Missouri City Hall history

In 1851 another City Hall Building was constructed using funds from a bond issue.

By a large majority the people voted for a bond issue of $300,000 to build a new city hall at the same location. It was begun in 1857 when M.J. Payne was mayor and finished the next year in his second term.

With municipal functions outgrowing the old "City Barn," efforts to build, what would become the current City Hall, got underway in May 1888 when the City Hall Commission was formed.

In 1889, when the city charter went into effect under which the name of the municipality was changed from City of Kansas to Kansas City, the city was empowered to issue bonds for public improvements.

The construction of City Hall started July 19, 1890, with Mayor Edward Noonan's daughter Zoe, breaking ground.

An ordinance was passed on Sept, 10, 1893 to limit the total cost at two million dollars.

Though the building was not completed, it was finally occupied on April 11, 1898 when Mayor Henry Ziegenhein headed a ceremonial parade of city officials from the old building to their offices in the new City Hall.

5, 1904 when Mayor Rolla Wells held an open house for the residents of St Louis.

The City Charter, adopted in 1914, eliminated the Council and changed the House of Delegates to the Board of Aldermen.

In 1927, voters approved by wide margins bond issues for the construction of a new Civic Center ($1.4 million) and a new City Hall ($1 million).

In 1929, a report by the City planning Commission urged the establishment of a Civic Center - a downtown area of architecturally-coordinated buildings and parks.

Construction began on March 7, 1938.

An article in the December 3, 1939, Houston Chronicle described the Mayor's Office. "His large business office is tastefully decorated with a beige rug and apple green draperies.

The 1940 Directory noted that "all floors of the building are served by two high-speed elevators.