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Title
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Bridger-Chouteau Building
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Description
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Photos, illustrations, and information on the Bridger-Chouteau building at Pennsylvania and Westport Roads, built in the (probably the early) 1850s and possibly the oldest extant building in Westport or Kansas City. Chronology of its ownership by Jim Bridger, Cyprien Chouteau, Albert Boone, et al, and known as Kelly's Westport Inn or Kelly's Bar by the late 20th century.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Kelly's Taverns
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Description
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Photos, illustrations, and information on Kelly's bar at 500 Westport Road, built in the mid-1800s and often called the oldest building in Kansas City. Used for various purposes including a Santa Fe trading post, grocery store (since the early 1900s by the Wiedenmann family of Overland Park, still the owners of the building in the 1970s), and bar or tavern since at least 1936 (the Westport Inn then until bought by Ireland native Randal Kelly in the 1940s).
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Boone's Trading Post
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Description
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File contains information about the Ewing-Boone building, or Boone's Trading Post, disputed over as the oldest extant building in Westport. Photos, illustrations, and description of its history, built in 1850, according to William Goff, by the Ewing brothers, George W. Ewing and William G. Ewing, with construction starting at 504 Westport Road and then moved to 500 Westport Road, sold in 1854 to Albert Boone.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Stanford and Sons
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Description
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Photograph of Stanford and Sons restaurant and comedy club, at 504 Westport Road, circa 1980. Standing to its east, at the right of the photo, is Kelly's Bar at 500 Westport Road. Both buildings were built circa 1850 and are among the oldest buildings in Kansas City. The Manor Bakery building is visible in the background of the image.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kelly's Bar
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Description
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Photograph of Kelly's Bar at the corner of Westport and Pennsylvania circa 1974. Mack-Lang Printing stands to its southwest in the Bridger Building at 504 Westport Road.
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Date
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1974~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Stanford and Sons
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Description
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Photograph of Stanford and Sons restaurant and comedy club, at 504 Westport Road, circa 1980. Standing to its east, at the right of the photo, is Kelly's Bar at 500 Westport Road. Both buildings were built circa 1850 and are among the oldest buildings in Kansas City. The Manor Bakery building is visible in the background of the image.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kelly's Bar
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Description
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Photograph of Kelly's Westport Inn, at 500 Westport Road, in the early 1980s. Standing to its west, at the left of the photo, is the Chouteau-Bridger Building at 504 Westport Road, with Stanford and Sons restaurant and comedy club as its tenant. Both buildings were built circa 1850 and are among the oldest buildings in Kansas City.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kelly's Bar & Stanford and Sons
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Description
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Photograph of Kelly's Westport Inn, at 500 Westport Road, circa 1980. Standing to its west, at the left of the photo, is the Chouteau-Bridger Building at 504 Westport Road, with Stanford and Sons restaurant and comedy club as its tenant. Both buildings were built circa 1850 and are among the oldest buildings in Kansas City.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kelly's Bar & Stanford and Sons
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Description
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Photograph of Kelly's Bar at the corner of Westport and Pennsylvania in the late 1970s. Stanford and Sons restaurant and bar stands to its south at 504 Westport Road.
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Date
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1970~/1979~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kelly's Bar & Mack-Lang Printing
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Description
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Photograph of Kelly's Bar at the corner of Westport and Pennsylvania circa 1974. Mack-Lang Printing stands to its southwest in the Bridger Building at 504 Westport Road.
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Date
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1974~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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When's a Bar Not a Bar?
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Description
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Story examining the origins and history of the possibly oldest building in Westport, now known as Kelly's bar, but with several name changes through the years.
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Date
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1972-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Interview with Barbara Bloch
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Description
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Interview with Barbara Bloch about her family's history in the Kansas City garment industry. She discusses her family history in the business, sewing in the factory at 12 years old, and entering the restaurant uniform business by selling aprons to Kelly's Bar in Westport. She discusses the growth of that venture, her later work in direct sales of high-end clothing and accessories, and later opening Her Majesty's Closet, a luxury consignment store in Prairie Village, Kansas. She also notes new and remaining people in the local garment industry, as well as describing the business of operating her consignment store, and they discuss the prevalence of Jewish business owners in the industry.
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Object Type
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Video Recording
