Modern Federal · City halls

To decorate one outside wall at the Kansas City Central Library, the main downtown library in Missouri's largest city, the library chose a multi-story image of the Great Hall of the Library of Congress's historic Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C.

Missouri · 1850–1939

To decorate one outside wall at the Kansas City Central Library, the main downtown library in Missouri's largest city, the library chose a multi-story image of the Great Hall of the Library of Congress's historic Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C., Missouri, 1850–1939
To decorate one outside wall at the Kansas City Central Library, the main downtown library in Missouri's largest city, the library chose a multi-story image of the Great Hall of the Library of Congress's historic Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C., Missouri, 1850–1939. City halls — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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