- City:
- Kansas City, MO
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Courthouses (State & Local)
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Completed:
- 1934
- Designers:
- F C Gunn, Keene & Simpson, Wight & Wight
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
“On June 9, 1933, the Jackson County Court awarded a $2,073,609 contract to the Swenson Construction Company for construction of the Jackson County Courthouse. The opulent Art Deco-style 300-foot tall building would reside alongside Kansas City’s skyscrapers and provide much-needed space for the court system. Equally important, its construction along with dozens of other projects completed as a part of Kansas City’s “Ten Year Plan” would provide jobs to hundreds of beleaguered Kansas City residents then suffering from the economic catastrophe of the Great Depression…” (https://www.kclibrary.org)
The courthouse was completed in 1934 with PWA support.
Source notes
"A Man, A Plan, and A Lot of Concrete," Kansas City Public Library: This Week in Kansas City History FlickrSite originally submitted by Charles Swaney on March 15, 2013.
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