Historical Property Data Inventory · list of all residential and business addresses, the names associated with the addresses, and the phone numbers. Both include a sub-directory

Historical Property Data Inventory

A Catalogue of Aerial Photographs, Atlases, Directories, and Other Resources Available

in City Hall for Environmental and Historical Property Data Research

City Planning and Development Department

February 2007

City of Kansas City, Missouri Kay Barnes, Mayor Wayne A. Cauthen, City Manager City Council Deborah Hermann, First District-at-Large Bill Skaggs, First District Bonnie Sue Cooper, Second District-at-Large John Fairfield, Second District Troy L. Nash, Third District-at-Large Saundra McFadden Weaver, Third District Jim Glover, Fourth District-at-Large George Blackwood, Fourth District Becky Schumacher, Fifth District-at-Large Terry Riley, Fifth District Alvin L. Brooks, Sixth District-at-Large Charles A. Eddy, Sixth District City Plan Commission Charles Myers, Chair Kelley Martin, Vice Chair Stan Archie Richard L. Holwick George N. Cook, Jr. Peter T. Jenks Michael Graf Babette Macy City Planning and Development Department Tom Coyle, A.I.C.P., Director Robert Langenkamp, Assistant Director Jade Liska, Acting Director, Citywide Planning Division Project Staff Bruce G. S. Wiggins, A.I.C.P., Citywide Planning Division

Historical Property Data Inventory

A Catalogue of Aerial Photographs, Atlases, Directories and Other Resources Available

in City Hall for Environmental and Historical Property Data Research

City Planning and Development Department

February 2007

Historical Property Data Inventory Contents

Introduction ………………….…..…………………………………………..…. 1 Base Map of Kansas City ………………………………………………... 2 I. General Description of Resources 3 City Directories …………….…….……………………………………… 5 Polk City Directory ………………………………………………. 6 Cole Directory …………………………………………………… 6 Other Sources of Directories ……………………………………. 6 Atlases ……..………….…….…………………………………………... 7 Sanborn Atlas …………………………………………………….. 7 Hopkins Atlas …………………………………………………….. 9 Tuttle & Pike’s Atlas ……………………………………………… 9 Tuttle-Ayres- Woodward Atlas …………………………………… 9 Aerial Photographs …………...…………………………………………. 11 1922 Aerial Photographs ………………………………………… 12 1940s Through 1963 Aerial Photographs ……………………….. 12 1964 Through 2000 Aerial Photographs ………………………… 13 2000 Through 2006 Aerial Photographs ………………………… 14 USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangle Maps …………………………………… 15 II. Fact Sheets -- Historical Property Data Resources 17 Cole Directory …………………………………………………………... 18 Polk Directory …………………………………………………………... 19 Sanborn Atlas in City of Kansas City …………………………………… 20 Sanborn Atlas in Public Library ………………………………………… 21

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Contents (continued) Hopkins Atlas …………………………………………………………… 26 Tuttle & Pike’s Atlas ……………………………………………………. 27 Tuttle-Ayers-Woodward Atlas ………………………………………….. 28 1922 Aerial Photographs ………………………………………………… 29 Index of 1922 Areial Photographs ………………………………... 30 1945 Aerial Photographs ………………………………………………… 31 1947 Aerial Photographs ………………………………………………… 32 1951 Aerial Photographs ………………………………………………… 33 1952 Aerial Photographs 4/6/52 ….……………………………………… 34 1952 Aerial Photographs 10/19/52 ………………………………………. 35 1953 Aerial Photographs ………………………………………………… 36 1955 Aerial Photographs ..………………………………………………. 37 1956 Aerial Photographs 4/18/56 ……………………………………….. 38 1956 Aerial Photographs April 1956 ……………………………………. 39 1958 Aerial Photographs ..………………………………………………. 40 1962 Aerial Photographs ..………………………………………………. 41 1963 Aerial Photographs ..………………………………………………. 42 1964 Aerial Photographs ..………………………………………………. 43 Index of 1964 Aerials Photos for the Northland …………………. 44 Index of 1964 Aerials Photos for the Southland …………………. 45 Index of “Old” Aerials Photos (1967-1978) ………………..……. 46 1967Aerial Photographs ..………………………………………………. 47 1969 Aerial Photographs ..………………………………………………. 48 1969 Aerial Photographs February 1969 ……………………………….. 49 1973 Aerial Photographs ..………………………………………………. 50 1975 Aerial Photographs ..………………………………………………. 51 1978 Aerial Photographs ..………………………………………………. 52 1980 Aerial Photographs ..………………………………………………. 53 Index of “New” Aerials Photos (1980-2005) ………………..……. 54 1980 Downtown Aerial Photographs ……………………………………. 55 1980 Township Aerial Photographs ……………………………………. 56 1985 Aerial Photographs ..………………………………………………. 57 1989 Aerial Photographs ..………………………………………………. 58 1990 Aerial Photographs ..………………………………………………. 59 1993 Orthophotographs ..……………………………………………….. 60 1993 Flood Aerial Photographs …………………………………………. 61


1995 Aerial Photographs ..………………………………………………. 62 1998 Orthophotographs ..……………………………………………….. 63 1999 Orthophotographs ..……………………………………………….. 64 2000 Aerial Photographs ………………………………………………… 65 2000 Orthophotographs …………………………………………………. 66 2001 Orthophotographs …………………………………………………. 67 2002 Orthophotographs …………………………………………………. 68 2004 Orthophotographs …………………………………………………. 69 2006 Orthophotographs …………………………………………………. 70 USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangle Maps ……………………………………. 71 Summary Table Historical Property Data Resources …………………… 73 Appendix A Drawer Locations in City Planning and Development Department ……… A1 Appendix B Locations of Shapefiles, ArcView Projects and ArcGIS Maps ………….. A3



Introduction

Historical property records are valuable for a number of uses.

• Environmental site assessments. A “Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment” looks at historical records to help determine the possibility or likelihood of chemical contamination. These environmental site assessments are now typically used in all real estate transfers.

• Historical research. Historians, academics, other professionals, and interested citizens may

find historical records useful for a variety of purposes. Examples include preparing an application for a property’s or neighborhood’s inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places or its counterpart in Kansas City, the Kansas City Register of Historic Places, academic theses or research, genealogical research, and real estate law suits.

Four types of primary historical records documented in this publication can be useful in such research:

1. City Directories, including the Polk and Cole Directories 2. Atlases, including Sanborn, Hopkins, Tuttle & Pike’s, and Tuttle-Ayers-Woodward 3. Aerial photographs 4. USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangle Maps

Additional historical records and documents are available in the Landmarks Commission, on the 26th floor of City Hall, and also in the Kansas City Public Library, 14 W. 10th St.

This publication presents information on each of these four types of resources, including details of the resource and how an interested person can access the information.

• Part I contains an overview of these types of resources, including a general description of the information available in each.

• Part II contains detailed fact sheets on each specific resource, including illustrations of the

specific information, the years covered, and where the resource is located. Appendix A shows the locations of the files and cabinets where various aerial photographs are stored, while Appendix B shows the location of the electronic versions of these resources. This report was prepared by Bruce Wiggins in 2006. For inquiries, contact: Bruce Wiggins, Senior Planner, City Planning and Development Department 816.513.2835 [email protected]


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This map shows major features of Kansas City, Missouri. The diagrams on the fact sheets in Part II use this map to show areas covered by aerial photographs.


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Part I General Description of Resources

Part I contains an overview of these groups of resources available in City Hall:

• City Directories – Cole and Polk Directories • Atlases – the Sanborn Atlas (also known as Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps), Hopkins

Atlas, Tuttle and Pike’s Atlas, and Tuttle-Ayers-Woodward Atlas • Aerial Photographs – the City of Kansas City, MO has many years of aerial

photographs starting in the year 1922

• USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangle Maps -- produced by the United States Geological Survey (USGS)

A general description of each of these resources is included. Part II then contains fact sheets with details on each of these sources.

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City Directories

The Polk and Cole Directories are both useful in historical research. Both have a long history of development in the nation, and both have been published in the Kansas City metropolitan area for many decades as aids to advertising and marketing. Both vendors endeavor to construct a complete list of all residential and business addresses, the names associated with the addresses, and the phone numbers. Both include a sub-directory with telephone numbers arranged in numerical sequence. Both produce tabulations of summary demographic characteristics of geographic sub units. On the surface, the content of these directories might appear to be very similar to the variety of telephone books which are provided by multiple vendors at no cost to the user. There are, however, great legal differences between phone books and the directories. Some years ago, the courts held that it is legal to build a computerized database of the contents of the phone book because the content is considered public domain. Numerous entities have done so, and continue to do so, on an annual basis. Various versions of a national coverage are available on CDROM. Internet search engines offering to find people and phone numbers depend upon these same sources. The Cole and Polk directories, on the other hand, are not public domain documents. They are rigidly protected by copyright. Legally, the user does not buy the content of the directory, but leases the content. Under the terms of the lease, lessees are not permitted to build their own data base from the information, or even copy pages for business use. Computerized versions of both Cole and Polk directories are now available on CDROM to aid purchasers or subscribers with analysis and to assist with the production of mailing labels for customized mailings. The City Planning and Development Department has a relatively complete set of city directories from 1960 forward. Some years the department acquired Cole, and some years, Polk. In a few years, both were acquired. In 2004, all directory volumes in the department’s possession were gathered at one location and inventoried. A few duplicate volumes were given to Codes Administration and the remainder discarded. The volumes retained are available for reference in the map archive room on the 14th floor of City Hall. In October 2004, the City Planning and Development Department published a report titled, An Inventory of City Directory Reference Volumes Available in the City Planning and Development Department Library And an Overview of the Contents of Available R.L. Polk and Cole Directories, 1949-2003. That publication provides more detail on the history and contents of city directories. For historic research, the Polk and Cole directories may be particularly valuable for determining the occupant of a property (resident or business), the name, and the duration or years at that location. Each directory now has a web page and current information is available digitally. However, the directories of interest for historical research consist of very thick volumes published on newsprint in very modest type sizes.


Each directory has its own unique perspective of what is the most valuable organizational style for the content. For example, the spatial units used by each vendor to organize data are different. POLK CITY DIRECTORY The Polk City Directory is produced by the R.L. Polk & Co., and is now labeled, “Polk, Multi-Dimensional Intelligence.” Web pages are www.polk.com and www.citydirectory.com. In addition to the street address sequence, only Polk contains an alphabetical listing of residents and firms. And only Polk has a sub-directory of businesses classified by type. The geographic units used for the demographic profiles are zip codes sub-classified by postal carrier route. This yields 310 spatial units in the Kansas City area. Polk offers 28 variables in their demographic summary. The fact sheet in Part II provides an image of a typical page, showing the organization and content of the data provided. COLE DIRECTORY The Cole Directory is now produced by Cole Information Services, a division of Experian, which is headquartered in Lincoln, NE. The web page is www.experian.com. Only Cole contains an integrated list of residents and firms in street address sequence. For the city planner, Cole has the advantage of assigning and tabulating listings by census tract. However, the 2004 Directory was still using 1990 census tracts. In the demographic summary, Cole Directory offers 14 variables for 395 census tracts in the metropolitan area. The fact sheet in Part II illustrates the organization and type of data available through this source. OTHER SOURCES OF DIRECTORIES The Kansas City Public Library has a variety of directories available in their Local and Regional History Collection, part of the Missouri Valley Special Collections on the fifth floor of the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. in downtown Kansas City (phone 816.701.3427.) In particular, copies of City Directories are available on microfilm from as early as 1860. These were forerunners of phone books, and have extensive listings (no maps) of persons, businesses, street listings, and advertisers. .


Atlases

The City has copies of the Sanborn Atlas and the Tuttle-Ayers-Woodward Atlas. These two atlases show some of the same information, while each has a distinct purpose and therefore contains unique information. SANBORN ATLAS The Sanborn Atlas Company began in the late 1860s, and produced for the next 100 years detailed maps of urban areas. These maps are often called “Fire Insurance maps” because they were produced for insurance companies. Sanborn maps are large scale street plans (often at a scale of 1 inch = 50 feet) showing:

• Street name and width • Sidewalk width • Water line locations and sizes • Detailed information about buildings, such as:

o Buildings scale – size and number of stories o Notes and color-coded information indicate type of construction material, location

of windows and doors, and building use o Notes usually show the type of use of a building, which may include the type of

manufacturing o For large manufacturing or commercial buildings, the drawing will often note the

use for each individual room

These maps are heavily used in both public and academic libraries by a wide range of researchers. The fact sheets in Part II include some examples of pages and also the legend illustrating the detailed information available with this resource. The Sanborn Atlases are large heavy books (approximately 24 inches by 36”) with 50 – 100 pages of heavy paperboard. As new surveys of areas were done, paper sheets were pasted over the old blocks, so Atlas volumes typically cover many years rather than a single point in time. Because of the unique nature of these atlas volumes, very few existed for any particular city. Current Location: City Archives The City’s volumes of the Sanborn Atlas were available and used for many years in the City Planning and Development Department. In 2000, they were archived with Records Management, a part of the Finance Department, located on the sixth floor of City Hall. Black and white pictures were taken of the pages and put on three rolls of 35mm microfilm. There are slightly over 1400 images (pages of the Sanborn Atlas.)


The Records Manager as of this writing, Charles Reese, reports that the original volumes are packaged for preservation and stored offsite in an underground cave on 63rd St. They are shrink-wrapped and stored in special archival boxes to preserve them. The 35mm microfilm roll is also stored offsite, to preserve it, but is available by request in the Records Management Office, where there is a microfilm reader. If inquiries from City staff or the general public are made to the office, the Records Management staff will first give the microfilm to the individual to try to answer the question. If the question is not answered with that resource, the original volumes might be retrieved through the procedures established in that office. A key part of preserving the Atlas volumes is not handling them, so the person requesting to use them would need to present a justification. Mr. Reese reports that if the demand and use of the microfilm becomes extensive, he would make a copy of the microfilm so that record would not be damaged through excess use. Information from Records Management shows that the City’s set of Atlases is in 14 books.1 The dates listed on the Records Transfer List show Volume 1 starting in 1909 with updates through 1931. Volume 6 lists a date of 1917, with updates through September 1963. In 2006, there has been some discussion with the Records Management and City Planning & Development Department staff about converting the microfilm images to digital (pdf) format and putting them on-line for staff use. As of this writing, the funds to accomplish this task have not been budgeted. Because the City’s Sanborn Atlas volumes are in archival storage, this source is the least readily available of the various resources listed in this inventory. Phase 1 environmental site assessments generally require a review of records that are readily available, and the Sanborn Atlases in the possession of the City are not readily available in their original form (in color). However, black and white copies can be made from the microfilm in City Hall. Other Sources For Sanborn Atlas The Kansas City Public Library has a set of Sanborn Atlases starting for the year 1895, with updates (paper paste-overs) through 1969. The volumes are readily available on microfilm (black and white), while the large volumes, in color on a heavy paperboard, are available upon special request. The Atlas is also available in a black and white version on a computer terminal in the library. All of these resources are in the Missouri Valley Special Collections Room on the fifth floor of the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St., in downtown Kansas City. For a small fee, one can make a print of a portion of the Atlas page (letter-size paper compared to the 24” x 36” Atlas page size). Or one may download the page digitally on a memory device (personal “flash drive” in the computer’s USB port), or email the page via a computer at the library. Librarians are available to help users. (Note: The Library also has Sanborn Atlas volumes on microfilm for many other cities in Missouri, and also for portions of Kansas.) Basic information about the library’s Sanborn Atlas collection and volumes, including the dates and updates of volumes available, is available at this URL for the Kansas City Public Library:

1 The Records Transfer List shows seven Sanborn-numbered volumes, but most volumes are in two separate “books,” creating 14 books in the set for Kansas City.


http://www.kclibrary.org/localhistory/media.cfm?mediaid=102210 If one has a KC Public Library card and established an account with a password, the Sanborn Atlas can be viewed online from any computer at this URL: http://sanborn.umi.com.proxy.kclibrary.org/ The library subscribes to a database with the atlas’ current owner, Environmental Data Resources, and makes the atlas available on-line to cardholders. Once logged in on the computer, one chooses the state, city, and date of interest. Once a page is up on the computer screen, one can zoom in to a particular block or property and navigate around the page. The Sanborn Atlas is copyrighted, but is viewable online. Businesses that use Sanborn maps frequently, e.g., environmental and engineering firms that do environmental site analyses on a regular basis, subscribe with the current owner of the Sanborn Atlases: Environmental Data Resources, Inc., which is located in Connecticut. For information, see: http://www.edrnet.com/reports/historical.html HOPKINS ATLAS The Hopkins Atlas is available in City Hall for Kansas City in the years 1886 and 1891. This atlas was published by the G.M. Hopkins Company in Philadelphia. It is subtitled, “Complete set of Surveys and Plats of Properties of Kansas City, MO” and aims to show subdivisions, including streets and property lines. It also shows buildings, color-coded for type of construction, along with sewers and hydrants. These atlas volumes are located in the City’s Landmark Commission Offices, on the 26th floor of City Hall. The fact sheet in Part II provide details, including the area covered and scale of atlas pages. TUTTLE & PIKE’S ATLAS The Landmarks Commission also has a volume titled, Tuttle and Pike’s Atlas of Kansas City and Vicinity, Edition of 1907. It also shows property lines and buildings color-coded. The fact sheet in Part II provide details, such as the area covered and scale of atlas pages. TUTTLE-AYRES-WOODWARD ATLAS This atlas was published by the Tuttle-Ayers-Woodward Company of Kansas City. This surveying and city planning firm published the atlas to show buildings, streets and other infrastructure constructed in the KC region. The atlas shows, for the city as of 1925 (approximately Missouri River south to 77th St., from the State Line east to Skiles Street):

• Subdivisions including lot lines and easements • Ownership of large (unsubdivided) plots • Streets, alleys, boulevards, and highways


http://www.edrnet.com/reports/historical.html

• Buildings including number of stories and type of construction (frame, brick, or concrete) • House numbers (addresses) • Sewers and parks • Paved highways in the five-county area (Jackson, Platte, Clay, Wyandotte, and Johnson)

Outside the city, the atlas shows subdivisions for some communities near KCMO, including Sugar Creek, Independence, North Kansas City, Kansas City Kansas, and Northern Johnson County. For the remainder of Clay, Platte, Jackson, Wyandotte, and Johnson Counties, the atlas shows paved highways and the Public Land Survey System.


In 1922

Aerial Photographs

In 1922, photographs of Kansas City were taken from aircraft with what was then a new technology developed in World War I: aerial photography. These were simply reconnaissance photographs taken from the air at an elevation of about 11,000 feet. The images include distortion at the edges of the photograph, i.e., the images do not fit together at the edges and they are not a consistent scale throughout the image of the photograph. Many images overlap to cover the whole area being photographed. These images have some utility for locating structures and development. In the early 1940s, aerial photographs were taken of portions of the city. Aerial photographs were taken more regularly after WWII, starting in 1947. During the 1960s, the City began making regular flights to produce low-cost unrectified stereoscopic aerial photographs. This practice continued on a regular basis through the year 2000. Unrectified photographs are not adjusted for curvature of the earth, so they are not to scale over the whole image, i.e., there is distortion at the edges and they do not provide an accurate image over the whole page. With emerging GIS technology in 1990, the need existed to acquire higher cost rectified aerial photography. Aerial missions were flown at a lower altitude, e.g., 3,000 feet, and the photographs were rectified using monumentation. Survey monument points were established, and these known points were used to adjust the aerial photographs based on a computerized terrain model.1 Rectified aerial photographs, properly called “orthophotography,” became available to the City in 1990. Aerial missions are now flown regularly and orthophotographs produced in a joint effort with the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC). These photographs are input for planimetric map maintenance. Orthophotographs of the city, showing true distances and sizes (within specified tolerances, e.g., plus or minus five feet), are now available digitally. Recent orthophotographs (within the past two years) of the entire city are available to the general public and City staff with the internet mapping capability on the City’s web page: www.kcmo.org -> Maps -> Online Mapping. These digital photographs have 6” pixels and an accuracy of plus-or minus one foot. Unrectified aerial photographs are, as of this writing, available in City Hall in two locations:

• City Planning and Development Department, Citywide Planning Division, 14th Floor. The

Citywide Planning Division has been the portion of the City Planning and Development

1 Persons interested in technical aspects of this process may consult a publication produced by the City Planning and Development Dept. in June 2002: Background Report, Geographic Coverage, Flight Altitudes and General Methodology of the Photo Missions Which Have Produced the Kansas City, Missouri Digital (Computer) Mapping Program From 1989 to 2002.


http://www.kcmo.org/

Department responsible for mapping and data. As part of this responsibility, multiple sets of aerial photographs have been collected.

• Duplicating, a division of the Finance Department, on the 7th Floor. The City Planning and

Development Department aerial photographs were transferred to the Duplicating Office as a convenience for users wanting to reproduce the images. (Note, however, that as of this writing, the City is in the process of outsourcing the duplicating function, and the future location of the photographs and maps is not known. The City is investigating how to make copies of these materials available to the public.)

The City Planning and Development Department is in the process of scanning the aerial photographs now in Duplicating and putting them on CDs. These CDs will be stored in the cabinet with other CDs in the Citywide Planning Division on the 14th floor of City Hall.

Following is basic information about the products currently available at these locations. 1922 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS In 1922, the City of Kansas City consisted of 58 square miles. All of the land area lay south of the Missouri River. The area photographed during the 1922 photo mission extends from the Missouri River south to present-day 85th St. and from the State Line east to approximately the current location of I-435. The prints that are available are approximately 11” x 15” images on 14” x 18” sheets, and the scale of the prints is approximately 1” = 440’. The complete set is 768 pages, however, some pages in the volumes are missing. Due to overlap, the area can be covered in 147 distinct pages, as shown on the fact sheet for the 1922 aerial photographs. These prints are bound in seven volumes and stored in cabinets. They are located in the Landmarks Commission’s office, on the 26th floor. The bindings are in poor condition, though the aerials themselves are in good to fair condition. In 2003, these aerials were digitally scanned in a .tif format at 600 dots per inch (DPI) and placed on 19 compact disks (CDs). The total size of all of these digital files is approximately 8.3 gigabytes. A 20-page index for cross referencing the aerials and the files on CD was created and is kept by Citywide Planning staff in a CD storage cabinet on the 14th floor. 1940s THROUGH 1963 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS Photo missions were flown and aerial photographs created for portions of the city in 1940, 1941, and 1945. These are large prints (approximately 40” square). In April 1947, an aerial mission was flown and produced a set of photographs covering the area that extends from approximately Barry Road in the Northland south to approximately Bannister Rd., and from approximately the state line east to Raytown, including areas east of present-day I-435. Over the next 16 years, the City made it a practice to obtain aerial photographs in conjunction with annexations. From 1947 through 1963, there were 10 separate annexations with the City’s land


area growing more than five-fold, from 58 square miles (1909 boundaries) to over 316 square miles, very nearly the current boundaries. As a result of this practice, unrectified aerial photographs are available for portions of the present-day city for 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, and 1958. Missions were also flown over small parts of the city in 1962 and 1963. For all these years, the photographs are small (approximately 10” square) contact prints. All of these aerial photographs are located in the Citywide Planning Division, 14th floor (see Part II for details of locations). 1964 – 2000 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS Aerial photographs starting for the year 1964 are available (as of now, in Duplicating) on mylar sheets that can be scanned and then printed on an inkjet plotter to produce a paper copy. The plotter currently available can create sheets up to 36 inches wide, e.g., a print could be 24” x 36” or 36” x 48”. The mylar sheets are screened so they can be used on a blue print (diazo) machine, a machine commonly used in the past by architects and others to create blue prints or blue-line prints. Duplicating no longer uses its blue-print machine for making copies. The size and boundaries of Kansas City (now about 318 square miles) has not changed significantly since 1964, so starting that year and in subsequent sets of aerial photographs, the current extent of the city is depicted. Starting in 1967, taking aerial photographs of the entire city was a regular occurrence. Missions were flown in 1967, ’69, ‘73, ’75, and ’78. Starting in 1980, sets of aerial photographs were created every five years, i.e., 1980, ’85, ’90, ’95 and 2000. All of these unrectified aerial photographs are reproducible mylars available in Duplicating. (As noted above, p. 12, reorganization and outsourcing make it impossible to say, as of this writing, where these mylars will end up being located. The digital copies will be available on CDs in the City Planning and Development Department, Citywide Planning.) A set of paper prints of the 1964 aerial photographs is available in the City Planning and Development Department, Citywide Planning Division, at a scale of 1” = 200’ (1:2400). Paper prints for other years are available in Citywide Planning as listed on the fact sheets in part II. Three Indices for 1964 – 2000 Aerial Photographs The 1964 aerial photographs are at a scale of one inch equals 200 feet (1” = 200’). Over 400 sheets are needed to cover the city. A small part of the land outside the city is also shown. Maps showing the numbered sheets (an index) accompanies the fact sheet in Part II for these aerials (pp. 42-3). For succeeding years, each sheet is at a scale of 1” = 400’ and a different index had to be created.. At this scale, each sheet covers four square miles and, because of overlap of the sheets, over 130 sheets are needed to cover the entire city

• A map index showing the numbered sheets for aerials from 1967 through 1978 follows the fact sheet for the 1964-2000 aerials (p. 46). This is referred to as the “old index.”

• A “new” indexing system was created for the 1980 and subsequent photographs, to concur with MARC’s metropolitan indexing system. An index showing the numbered sheets is with the 1964-2000 fact sheet in Part II (p. 54).


These three indices, shown in Table 1 below, are available in Duplicating with a grid and numbering system to help the interested person determine which sheet(s) he or she wants. Staff will take an order and prepare the print, i.e., there is no “self-service”. All prints are black and white and the cost is currently one dollar per square foot of print ($1/sq. ft.). This cost applies to City employees, City departments, and members of the public. (Note: these policies and procedures may change under new management, as noted above.)

Table 1: Unrectified Aerial Photographs Available for Reproduction in Duplicating* Scale Years Index – see Fact Sheet for 1964-2000 Aerials 1” = 200’ (400+ sheets)

1964 Separate index with “N” (north) and “S” preceding numbers Topographical maps (photos with topography lines) also available for 1964

1” = 400’ (130+ sheets)

1967, 1969, 1973, 1975, 1978

Old Index

1” = 400’ (130+ sheets)

1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000

New Index

* May be moved. CDs also soon to be available in City Planning and Development Dept. For a few years in the 1990s, orthophotographs were acquired, and they are now stored in Information Technology archives. 2000 - 2006 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND ORTHOPHOTOGRAPHS The City Planning and Development Department has two sets of paper copies (prints) of unrectified photographs produced from the April 2000 aerial mission. Color orthophotographs from 2002, 2004, and 2006 were acquired by the City. For these years, orthophotographs of the entire region are available at either the City or Mid-America Regional Council. The color orthophotography available online to the general public and also to City staff on desktop computers is (as of this writing) from 2006. FACT SHEETS PROVIDE DETAILS The fact sheets in Part II show the areas covered on all these sets of aerial photographs or orthophotographs, along with details of where these resources are stored and how they can be accessed.

Note: All available photographs on paper are unrectified. Current color orthophotographs (digital rectified photographs) are available on the City’s web page.


USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangle Maps The United States Geological Survey (USGS) produces accurate maps depicting information that can be useful for historical research. Maps in the “7.5 minute series” depict 7.5 minutes of latitude and longitude at a scale of 1” = 2000’ (1:24000) on sheets measuring 22” x 29”. These maps include features such as:

• Topography (10 foot contours) • Roads (US and state highways, heavy-duty, medium-duty, light-duty, and dirt) • Water features (lakes, streams, rivers, wetlands) • Buildings (as black rectangles)

The City Planning and Development Department has a set of USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangle maps for various years and various parts of the region, as listed in the fact sheet in part II.



Part II Fact Sheets Historical Property Data Resources

Part II contains fact sheets with detailed information on each of the specific sources described in this publication:

• Cole Directory

• Polk Directory

• Sanborn Atlas available in City Hall

• Sanborn Atlas available at the public library

• Hopkins Atlas

• Tuttle & Pike’s Atlas

• Tuttle-Ayers-Woodward Atlas

• Aerial photographs from (one fact sheet for each):

o 1922 o 1964* o 1993 Flood o 1945 o 1967* o 1995* o 1947 o 1969* o 1998 Orthophotographs o 1951 o 1973* o 1999 Orthophotographs o 1952 o 1975* o 2000* o 1953 o 1978* o 2001 Orthophotographs o 1955 o 1980* o 2002 Orthophotographs o 1956 o 1985* o 2004 Orthophotographs o 1958 o 1989 o 2006 Orthophotographs o 1962 o 1990* o o 1963 o 1993 Orthophotographs

* The fact sheet for the years listed with an asterisk are for reproducible (mylar) sheets in Duplicating. See Fact Sheets for further details.

• USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangle Maps


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Cole Directory Type: Directory of residents and businesses General Description:

Listing of occupants (businesses and residents) by street number address, including various information such as phone number and years in this location (see diagram below.) Also includes in another section phone listings in numerical order.

Date of Directories Available:

1970, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004

Scale: Not Applicable Coverage: Greater Kansas City – Kansas City, MO and Suburbs Storage Location and Access:

City Planning and Development Dept., Citywide Planning 14th Floor City Hall, phone 816-513-2818 Map Room

Notes: 1. The Cole Directory includes summary demographic data (14 variables) for 395 census tracts, a list of tenants in office buildings, and an apartment building directory.

2. For more information on the Cole Directory, see An Inventory of City Directory Reference Volumes Available in the City Planning and Development Department Library, October 2004.

3. Johnson County Central Resource Library has a 1959 volume.

Typical Page Cole Directory Address Section

Useful for determining information such as: • residential or business

use (a) • name of occupant (b) • years at this location (c)

Historical Property Data Resource

(a)

(c)

(b)

(c)

Historical Property Data Resource Polk Directory

Type: Directory of residents and businesses General Description: Listing of occupants (businesses and residents) by street

number address, including various information such as phone number and years in this location (SEE DIAGRAM BELOW.) Also includes phone listings in numerical order in another section.

Date of Information: 1949, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001

Scale: Not Applicable Coverage: Jackson, Clay, and Platte Counties including municipalities

(includes KCMO) Storage Location and Access Information:

City Planning and Development Dept., Citywide Planning 14th Floor City Hall, phone 816-513-2818 Map Room

Notes: 1. Also includes summary demographic data for 310 units (postal carrier routes) with 28 variables.

2. For more information on the Polk Directory, see An Inventory of City Directory Reference Volumes Available in the City Planing and Development Department Library, October 2004.

3. The Johnson County Central Resource Library has a 1939 volume.

Typical Page Polk Directory Address Section




Sanborn Atlas (City Copies)

Type: Atlas (Fire Insurance maps) General Description: Copies of Sanborn Atlas owned by City of Kansas City, MO.

Date of Information: Starting in 1909 with some updates (pasteovers) through 1958 Scale: 1”= 50’

Coverage: Portions of the present-day city south of the Missouri River, in 7 volumes

Storage Location and Access Information:

Records Management, Finance Dept. 6th Floor City Hall, phone 816-513-1042 or -1046 The original Atlas volumes are in storage. Individuals may request copies of microfilm for review on microfilm readers.

Notes: 1. Sanborn Map Company created maps to assist fire insurance companies assess the risk of

insuring a property. A base map is updated by pasting over areas where significant change occurred. One volume may therefore show many years of uilding construction. The original Atlas pages are in color, but on-line and micro-film copies are black and white. See the following pages for the legends and a sample of a typical Sanborn Atlas page.

2. Maps show the outline of buildings, with the building color-coded to indicate type of

construction (brick, veneer, stucco, etc.) Information is coded to show use, height, number of stories, use, and windows. Symbols indicate other features, such as roofing material, location of chimneys, and water line availability. Also shown are street names and widths, sidewalk widths, property boundaries, and house number. See “Sanborn Atlas (Sample Page)” (p. 22).

3. For large factories or commercial buildings, the maps often show names of owners, details

on what was manufactured there, and in some cases individual rooms and the use to which they were put. Other features shown include pipelines, railroads, wells, dumps, and heavy machinery. See “Sanborn Atlas (Sample Industrial Building)” (p. 23).

4. Sanborn maps are now owned by Environmental Data Resources, Inc., 1.800.352.0050,

www.edrnet.com. Sanborn Atlas pages are viewable on the internet at that URL.

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http://www.edrnet.com/

Sanborn Atlas (KC Public Library Copies)


Type: Atlas (Fire Insurance maps) General Description: Copies of Sanborn Atlas owned by Public Library, Kansas City,

MO. Date of Information: Base volumes start 1895 through 1940 (8 volumes) with the

latest updates pasted on some pages through 1963 Scale: 1” = 50’

Coverage: Portions of the present-day city south of the Missouri River - in 7 volumes. Example: Volume 1 in 1895 depicts MO River south to 43rd St., State Line east to Cherry St. Volumes 2 & 3 extend east to the Blue River, north of 35th St.


Bound volumes and microfilm available in Missouri Valley Special Collections, KCMO Central Library, 14th W. 10th St. 816.701.3427, www.kclibrary.org/localhistory Online Sanborn Atlas available to KCMO library card holders through Library internet page: http://www.kclibrary.org Click on Local History -> Search Local History -> Sanborn Maps

Notes:

1. For general description of Sanborn Atlas, see other pages in this report. 2. For details of information available (sample page and legend), see the following

pages.


Sanborn Atlas (Sample Page)


Notes1. The original Atlas is color-coded to show building materials and other information

(see Legend, page 24.) 2. The pages are typically about 24” x 36”. Notes and other coded designations are

not readable here – partly because of the smaller page size and partly because of the reproduction technology (this is a print from a scan of a photocopy of microfilm.)


On this sample illustration, items of interest for environmental site assessment:

(a) Filling stations (b) Oil tanks (c) Moreton Corp. business is diesel engine sales and service

Source of image: Environmental Data Resources, Inc. internet page, www.edrnet.com

Sanborn Atlas (Sample Industrial Building) Historical Property Data Resource

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(c)

(b)


http://www.edrnet.com/

Sanborn Atlas Legend (Original)


Notes: 1. The original Atlas is

color-coded to show materials and other information. Since the original Atlas is usually available now in black & white on the internet or microfilm, the original color legend is reproduced here in black & white.

2. See the next page for a legend for the black and white.


Sanborn Atlas Legend (Black & White)


Notes: 1. This legend is

for the black and white versions available on-line or on microfilm. The original Atlas is color-coded to show materials and other information (see legend on previous page).


Hopkins Atlas Historical Property Data Resource

Type: Atlas – subtitled, “Complete Set of Surveys and Plats of

Properties of Kansas City, Missouri” General Description: Atlas of subdivisions, showing property lines and streets. Also

show buildings and other data (see note 3.) Date of Information: 1886, 1891 (two volumes -- one for each year) Scale: Most sheets for the central city at 1” = 100’. Others vary.

Coverage: 1886: MO River -- 31st St., State Line -- approx. Cleveland Ave. 1891: MO River – 47th St., State Line – approx. Blue River


City Planning and Development Dept., Landmarks Commission Office, 26th Floor City Hall, 816.513.2902

Notes: 1. The publisher is G.M.

Hopkins, Civil Engineers, 320 Walnut St., Philadelphia.

2. The Atlas pages are 14” x 20”.

3. This atlas shows subdivisions, lot lines, parks & cemeteries, building construction (brick or stone, frame, shed or stable), sewers, street elevations, and some house numbers (addresses). See example to the left.


Tuttle & Pike’s Atlas Historical Property Data Resource

Type: Atlas General Description: Atlas showing buildings and properties in Kansas City in 1907,

plus less detailed maps of areas outside the city Date of Information: 1907 Scale: Most sheets for the city in 1907 are at 1” = 160’. Others vary.

Coverage: MO River – approx. 83rd St., State Line – east of Blue River plus portions of Cities of Kansas City, Kansas and Independence


City Planning and Development Dept., Landmarks Commission Office, 26th Floor City Hall, 816.513.2902

Notes: 1. Atlas pages are 18” x

20”. 2. This atlas shows

railroads, subdivisions, street & lot lines, parks & cemeteries, building construction, sewers, & street elevations. See example to left.

3. Outside the city, it shows lot lines and owner names for large tracts. Parts of Clay, Platte, & Johnson Counties are at a scale of 1” = 2640’.

4. Ordinance numbers are noted on some pages for streets and subdivisions.


Tuttle-Ayers-Woodward Atlas Historical Property Data Resource

Type: Type: Atlas Atlas General Description: General Description: Atlas showing buildings and properties in Kansas City in 1925

plus less detailed maps of counties outside the city Atlas showing buildings and properties in Kansas City in 1925 plus less detailed maps of counties outside the city

Date of Information: Date of Information: 1925 1925 Scale: Scale: Most sheets for the City in 1925 are at 1” = 160’. Others vary. Most sheets for the City in 1925 are at 1” = 160’. Others vary.

Coverage: Coverage: The City in 1925 (MO River – approx. 77th St., State Line – Skiles St.) plus portions of counties (see notes 1 & 2) The City in 1925 (MO River – approx. 77

Storage Location and Access Information: Storage Location and Access Information:

City Planning and Development Dept., Citywide Planning City Planning and Development Dept., Citywide Planning 14th Floor, City Hall, 816.513.2818 14Map Room Map Room

th St., State Line – Skiles St.) plus portions of counties (see notes 1 & 2)

th Floor, City Hall, 816.513.2818


Notes: 1. The Atlas is a large book

approx. 24” x 20” x 4”. 2. This atlas shows

subdivisions, lot lines, building construction, parks & cemeteries, sewers, street grades, steam heating pipes, easements and house numbers (addresses). See example to the left.

3. Outside the city, it shows paved highways, lot lines and Public Land Survey System in Clay, Platte, Jackson, Wyandotte, and Johnson Counties.

4. Another copy of the Atlas is in 16th floor storage. That volume is in worse condition.

1922 Aerial Photographs Historical Property Data Resource

Type: Aerial photographs General Description: Prints of aerial photographs covering the city’s 1922 boundaries,

in 7 bound volumes. The bindings are in fair-to-poor condition. CD’s also available – see note 5.

Date of Information: 1922 (exact date not known) Scale: Unrectified, approx. 1” = 440’ – see note 2

Coverage: MO River (north) to approx. 85th St. (south), State Line (west) to approx. present-day I-435 (east) - see diagram below


City Planning and Development Dept., Landmarks Commission 26th Floor City Hall, phone 816-513-2902


Notes: 1. Sheets are approx. 14” x

18” with images approx. 11” x 15”

2. All sheets are black and white prints and the sheets have been annotated with street names

3. Coverage south of the MO River is approximately the same as 1947 aerials, allowing comparisons.

4. The area is covered in 768 sheets with much overlap. Only 147 unique sheets are needed to cover the entire area.*

5. In May 2005, the aerial photos were put on three CDs as .tif images. The CDs are stored in the Citywide Planning CD file cabinet on the 14th floor of City Hall, phone 816.513.2818.

* See next page for an

index of sheets.



Type: Aerial photographs General Description: Prints of aerial photographs covering a portion of the area along

the Missouri River in 1945 Date of Information: Photo mission of July 24, 1945 Scale: Unrectified, approx. 1” = 400’ prints

Coverage: Area along MO River from approximately Riverside through downtown KCMO - see diagram below


City Planning and Development Dept., Citywide Planning 14th Floor City Hall, phone 816-513-2818 Drawer DE2 in Map Room*


Notes: 1. Black and white

photographic prints on paper (four sheets 39” square).

*Note Also in drawer DE2 in the Citywide Planning map room are a few aerial photographs labeled 1940 and 1941. The areas will be easier to discern and map after the photos are scanned (a current project)


Type: Aerial photographs General Description: Prints of aerial photographs covering the city in 1947

Date of Information: Photo mission of April 14, 1947 Scale: Unrectified, approx. 1” = 400’ prints (23” square sheets)

Unrectified, approx. 1” = 1000’ prints (9” x 9” contact prints) Coverage: Approx. 72nd St. (north) to 87th St. (south), State Line (west) to I-

435 (east) - see diagram below Storage Location and Access Information:

City Planning and Development Dept., Citywide Planning 14th Floor City Hall, phone 816-513-2818 Drawers DW24 & DW42 in Map Room: 1” = 400’ sheets Red storage cabinet: 9” x 9” contact prints

Notes: 1. Both sets are black and

white photographic prints. 2. Some prints are missing

from the 9” x 9” set, e.g., parts of the current day downtown loop.

3. Duplicate sets of 1” = 400’

sheets (23” x 23”) in drawers DW24 and DW42



Type: Aerial photographs General Description: Prints of aerial photographs covering portion of the city in 1951

Date of Information: Photo mission of February 26, 1951 Scale: Unrectified, approx. 1” = 600’

Coverage: Mostly southern portions of Northland - see diagram below


City Planning and Development Dept., Citywide Planning 14th Floor City Hall, phone 816-513-2818 Red storage cabinet

Notes: 1. The sheets are 9”x 9”

square contact prints with a great deal of overlap among them. An index has been created in ArcView (GIS software) to show the locations of individual sheets. See Appendix B for location of the ArcView index file.



Type: Aerial photographs General Description: Prints of aerial photos covering small portion of the city and Clay

County in 1952 Date of Information: Photo mission of April 6, 1952 Scale: Unrectified, approx. 1” = 600’

Coverage: Small portion of Northland & Claycomo - see diagram below







Type: Aerial photographs General Description: Prints of aerial photographs covering a portion of North Kansas

City and the City of KCMO in 1952 Date of Information: Photo mission of October 19, 1952 Scale: Unrectified, approx. 1” = 1800’

Coverage: Portions of Northland, North KC and Southland - see diagram below







Type: Aerial photographs General Description: Prints of aerial photos covering a portion of Platte County, City

of KCK, and the City of KCMO in 1953 Date of Information: Photo mission of June 13, 1953 Scale: Unrectified, approx. 1” = 1700’

Coverage: Portions of Clay and Wyandotte Counties -- see diagram below








Type: Aerial photographs General Description: Prints of aerial photos covering a portion of the city in 1955

Date of Information: Photo missions of March 29 and April 3, 1955 Scale: Unrectified. Large area approx. 1” = 1,000’, also 1” = 600” (see

note 2). Smaller area approx. 1” = 600’. Coverage: Portions of Southland, see map.




square contact prints with a great deal of overlap among them.

2. The areas are covered

by two sets of aerials at different scales. The numbers shown are the index for the set at 1” = 1,000” (1:12000). The other set, with a different index (not shown) is at 1” = 600’ (1:7200).


Type: Aerial photographs General Description: Prints of aerial photos covering area that is now KCI airport – a

portion of Platte County and the City of KCMO Date of Information: Photo mission of April 18, 1956 Scale: Unrectified, approx. 1” = 600’

Coverage: Area surrounding airport -- see diagram below







Type: Aerial photographs General Description: Black and white prints of aerial photos covering approximately

half of Jackson County including portions of southern and eastern KCMO

Date of Information: April 1956 Scale: Unrectified, approx. 1” = 600’

Coverage: Southern and eastern portions of KCMO and Jackson County east of the city -- see diagram below


City Planning and Development Dept., Citywide Planning 14th Floor City Hall, phone 816-513-2818 Drawer DW7, Map Room

Notes: 1. The prints are 36”x 38”

on cloth sheets. 2. Approximately half of

Jackson County east of the city is covered.



Type: Aerial photographs General Description: Aerial photos covering a portion of the Northland in 1958

Date of Information: Photo mission of May 11, 1958 Scale: Unrectified, approx. 1” = 600’

Coverage: Includes KCMO North, Gladstone, and small areas outside the City of KCMO -- see diagram below







Type: Aerial photographs General Description: Prints of aerial photos covering a portion of Kansas City South

plus small portions of neighboring areas Date of Information: Photo mission of April 15, 1962

Scale: Unrectified, approx. 1” = 1,000’ Coverage: Southern part of Raytown plus KCMO south to Grandview-- see

diagram below Storage Location and Access Information:






Type: Aerial photographs General Description: Prints of aerial photos covering

Date of Information: Several photo mission in 1963 (see diagram) Scale: Unrectified, approx. 1” = 1,000’

Coverage: 3 small portions of city -- see diagram below







Type: Aerial Photographs General Description: Aerial photos covering the entire city

Date of Information: Various dates in 1964 Scale: All unrectified, approx. 1” = 200’.

Coverage: Whole city – all of Northland and Southland


Duplicating Office of Finance Department, 7th Floor City Hall 816.513.1048, open normal business hours for walk-in inquiries. Sets of 1”=200’ prints in City Planning and Development Dept., Citywide Planning, 14th Floor City Hall, phone 816-513-2818 -- in Map Room drawers A4-A10, duplicates in DW41 for Clay and Platte Counties

Notes: 1. The photos in Duplicating

are black and white mylar sheets which can be reproduced on a plotter or scanned for a fee.

2. Topographical maps are

also available in Duplicating, on mylar sheets (for 1964 only).

3. See pages 44-5 (the

following pages) for the two indexes for these 1964 aerials.

4. The prints in City Planning

Department are black and white paper prints.





Histor City Planning and Development Department ------------------------ City of Kansas City, Missouri 46 February 2007

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1967 Aerial Photographs Type: Aerial Photographs General Description: Aerial photos covering the entire city

Date of Information: 1967 (exact date of flight unknown) Scale: Unrectified, approx. 1” = 400’ with entire city in approximately

130 pages. Coverage: Whole city – all of Northland and Southland


Duplicating Office of Finance Department, 7th Floor City Hall 816.513.1048, open normal business hours for walk-in inquiries.

Notes: 1. The photos are black and

white mylar sheets which can be reproduced on a plotter or scanned for a fee.

2. Uses the “old” index, see page 46.







Duplicating Office of Finance Department, 7th Floor City Hall 816.513.1048, open normal business hours for walk-in inquiries. A set also located in City Planning and Development Dept., Citywide Planning, 14th Floor City Hall, 816.513.2818 Map Room Drawer DW31 – see note 3

Notes: 1. Photos in Duplicating are

black and white mylar sheets which can be reproduced on a plotter or scanned for a fee.


3. Photos in City Planning used for study of vegetation



1969 Aerial Photographs H


Type: Aerial Photographs General Description: Contact prints of small portions of the Northland and Southland.

Two large mylars of most of the present-day city Date of Information: Prints: photo missions in February 1969.

Unknown dates for large mylar sheets Scale: See map below for small areas. Large area @ 1’ = 3000’

Coverage: See map below.


City Planning and Development Dept., Citywide Planning 14th Floor City Hall, phone 816-513-2818 Red storage cabinet for contact prints, drawer B1 in Map Room for mylar

istorical Property Data Resource

Notes

1. The sheets are 9” x 9” contact prints of these small areas.

2. The mylars for the large area are in a roll in drawer B1.

Two (2) large mylar sheets – aerial photographs @ 1” = 3000’































1980 Citywide Aerial Photographs Type: Aerial Photographs General Description: Aerial photos covering the entire city







2. Uses the “new” index, see page 54.



Historical Property Data Resource 1980-Present Aerial Photo Index


1980 Downtown Aerial Photographs Historical Property Data Resource

Type: Aerial Photographs General Description: Aerial photos in City Planning and Development Dept.

Date of Information: Unknown date spring 1980 Scale: 1” = 200’

Coverage: Downtown and Crown Center areas -- see diagram below


City Planning and Development Dept., Citywide Planning 14th Floor City Hall, phone 816-513-2818 Map Room, Tube File CR-10, Tube A-1

Notes1. An aerial photo and drawing showing streets & buildings are both in the tube file (see “Storage Location” above). Both are reproducible (mylar) sheets.


Historical Property Data Resource 1980 Township Aerial Photographs

Type: Aerial Photographs General Description: Aerial photos in City Planning and Development Dept., covering

townships (see diagram below) Date of Information: Unknown date in 1980 (spring mission for portion of urban core) Scale: 1” = 2000’

Coverage: Most of city -- see diagram below


City Planning and Development Dept., Citywide Planning 14th Floor City Hall, phone 816-513-2818 Map Room, Drawer B7 (township aerials)


Township Aerial Photographs

Notes1. The sheets are 23”

square, covering townships (using the Public Land Survey System) and labeled “township aerials”.

2. Both prints and reproducible (mylar) sheets are in drawer B7.

3. Sheets depicting portions of Johnson, Wyandotte, and southern Platte County are in the drawer (though not shown on map to left).


Date of Information: 1985 (exact date of flights unknown) Scale: Unrectified, approx. 1” = 400’

Coverage: Mylars in Duplicating for whole city. Paper prints for Johnson County and part of city. See diagram below


Mylars in Duplicating Office of Finance Department, 7th Floor City Hall 816.513.1048, open normal business hours. Paper prints in Citywide Planning, 14th Floor City Hall, phone 816-513-2818, Map Room Drawer DW24

Notes: 1. The photos for citywide

coverage are black and white mylar sheets which can be reproduced on a plotter or scanned for a fee (available in Duplicating).

2. This set of citywide photos uses the “new” index, see page 54.

3. Paper prints for the smaller area shown are in Citywide Planning Map Room Drawer DW24.


Set of prints 1” = 400’ for Johnson County + small portion of KCMO – Drawer DW24 City Planning Dept.



Type: Aerial Photographs General Description: Mylar sheets of portions of Northland and Southland

Date of Information: Unknown dates in 1989 Scale: Both 1” = 200’

Coverage: North Oak: 1600’ both sides of Oak, Highway 9 – Barry Rd. 12th St. – Armour Blvd., Main St. - Cleveland Ave.


City Planning and Development Dept., Citywide Planning 14th Floor City Hall, phone 816-513-2818 No. Oak: Map Room, Tube File CR-9, tube 4-F South area: Map Room, Tube File CR-9, tube 1F

Notes 1. The photos are black and white mylar sheets which can be reproduced on a plotter or scanned.


1990 Aerial Photographs Type: Aerial Photographs General Description: Aerial photos covering the entire city in 1990










1993 Orthophotographs Historical Property Data Resource

Type: Orthophotographs General Description: Orthophotography covering the Northland in 1993

Date of Information: Photo mission of Spring 1993 Scale: Not applicable. These digital orthophotographs are viewed on

computer, where one can view varying scales. Coverage: All of the Northland


Information Technology Dept. archives. Contact: 816.513.3635

Notes 1. Orthophotographs are

rectified, as explained in text, p. 11.


1993 Flood Aerial Photographs Type: Aerial Photographs General Description: Unrectified aerial photos covering the Missouri River during

floods of 1993 Date of Information: Photo missions of July 7 and July 27, 1993 Scale: Unrectified, approx. 1” = 500’

Coverage: See diagram below – portions of Missouri River from Riverside to the riverbend at the East Bottoms, approximately from the Fairfax Bridge to east of the Chouteau Bridge


City Planning and Development Dept., Citywide Planning 14th Floor City Hall, phone 816-513-2818 Storage cabinet in west room (orange cardboard box)


Notes 1. The sheets are 9” x 9” contact

prints. 2. Storage location: cabinet

immediately to left of entrance in west room, Citywide Planning.



Type: Aerial Photographs General Description: Aerial photos covering the entire city in 1995




1. Duplicating Office of Finance Department, 7th Floor City Hall 816.513.1048, open normal business hours for walk-in inquiries. 2. Prints in City Planning and Development Dept., Citywide Planning, 14th Floor City Hall, phone 816.513.2818 Map Room drawers B1 & B2

Notes: 1. The black and white mylar

sheets can be reproduced on a plotter or scanned for a fee.













Type: Orthophotographs General Description: Orthophotography covering the Southland in 1999


computer, where one can view varying scales. Coverage: All of the Southland






2000 Aerial Photographs Type: Aerial Photographs General Description: Aerial photos covering the entire city in 2000




1. Mylars for reproduction: Duplicating Office of Finance Department, 7th Floor City Hall 816.513.1048. 2. Prints in City Planning and Development Dept., Citywide Planning Map Room, 14th Floor City Hall, phone 816.513.2818

Notes: 1. The mylar sheets are black

and white images which can be reproduced on a plotter or scanned for a fee.

2. Prints on paper available in City Planning and Development Dept., Citywide Map Room.

3. Both sets use the “new” index, see page 54.













Type: Orthophotographs General Description: Orthophotography covering the Southland in 2001


computer, where one can view varying scales. Coverage: All of the Southland







Type: Orthophotographs General Description: Orthophotography covering the entire city in 2002


computer, where one can view varying scales. Coverage: Whole city – all of Northland and Southland





2. The aircraft fly at a high level, and the images are rectified with a less accurate terrain model than the 2006 orthophotographs.

3. The City has obtained color orthophotographs of the entire region.


2004 Orthophotographs Type: Orthophotographs General Description: Orthophotography covering the entire city in 2004


computer, where one can view varying scales. Coverage: Whole city – all of Northland and Southland






2. The aircraft fly at a high level, and the images are rectified with a less accurate terrain model than the 2006 orthophotographs.

3. The City has obtained color orthophotographs of the entire region.


2006 Orthophotographs Type: Orthophotographs General Description: Orthophotography covering the entire city in 2006

Date of Information: Photo mission of Spring 2006 Scale: Not applicable. Digital orthophotographs are viewed on

computer, where one can view varying scales. See notes. Coverage: Whole city – all of Northland and Southland


Current orthophotographs are available on the City of KCMO web page, accessible by the general public. See notes. Storage: Information Technology Dept. Contact: 816.513.3635




2. The aircraft fly at a low-level and these images are rectified with a more accurate terrain model than the 2002 & 2004 orthophotographs.

3. These color orthophotographs for the region are available at the Mid-America Regional Council. The city of KCMO acquired only the orthophotographs for the city.

4. Current orthophotographs are available on the City web page: www.kcmo.org -> Maps -> Online mapping.


Historical Property Data Resource USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangle Maps

Type: USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangle Maps General Description: Maps produced by United States Geological Survey (USGS),

covering 7.5 minutes by 7.5 minutes of latitude and longitude and also the Public Land Survey System

Date of Information: Various, from 1961 (photorevised in 1970 & 1975, see note 3), through 1991 (dates marked on each map)

Scale: 1:24000 or 1” = 2000’

Coverage: See diagram and Note 1 below – includes City of Kansas City and counties


City Planning and Development Dept., Citywide Planning Map Room, 14th Floor City Hall, phone 816-513-2818


Extent of Coverage USGS Quad Maps

Notes1. The maps also show all of

the five central counties in the region (Johnson, Wyandotte, Clay, Platte, Jackson) plus northern Cass and small portions of other adjacent counties.

2. USGS map features include topography (10-foot contours), roads, water courses, and buildings.

3. Maps are “photorevised” as of the date noted, but only the area shown in a purple color on the sheet has been revised, compared to the previous date listed.


Summary Table Historical Property Data Resources

Item, Fact Sheet Page Date1 Scale2 Location3 General Area Covered4 and Notes5

Cole Directory, p. 18 Mult1 NA CPD Greater KC Directories for multiple years 1970-2004 Polk Directory, p. 19 Mult1 NA CPD Jackson, Clay, & Platte Counties Directories for multiple years 1949-2001

Mult1 1" = 50' CR KCMO SoL Sanborn Atlas – City copies, p. 20 Paste-over updates 1909-1958

Mult1 1" = 50' PL KCMO SoL Sanborn Atlas – Library copies, p. 21 Paste-over updates 1895-1969 Hopkins Atlas, p. 26 1886 1” = 100’a CPD-LC KCMO SoL + some adjacent areas 1891 1” = 100’a aCentral city - other areas at other scales Tuttle & Pike’s Atlas, p. 27 1907 1” = 160’b CPD-LC KCMO SoL + some adjacent areas bCentral city - other areas at other scales Tuttle-Ayers Atlas, p. 28 1925 1" = 160'c CPD KCMO SoL + some adjacent areas cCentral city - other areas at other scales

1922 Aerial photos, p. 29 1922 1' = 440' CPD MoR - 85th, StL - I-435 unrectified 12"x15" sheets, 768 pages 1945 Aerial photos, p. 31 1945 1" = 400' CPD MoR - Riverside - East Bottoms unrectified 4 sheets 39" square 1947 Aerial photos, p. 32 1947 1" = 400' CPD 72nd (NoL) - 87th (SoL), St L - I-435 unrectified 23" sq prints and 1" = 1000' prints 9"x9" 1951 Aerial photos, p. 33 1951 1" = 600' CPD City in south Clay & Platte counties unrectified 9"x9" contact prints 1952 Aerial photos, p. 34 1952 1" = 600' CPD Small part of NoL & Claycomo unrectified 9"x9" contact prints 1952 Aerial photos, p. 35 1952 1" = 1800' CPD Part of NoL, SoL & North KC unrectified 9”x9” contact prints 1953 Aerial photos, p. 36 1953 1" = 1700' CPD Part of Platte & Wyandotte counties unrectified 9”x9” contact prints 1955 Aerial photos, p. 37 1955 1" = 1000' CPD Part of SoL unrectified 9"x9" contact prints 1956 Aerial photos, p. 38 1956 1" = 600' CPD KCI Airport area unrectified 9”x9” contact prints 1956 Aerial photos, p. 39 1956 1" = 600' CPD Southern SoL & Jackson County unrectified 36”x38” cloth sheets 1958 Aerial photos, p. 40 1958 1" = 600' CPD Gladstone & part NoL unrectified 9”x9” contact prints 1962 Aerial photos, p. 41 1962 1" = 1000' CPD South Raytown & SoL to Grandview unrectified 9”x9” contact prints 1963 Aerial photos, p. 42 1963 1" = 1000' CPD 3 small parts of NoL & SoL unrectified 9”x9” contact prints




1964 Aerial photos, p. 43 1964 1" = 200' Dup Current city (318 sq. mi's) unrectified 1964 Topographical maps also available 1967 Aerial photos, p. 47 1967 1”=400’ Dup Current city (318 sq. mi's) – 131 sheets unrectified Old index 1969 Aerial photos, p. 48 1969 1”=400’ Dup Current city (318 sq. mi's) – 131 sheets unrectified Old index 1969 Aerial photos, p. 49 1969 various CPD Portions of current city unrectified 1973 Aerial photos, p. 50 1973 1”=400’ Dup Current city (318 sq. mi's) – 131 sheets unrectified Old index 1975 Aerial photos, p. 51 1975 1”=400’ Dup Current city (318 sq. mi's) – 131 sheets unrectified Old index 1978 Aerial photos, p. 52 1978 1”=400’ Dup Current city (318 sq. mi's) – 131 sheets unrectified Old index

1980 1”=400’ Dup Current city (318 sq. mi's) – 131 sheets 1980 Citywide Aerial photos, p. 53 unrectified New index

1980 1”=200’ CPD Downtown and Crown Center. 1980 Downtown Aerial photo, p. 55 unrectified Also a base map of streets and buildings

1980 1”=2000’ CPD 1980 Township Aerial photos, p. 56 unrectified

Township maps, per Public Land Survey System, with parts of adjacent counties.

1985 Aerial photos, p. 57 1985 1”=400’ Dup Current city (318 sq. mi's) – 131 sheets unrectified New index 1989 Aerial photos, p. 58 1989 1” = 200’ CPD unrectified

Small parts of NoL (N. Oak corridor) & SoL

1990 Aerial photos, p. 59 1990 1”=400’ Dup Current city (318 sq. mi's) – 131 sheets unrectified New index

1991 N.A.-digital IT All of NoL 1993 Orthophotography, p. 60 rectified

1993 1" = 500' CPD MO River Flood (Riverside-E. Bottoms) 1993 Flood Aerial photos, p. 61 unrectified 9" x 9" contact prints 1995 Aerial photos, p. 62 1995 1”=400’ Dup Current city (318 sq. mi's) – 131 sheets unrectified New index


1999 N.A.-digital IT All of SoL 1999 Orthophotography, p. 64 rectified 2000 Aerial photos, p. 65 2000 1”=400’ Dup Current city (318 sq. mi's) – 131 sheets unrectified New index


2001 N.A.-digital IT All of SoL 2001 Orthophotography, p. 67 rectified

2002 N.A.-digital IT Entire city – NoL & SoL. Color ortho’s 2002 Orthophotography, p. 68 rectified available. City has ortho’s of region.

2004 N.A.-digital IT Entire city – NoL & SoL. Color ortho’s 2004 Orthophotography, p. 69 rectified available. City has ortho’s of region.

2006 N.A.-digital IT Entire city – NoL & SoL. Color ortho’s 2006 Orthophotography, p. 70

rectified available on computer to staff & public. MARC has ortho’s of entire region.

USGS Quad Maps, p. 71 Mult1,6 1" = 2000' CPD Current city (318 sq. mi's) + 5 counties From 1961-91, some photorevised6


1 Mult = Multiple Dates. See Notes for each item and also fact sheets. 2 Unrectified photos do not have a uniform scale over the whole page. See text for further explanation. 3 Locations of materials: CPD = City Planning and Development Dept. - Citywide Planning, 14th Floor City Hall, 816.513.2818 CPD-LC = City Planning and Development Dept. – Landmarks Commission, 26th Floor City Hall,

816.513.2818 CR = City Records, Finance Dept., 6th Floor City Hall, 816.513.1042 PL = KCMO Public Library, MO Valley Special Collections - Central Library, 14 W. 10th St., KCMO,

816.701.3427 Dup = Duplicating, 7th Floor, City Hall, 816.513.1048 IT = Information Technology Dept., 816.513.xxxx 4 General Area Covered - Abbreviations: KCMO = City of Kansas City, MO KCMO(date) = City of KCMO as of the date shown MoR = Missouri River NoL = Northland = City north of MO River SoL = Southland = City south of MO River StL = State Line 5 For details of each resource, see Fact Sheets, Part II 6 Some portions of specific USGS maps are updated from aerial photos. See text for explanation.



Historical Property Data Inventory City Planning and Development Department City of Kansas City, Missouri A1 February 2007

Appendix A – Drawer Locations in City Planning Department, City Hall

MAP ROOM – 14TH FLOOR

North

2. MAP TABLE – MAIN ROOM, 14TH FLOOR 3. “THE VAULT” – 16TH FLOOR

DW 53-60 DW 61-63 DO-001 -002 -003

North

Under large layout surface

Underneath #1-25 Land use

DW 31-36 DW 37-46

Under light table DE 32-37

DW 47-52 DE 1-8 DE9-16

B1, B2, B7 A2, A4-8, A10 DW 21-30 DW 11-20 DW 1-10

DE 17-26 DE 27-31 copier

CR1-7, CR14, CR17

CR8-13 (tube storage) North

Entrance from lobby

(tube storage above)

Entrance From 16th floor office

One of many cabinets and shelves in this room

Most file cabinets contain maps and documents belonging to the Plat Review Group and Public Works Engineering Division

De 42-3 DO-004



Appendix B –Locations of ArcGIS Maps, ArcView Projects, and Shapefiles

The digital files needed to create the maps in this publication are in the following locations on the City network. ARCGIS MAPS

O:\Projects\DeptAgency\CityDev\HistPropDataInvent\ArcMap\ [date]Photo.mxd1

Indexes are in a subfolder: O:\Projects\DeptAgency\CityDev\HistPropDataInvent\ArcMap\Index ARCVIEW PROJECTS

O:\Projects\DeptAgency\CityDev\HistPropDataInvent\ArcView\Projects\... \1922aerials.apr \1922mapindex.apr \Aerialphoto1989-2002 \cpd_Aerials1947-58.apr

SHAPEFILES 1. These shapefiles show the outline of each sheet (photo image on paper), with a

number in the table that is related to the shapefile. These can be mapped to create a detailed visual index of the specific sheets.

O:\Projects\DeptAgency\CityDev\HistPropDataInvent\ArcView\Shapefiles\ [date].shp (also the .dbf and other files needed)

2. These shapefiles show the area covered in one gray pattern (dissolves the borders of the individual sheets).

O:\Projects\DeptAgency\CityDev\HistPropDataInvent\ArcView\Shapefiles\dissolve\ diss_[mo_day_yr_].shp (also the .dbf & other files needed)


3. Luke Urie, an intern who catalogued and mapped the 1947 – 1958 aerials, placed

the shapefiles in a folder with his name. These are backups to the files and storage locations listed above (#1 & #2) for the 1947 – 1958 aerial photographs:

P:\kcmo\lurie\aerial_indexes\year.shp (also .dbf + etc.) Shapefiles of the final coverage: P:\kcmo\lurie\aerial_indexes\final.mo_day_yr.shp (etc.) Dissolves (like #2 above): P:\kcmo\lurie\aerial_indexes\final\dissolve\ diss_[mo_day_yr_].shp1 (also .dbf & other files needed)

4. Tommie Wilson, an intern who catalogued and mapped the 1922 aerials, placed the

shapefiles in a folder with his name. These are backups to the files and storage locations listed above (#1 & #2) for the 1922 aerial photographs: G:\citywide\tgwilson\1922AerialPhotos

PUBLICATION FILES The files for this publication: O:\Projects\DeptAgency\CityDev\HistPropDataInvent\Publication\

Documents

Historical Property Data Inventory · list of all residential and business addresses, the names associated with the addresses, and the phone numbers. Both include a sub-directory