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Thomas J. Pendergast Headquarters 1908 Main Street Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri Presented to The Landmarks Commission Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri August 2011 By Architectural & Historical Research, LLC Kansas City, MO Photographs by Richard Welnowski

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Thomas J. Pendergast was a political boss extraordinaire in the 1920s and 30s. His downfall came from his own weakness for gambling and his desire to outdo yet quietly stand above wealth. rich.

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Thomas J. Pendergast Headquarters

1908 Main StreetKansas City, Jackson County,

MissouriPresented to

The Landmarks CommissionKansas City, Jackson County,

MissouriAugust 2011

ByArchitectural & Historical Research, LLC

Kansas City, MOPhotographs by Richard Welnowski

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South and west façades, view facing northeast

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Second floor office space, view facing west

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Entrances at first floor vestibule First floor retail (l); second floor office space (r)

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Second floor hallway View facing south

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Second floor: northeast corner (originally served as Pendergast’s office)

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Second floor, view of reception room looking east

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Pendergast office, second floorView looking southwest

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Second floor. southeast office, view north toward Pendergast’s office

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North

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North

Second Floor Plan

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19th Street

North

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