The Historic ‘New York Life Building’ Built in 1890
The architectural style is Italianate Renaissance Revival
The New York Life Building is a high-rise standing 12 stories tall in the tower with 10-story wings in the Library District of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The building is located at 20 West Ninth Street. The construction completion of this building was in 1890.
It is an H plan structure possessing two ten-story arms linked together by a twelve-story square tower. (Source.)
The New York Life Building is made of brick and brownstone. This was the first building in Kansas City to have elevators. The building was commissioned by the New York Life Insurance Company. This building is included with other historic buildings like the Kansas City Club and the Central Library.
In 1970, this building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Frederick Elmer Hill
In 1885, architect Frederick Elmer Hill of the New York City firm of McKim, Mead & White, designed the building. Hill was an 1882 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In…
