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

8th Street Fountain

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 31, 2016

1. 8th Street Fountain Marker

Inscription.
To the People of Greater Kansas City on Proctor & Gamble's 150th Anniversary

Erected 1987.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Arts, Letters, Music • Industry & Commerce.

Location. 39° 6.285′ N, 94° 35.301′ W. Marker is in Kansas City, Missouri, in Jackson County. It is in Quality Hill. It is at the intersection of Broadway Boulevard and 8th Street, on the left when traveling north on Broadway Boulevard. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Godfrey and Blanche Jones Plaza, Kansas City MO 64105, 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 walking distance of this marker: Harvey-Dutton Dry Goods Company Building (a few steps from this marker); Faxon, Horton and Gallagher Company Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Butler Brothers Co Building (within shouting distance of this marker); E. J. Roe Hat Company Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Maxwell-McClure Notions Company Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Goldstandt-Powell Hat Company Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Kansas City, Ft. Scott & Gulf Railroad Company Building

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Bond Shoe Company Building (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kansas City.

Also see . . . Eighth Street Fountain. Kansas City Parks website entry (Submitted on May 3, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

8th Street Fountain image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 31, 2016

2. 8th Street Fountain

8th Street Fountain and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 31, 2016

3. 8th Street Fountain and Marker

8th Street Fountain (west side) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 31, 2016

4. 8th Street Fountain (west side)

Looking east

Marker Adjacent to 8th Street Fountain image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 31, 2016

5. Marker Adjacent to 8th Street Fountain

Credits. This page was last revised on July 4, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 1, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 615 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 1, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.