As part of our Uncovering History Project, the Midtown KC Post is examining each block in Midtown. A set of 1940 tax assessment photos is available for many blocks.
Today’s slideshow features the 3400 block of Broadway and Central and the blocks of Armour Boulevard and 34th Streets between Broadway and Central.
The Ellison Apartment Hotel at 300 West Armour in 1940.
The area includes the historic Ellison Apartment Hotel at 300 West Armour and Warwick Cleaners at 3421 Broadway.
In these 1940s photos, you’ll also see the Hollywood Café and Standard Service Station on Broadway. Along Central Street, a number of small frame homes housed families.
This Sanborn Fire Insurance map shows the homes, businesses, and apartments as they stood around the time these photos were taken.
The photos below show all of the buildings that existed when the 1940 tax photos were taken.
Maps and photos courtesy Kansas City Public Library Missouri Valley Special Collections.
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