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The Kansas City Fire Department first originated with the formation of volunteer bucket brigades as early as 1858. Church bells rung to signal a fire alarm and members would assemble at the scene to help. In 1867, the city abandoned the voluntary bucket brigade for a paid fire department, and Colonel Frank Foster was elected as its first chief. [4]
Mocanaqua Volunteer Fire Company #1 (St. 118) Pond Hill-Lily Lake Fire Department (St. 218) Courtdale Fire Department (St. 119) Back Mountain Regional Fire Department (St. 121) Kunkle Fire Department (St. 122) Dennison Township Fire Department (St. 123) Dorrance Township Volunteer Fire Department (St. 124) Dupont Fire Department (St. 125)
Fire Department Headquarters; Fire Station #2, at 1020 Central Ave. in Kansas City, Missouri, was built in 1905–06. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1] It was designed by architect Albert Turney in Beaux Arts style. [2]
Sixth St. in Kansas City, Kansas. The buildings are also known as Old City Hall and Main Fire Station. They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1] The city hall portion was designed in the Renaissance Revival style by architects William W. Rose and David B. Peterson, of Rose & Peterson, and built in 1910-1911. It ...
Fire Station No. 9 was located at 2 South 14th Street in Kansas City, Kansas. Designed by William E. Harris, it was declared a Kansas City, Kansas Historic Landmark on June 16, 1983. The fire station was placed on the Register of Historic Kansas Places on July 3, 1979, and the National Register of Historic Places on September 5
[7] It was a promotional leaflet advertising housing development in Kansas City, with text from its library entry reading: "Buy now in the Negro Country Club District, Kansas City, Kansas, beautiful homes and building lots, splendid transportation service, bus and street car. Ex-service men use your bonus money to protect your family with a home."
In the 1910s, Tom Pendergast purchased the Jefferson Hotel near the City Market. For a decade, the building served as the headquarters for his "Goats" political faction. With Kansas City rapidly expanding to the east and south, the River Market area began to be referred to as "Old Town" at this time, because it was seen as a remnant of an older time of licentiousn
The Kansas City Plant was the NNSA's highest rated production facility [3] As of fiscal year 2007, the Kansas City Plant had 2,711 employees. Gross operating cost for KCP in FY07 was $501 million. Gross operating cost for KCP in FY07 was $501 million.