- City:
- Kansas City, MO
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Completed:
- 1939
- Designer:
- Keene & Simpson
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
R. J. Delano High School was completed in 1939 with funds provided by the Public Works Administration (PWA), after a design by the architectural firm of Keen & Simpson. It is dominated by a tall tower with rock or concrete accents adjacent to the entry hallway. Above the entry is an inscription: “Let naught but happiness and contentment dwell within these portals”. Designed as a school for “handicapped” children, it had most recently been utilized as an alternative school, but recently closed and is for sale.
Delano School, Kansas City, MO, 2015
Delano School, Kansas City, MO
Photo Credit: Charles Swaney Creative Commons
Delano School, Kansas City, MO, 2015
Delano School, Kansas City, MO
Photo Credit: Charles Swaney Creative Commons
Delano School, Kansas City, MO
Delano School, Kansas City, MO
Photo Credit: Charles Swaney Creative Commons
Source notes
https://localhistory.kclibrary.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/Education&CISOPTR=527&CISOBOX=1&REC=9
Site originally submitted by Charles Swaney on July 20, 2015.
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