The Historic ‘Greenlease Cadillac Building’ in Kansas City and the 1953 Greenlease Family Tragedy

A man builds a multi-million dollar business and loses a six-year-old son

1921 Cadillac Suburban. Joanne Pistorius, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Greenlease Cadillac Building was located at 2900 Gillham Road in Kansas City, Missouri. It served as a specialty store and warehouse. The architect of the building was Lewis W. Haverkamp, and the architectural design is…