The Louis Curtiss Studio Building is a three-story building in
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the 36th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central ...
listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The studio was built in 1909. It was designed by architect
Louis Curtiss
Louis Singleton Curtiss (July 1, 1865 – June 24, 1924) was a Canadian-born American architect. Notable as a pioneer of the curtain wall design, he was once described as "the Frank Lloyd Wright of Kansas City".Kansas City Public Library"The Fran ...
and served as his studio. It was listed on the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1972.
Curtiss died in 1924 at his studio residence in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
Buildings and structures completed in 1909
Buildings and structures in Kansas City, Missouri
National Register of Historic Places in Kansas City, Missouri
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