Jenkins Music Company Building, commercieel gebouw in Missouri, Verenigde Staten van Amerika
The Jenkins Music Company Building is a commercial structure in Kansas City, Missouri, constructed in 1911-1912 and later expanded with additional stories. It features red brick walls on a steel and concrete frame and contains multiple floors that once housed retail space, warehouse storage, and business offices for the music operation.
The company was founded by John Wesley Jenkins in 1878 and grew into a major producer of guitars, mandolins, and sheet music with hundreds of employees and distribution across multiple states. The building itself was erected in 1911-1912 and later expanded, until the firm filed for bankruptcy in 1971 and operations largely ceased.
The building is named after John Wesley Jenkins, who founded the music business in 1878 and turned it into a gathering place for musicians and music lovers. It was the center of an operation that sold guitars, mandolins, and sheet music, shaping the local music culture for many decades.
The building is located on Walnut Street in Kansas City and is now primarily preserved as a historic landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Visitors can view the exterior and architectural details from the street, with the ornately decorated west side being particularly prominent.
The building once housed Steinway Hall on the eighth floor with an auditorium seating around 240 people, and on the fifth floor was a remote control broadcasting studio, an unusual feature for the time. From 1947 to 1955 it hosted an annual summer gathering of composers and music educators from across the country.
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