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Gallery: Bell Telephone Building Images

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

Kevin Worley
Jan 1, 2022
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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.


Original 14-story tower in 1928

Adding 14 additional floors, c. 1928-29

Completed tower, 1929

Canopy over entry

Tower at night

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.

Oak Tower in recent years. —Public domain

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