, and through the variation of decorative architectural elements. They each display idioms that were characteristic of the age in which they were built, in their use of segmentally arched windows, coursed stonework, and the quoining for the window surrounds and to mark the corners of the building. Together they illuminate the living style, and architectural preferences of another age.
National Register of Historic Places - Row House Buildings (Boundry Increase)
Statement of Significance: The Row house Buildings at 1-3-5-7 East 34th Street (and 3401 Main); and 9-11-13-15-17-19-21-23 East 34th Street, constructed in 1888, represent rare surviving examples of row house architecture, once commonly constructed during the 1880's in the city of Kansas City. The area in which the buildings are located was platted in 1885, and the builds accommodated a rapidly increasing population. As Main Street evolved into a vital commercial corridor, the row houses which once existed there were eventually demolished. The building at 1-3-5-7 East 34th Street exhibits exemplary Queen Anne Style characteristics, and is noteworthy in its own right. The building at 9-23 East 34th Street is somewhat less ornamented in its architectural detail, but shares many common features that are distinctive to the row house type of building. Each of the buildings define the individual living units by the projection of the bays, and through the variation of decorative architectural elements. They each display idioms that were characteristic of the age in which they were built, in their use of segmentally arched windows, coursed stonework, and the quoining for the window surrounds and to mark the corners of the building. Together they illuminate the living style, and architectural preferences of another age.
Jan 15, 1985
Posted Date
Aug 21, 2023
Historical Record Date
Jan 15, 1985
Source Name
National Register of Historic Places
