The Buick Automobile Company building was built in 1907 on the corner of Admiral Blvd and McGee St. The first and only Buick Dealer AND auto warehouse in Kansas City up until 1912. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places or NRHP in 2004. By 1906 Kansas City supported over 24 automobile dealers making it the nations third largest automobile market by 1915. Most early automobile companies operated out of commercial buildings constructed during the 19th century , but Buick built it’s own facility. It went through several of phases until it became vacant in 1992. In 2003 the building redesigned as a 22-unit loft style apartment building.

“In 1872, Jackson County purchased a five-story building in Kansas City on the corner of 2nd and Main, originally intended to be a hotel. It was ended up being the first downtown courthouse until 1886, when a tornado damaged the top floors of the building. An alternative site was purchased at Fifth and Oak, where the court operated until the appropriation of funds – $4 million – for the Court’s current structure at 12^th and Oak Streets in 1931″ (“History of the 16th Judicial Circuit Court.” Court History – 16th Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, www.16thcircuit.org/court-history. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.)

Little is known about the Jackson County Jail on the corner of Missouri Ave and Oak St. I can only find articles or information about the county jail in Independence, MO. BUT the picture below claims to be the “Kansas City County Jail” and the the third picture below shows a view of the courthouse looking north from 6th and McGee and if you look at the left side you see a building smaller then the courthouse, but bigger then the houses around. i believe that is the County Jail. Which from the 1900 Sanborn Maps says there where men AND women cells as well as “Dungeons”.