North Hyde Park in Kansas City in Jackson County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Kansas City Athenaeum
Photographed by Michael W. Kruse, July 30, 2015
1. Kansas City Athenaeum Marker
This building was erected in 1914 and has continuously been the home of the Kansas City Athenaeum, one of the oldest and largest federated women's clubs in Missouri. Familiar names among the 71 chapter members were: Mary Harmon Weeks, founder of the national P.T.A., and Phebe Jane Ess, president for 24 years of the Susan B. Anthony Suffrage Club, and also the first president of the Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs. The last name of the other charter members, Porter, Nettleton, and Gage, are commemorated by building, streets, and schools in this area.
The Kansas City Athenaeum founded The Naturalization Council in 1926, created the General Hospital Rehabilitation Fund in 1947, and started the first Golden Age Club in Kansas City, in 1948. The Athenaeum has been the motivating force behind many of our city's social, political and cultural programs.
Erected by Native Sons, Kansas City, Missouri.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Civil Rights • Government & Politics. A significant historical year for this entry is 1914.
Location. 39° 4.137′ N, 94° 34.427′ W.
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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 walking distance of this marker: Elizabeth Duncan Porter (approx. half a mile away); Mayor Milton Jameson Payne (approx. half a mile away); Josephine Anderson (approx. half a mile away); Womontown (approx. half a mile away); Lieutenant Joseph Boggs (approx. 0.6 miles away); Hyde Park Neighborhood (approx. 0.6 miles away); Thomas Jefferson (Squire) Goforth (approx. 0.6 miles away); Catherine Purdom and Nancy Purdom Waskey
Photographed by Michael W. Kruse, July 30, 2015
2. Kansas City Athenaeum Marker
Looking Northeast at the building from Linwood.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Janssen Place Historic District (was approx. 0.6 miles away but has been permanently removed).
Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 17, 2015, by Michael W. Kruse of Kansas City, Missouri. This page has been viewed 520 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 17, 2015, by Michael W. Kruse of Kansas City, Missouri. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
