The Country Club District of Kansas City
By: LaDene Morton
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781626199149
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: History; City planning
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-154) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1; title: Building on a Vision -- 15; title: "I am Here Now" -- 15; title: Nichols and His Company, in the Beginning -- 17; title: Origins of a Vision -- 21; title: A Plan for Permanence -- 26 -- 2; title: Country Club District Neighborhoods -- 31; title: 1905-1918: Lessons Learned, Reputations Earned -- 33; title: 1919-1929: "The Best Residential Section in America" -- 42; title: 1930-1950: New Directions -- 52; title: Deed Restrictions in the Country Club District -- 56; title: Chronology of Development -- 63 -- 3; title: Features of Community -- 67; title: Homes Associations of the Country Club District -- 69; title: Country Club District Bulletin -- 73; title: Nichols Company's "Outlying Shopping Centers" -- 79; title: Schools and Churches, the Cornerstones of Community -- 93; title: District's Country Clubs -- 99 -- 4; title: Country Club District Aesthetic -- 107; title: Neighborhood Landscape -- 108; title: District Architecture, an Eclectic Revival -- 113; title: An Outdoor Museum: Public Art in the District -- 119; title: A Lost Wilderness -- 127; title: Innovation by Design-- 136.