New York Life Building (Kansas City, Missouri)
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | 20 West Ninth Kansas City, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 39°06′14″N 94°35′03″W / 39.1040°N 94.5842°WCoordinates: 39°06′14″N 94°35′03″W / 39.1040°N 94.5842°W |
| Construction started | 1887 |
| Completed | 1888 |
| Management | Grubb & Ellis |
| Height | |
| Roof | 54.86 m (180.0 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 12 |
| Floor area | 175,186 sq ft (16,275.3 m2) |
| Lifts/elevators | 5 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect |
McKim, Mead, and White Gastinger Walker Harden Architects |
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| Coordinates | 39°6′13″N 94°35′2″W / 39.10361°N 94.58389°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1887 |
| Architectural style | Other, Neo-Renaisssance |
| NRHP Reference # | 70000336 |
| Added to NRHP | July 8, 1970 |
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The New York Life Building is a 12-story, 54.86 m (180.0 ft) high-rise in the Library District of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The brick and brownstone tower, which was completed in 1890, generally is regarded as Kansas City's first skyscraper and was the first building in the city equipped with elevators. It was commissioned by the New York Life Insurance Company, which also used the same design for an identical building in Omaha that was completed in 1889. Several buildings around the world share its name. A centerpiece of the Library District neighborhood, the building is located amidst other, historic structures: it is across Ninth Street from the Kansas City Club and just down Baltimore Avenue from the Central Library.
The building was designed in 1885 by Frederick Elmer Hill of the New York City architecture firm of McKim, Mead & White. Hill, who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1882, came to Kansas City in 1885 initially to oversee the construction of his design but ended up staying until 1901, during which time he designed some other notable buildings. From 1893 until 1895, he was involved in the design and construction of what is today Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral on nearby Quality Hill. Hill also designed Convention Hall.
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