Kansas City, Kansas - Culture

Culture

There are a number of buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Kansas City, Kansas is home to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, which covers 12,500 square miles (32,000 km2) in eastern Kansas.

Memorial Hall is a 3,500-seat indoor arena/auditorium located in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. The venue, which has a permanent stage, is used for public assemblies, concerts and sporting events. In 1887, John G. Braecklein constructed a Victorian home for John and Margaret Scroggs in the area of Strawberry Hill. It is a fine example of the Queen Anne Style architecture erected in Kansas City, Kansas.

The Rosedale Arch, dedicated to the men of Kansas City, Kansas who served in World War I, is a small-scale replica of France's famous Arc de Triomphe. It is located on Mount Marty in Rosedale, overlooking the intersection of Rainbow and Southwest boulevards.

Wyandotte High School is a notable public school building located at 2501 Minnesota Avenue. Built in 1936 as a Works Progress Administration project, the school was later designated as a Kansas City, Kansas Historic Landmark in 1985 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 30, 1986.

  • The 1917 Argentine Carnegie Library (the only Carnegie library existing in the metropolitan area),
  • Fire Station No. 9,
  • Granada Theater,
  • Hanover Heights Neighborhood Historic District,
  • Huron Cemetery,
  • Judge Louis Gates House,
  • Kansas City, Kansas Hall
  • Kansas City, Kansas Fire Headquarters
  • Great Wolf Lodge
  • Schlitterbahn Vacation Village
  • Quindaro Townsite,
  • Sauer Castle,
  • Scottish Rite Temple,
  • Shawnee Street Overpass,
  • Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building
  • St. Augustine Hall
  • Theodore Shafer House
  • Trowbridge Archeological Site
  • Westheight Manor and Westheight Manor District,
  • White Church Christian Church
  • Wyandotte County Courthouse
  • The Muncie area.

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