The Kansas City Live Stock Exchange was the headquarters of the
Kansas City Stockyards The Kansas City Stockyards in the West Bottoms west of downtown Kansas City, Missouri flourished from 1871 until closing in 1991.
Jay B. Dillingham was the President of the stockyards from 1948 to its closing in 1991.
History
The stockyards ...
. It is located at 1600 Gennesse in
Kansas City, Missouri, in the
West Bottoms
The West Bottoms is an industrial area immediately to the west of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Located in Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas it sits at the confluence of the Missouri River and the Kansas River. The area is one ...
. The building is listed on the
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 ...
.
It is owned by Bill Haw.
Architecture
The building, which began construction in 1909 and was completed in 1911, was the largest livestock exchange building in the world.
Livestock Exchange Building website-history
/ref> In 1957, a one-story addition was constructed on the south side of the building for the Golden Ox
The Golden Ox is a steakhouse restaurant located in the Kansas City Live Stock Exchange building in the West Bottoms area of Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 1949, the Golden Ox is the birthplace of the Kansas City strip steak. The Golden Ox i ...
restaurant which had opened in the building in 1949.
The building has been renovated and currently serves as an office building with numerous business and personal services, including but not limited to, a coffee shop that also serves breakfast and lunch, barber/stylist, a health club including a masseuse, and a U.S. Post Office (the post office closed as of December 2008.)
References
External links
National Registry entryKansas City Public Library historyLivestock Exchange Building Commercial Website
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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
National Register of Historic Places in Kansas City, Missouri