Sunday, June 19, 2011

The Philanthrophy of Robert A. Long

Saturday morning I boarded a trolley to head downtown and tour Kansas City's first skyscraper, the Robert A. Long building.





Along the route, many recipients of Long's generosity were pointed out: the Independence Avenue Christian Church, Christian Church Hospital, and the Liberty Memorial. Mr. Long was a director of the Kansas City Southern Railroad, and so our tour stopped at the railroad's headquarters on West 12th Street.