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

Faxon, Horton and Gallagher Company Building

1903

— Architect: Smith and Rea —

 
 
Faxon, Horton and Gallagher Company Building Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 31, 2016
1. Faxon, Horton and Gallagher Company Building Marker
Inscription.

National Register of Historic Places
Wholesale District
Historic Garment District

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings.
 
Location. 39° 6.298′ N, 94° 35.3′ 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: 712 Broadway Boulevard, 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: E. J. Roe Hat Company Building (a few steps from this marker); 8th Street Fountain (within shouting distance of this marker); Maxwell-McClure Notions Company Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Harvey-Dutton Dry Goods Company Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Butler Brothers Co Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Reicher and Sons, Robinson and Sons Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Lechtman Printing Company Building (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Bond Shoe Company Building (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kansas City.
 
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 Wholesale / Garment District. National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form (Submitted on August 1, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.) 
 
Faxon, Horton and Gallagher Company Building image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 31, 2016
2. Faxon, Horton and Gallagher Company Building
Looking northwest
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 27, 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 39 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 1, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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Jun. 9, 2026