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Title: Country Club Plaza--Kansas City
Description: Photos of Plaza businesses and description of residential districts including and surrounding the Country Club District.
Date: 1926
Object Type: Book

Title: Guest List at Sunset Hills House Includes Movie Players
Description: Description of house at 5000 Sunset Drive and some of its famous visitors. Architectural elements from Oak Hall were incorporated into the house, built in 1928. The current owners, Dan and Ruby Meyers have welcomed movie stars, musicians and other famous people into their "little castle" overlooking the Country Club Plaza.
Date: 2006-07-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Established Upper-Bracket Neighborhood Offers Charm and Convenience
Description: Article profiles the Sunset Hill neighborhood, a stable neighborhood of older homes south of the Country Club Plaza.
Date: 2003-11-30
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Ward Parkway
Description: Postcard showing images of the Ward Parkway area in Sunset Hill prior to development.
Date: 1910
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 6, 1917-1957, Page p825
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 54th Street south to W. 57th Street and from State Line Road east to Belleview Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1917/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 6, 1917-1957, Page p800
Description: A portion of western Kansas City from W. 51st Street south to W. 54th Street and from State Line Road east to Belleview Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1917/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 6, 1917-1957, Page p801
Description: A portion of western Kansas City from W. 51st Street south to W. 54th Street Terrace and from Belleview Avenue east to Wornall Road, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Sheet includes a section of Wornall Manor. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1917/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 6, 1917-1957, Page p827
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 48th Street south to W. 51st Street and from Holly Street east to Pennsylvania Avenue and a portion of Brookside, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. Noted at top of page, "New Sheet Dec. 1931."
Date: 1917/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Bernard Corrigan Residence Interior
Description: Photograph of a large round clock, 34 inches in diameter, encased in the top of the staircase in a single family home at 1200 West 55th Street. Designed by Louis Curtiss and built in 1913 for Bernard Corrigan, it was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as the Bernard Corrigan Residence.
Date: 1978~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bernard Corrigan Residence
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the single family home at 1200 West 55th Street. Designed by Louis Curtiss and built in 1913 for Bernard Corrigan, it was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as the Bernard Corrigan Residence. Located in the Sunset Hill neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bernard Corrigan Residence Interior
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a stained glass window in the first floor entrance hall in the single family home at 1200 West 55th Street. Designed by Louis Curtiss and built in 1913 for Bernard Corrigan, it was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as the Bernard Corrigan Residence. Located in the Sunset Hill neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Seth E. Ward Residence
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 1032 West 55th Street. Sometimes referred to as the Bent - Ward Home, it was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 as the Frederick Campbell Residence, Ward House and on the the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1985. The home was originally built in the 1850s by William Bent on land that served as part of the battleground during the Battle of Westport. The home was bought by Seth E. Ward in 1871, who made additions to the home. Restoration was begun in 1949 by Dr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Campbell. Located in the Sunset Hill neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bernard Corrigan Residence
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the single family home at 1200 West 55th Street. Designed by Louis Curtiss and built in 1913 for Bernard Corrigan, it was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as the Bernard Corrigan Residence. Located in the Sunset Hill neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4940 Summit Street
Description: Photograph of a single-family residence at 4940 Summit Street in the 1980s. The house was designed by local architect Mary Rockwell Hook for herself and her family, and they lived there from its construction in 1927 until 1972. Stone for construction was quarried on the property, and the quarry was repurposed into one of the earliest private swimming pools in the area.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bernard Corrigan Residence
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 1200 West 55th Street. Designed by Louis Curtiss and built in 1913 for Bernard Corrigan, it was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as the Bernard Corrigan Residence. Located in the Sunset Hill neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bernard Corrigan Residence
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the single family home at 1200 West 55th Street. Designed by Louis Curtiss and built in 1913 for Bernard Corrigan, it was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as the Bernard Corrigan Residence. Located in the Sunset Hill neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4940 Summit Street
Description: Photograph of a single-family residence at 4940 Summit Street in the 1980s. The house was designed by local architect Mary Rockwell Hook for herself and her family, and they lived there from its construction in 1927 until 1972. Stone for construction was quarried on the property, and the quarry was repurposed into one of the earliest private swimming pools in the area.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 5011 Sunset Drive
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 5011 Sunset Drive. Designed by Mary Rockwell Hook, the home was built in 1922-23 from stone quarried on the property, and was occupied by Hook's parents, Captain and Mrs. Bertrand Rockwell, until their deaths in 1930 and 1947, respectively. Located in the Sunset Hill neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 5265 Sunset Drive
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 5265 Sunset Drive, built in 1927. Located in the Sunset Hill neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bernard Corrigan Residence
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the back of the single family home at 1200 West 55th Street. Designed by Louis Curtiss and built in 1913 for Bernard Corrigan, it was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as the Bernard Corrigan Residence. Located in the Sunset Hill neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

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