Downtown Kansas City in Jackson County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Franklin Pierce Fisk

14 June 1857 - 23 June 1927

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 15, 2011

1. Franklin Pierce Fisk Marker

Inscription.
Born in Ohio. Organist at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Mo. and prominent local organist in Kansas City

Erected 2009 by Virginia Strohmeyer-Miles.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Entertainment. A significant historical year for this entry is 1904.

Location. 39° 4.474′ N, 94° 34.896′ W. Marker is in Kansas City, Missouri, in Jackson County. It is in Downtown Kansas City. It can be reached from Grand Avenue. Marker is in Union Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 227 East 28th Terrace, Kansas City MO 64108, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within

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walking distance of this marker: Lieutenant Joseph Boggs (within shouting distance of this marker); Josephine Anderson (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); William Gebhardt (about 400 feet away); Catherine Purdom and Nancy Purdom Waskey (about 400 feet away); Mayor Milton Jameson Payne (about 400 feet away); Col. William Miles Chick (about 500 feet away); Thomas Jefferson (Squire) Goforth (about 500 feet away); Elizabeth Duncan Porter (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kansas City.

Also see . . .
1. The 1904 World's Fair. Missouri Historical Society website entry (Submitted on February 5, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

2. The 1904 World's Fair Society. Society website homepage (Submitted on February 5, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 15, 2011

2. Franklin Pierce Fisk Marker

Looking east

Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 5, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 557 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 5, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.