Gallery: Bell Telephone Building Images

Current-day Oak Tower may be restored—here's what it used to look like

Unless indicated otherwise, all images are from the Alfred Edward Barnes (1892-1960) Architectural Records (K0004) at The State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center-Kansas City; Hoit, Price and Barnes archive.

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Original 14-story tower in 1928

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Adding 14 additional floors, c. 1928-29

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Completed tower, 1929

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Canopy over entry

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Tower at night

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For a time after the original terra cotta was hidden and before the current renovations were made, the Bell Telephone/Oak Tower building was white with gold accents. This photo is from 1986. —Detail of an image from Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri.

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Oak Tower in recent years. —Public domain

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