Boley Building

Boley Building
Boley Clothing Company Building, Kansas City, Missouri.
Boley Building is located in Missouri
Boley Building
Boley Building is located in the United States
Boley Building
Location1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, Missouri
Coordinates39°6′0″N 94°34′56″W / 39.10000°N 94.58222°W / 39.10000; -94.58222
Area9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1909
ArchitectLouis Curtiss
Architectural styleMetal & Glass Curtain-Wall
NRHP reference No.71000467[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 9, 1971

The Boley Building in Kansas City, Missouri was designed by Canadian-born American architect Louis Curtiss and built in 1909. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1] It is the world headquarters for Andrews McMeel Universal, parent company to Andrews McMeel Syndication, Andrews McMeel Publishing and GoComics.

Architecture

The six-story steel frame building was constructed in 1909 and was designed in the Art-Nouveau style by architect Louis Curtiss. The building is one of the world's first metal-and-glass curtain-wall buildings and the first to use rolled-steel columns.[2][3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

The six-story building also features cantilever floor slabs, cast iron structural detailing, and terra cotta decorative elements. The interior of the building features many of the comic strips and other publications from Andrews McMeel Publishing including Calvin and Hobbes and Doonesbury.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Andrews McMeel's historic HQ reflects the company's mission". Kansas City Business Journal. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  3. ^ Kelley, Stephen K. (January 1, 1996). "An image of modernity: An American history of the curtain wall". Docomomo Journal (15): 16, 18. ISSN 1380-3204.

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