KAW CITY LAND CO of KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI Stock 1890 Syndicate No. 1. Cert No. 1

Description

Kaw City Land Company of Kansas City, Missouri (Syndicate No. 1). Stock issued
February 28, 1890
at Kansas City, Missouri. Incorporated in 1888 in the State of Missouri.
Gold embossed company seal lower left.
Certificate No. 1
was issued to
George McKenna of Worcester, Massachusetts
for one share of capital stock ( per share). Company capital was
0,000
(“2700 Shares” printed top center). Hand signed by company
president Joseph A. Tucker
and
treasurer George S. Hinman
. Certificate is about 8.5” x 10.5.” Black print on vellum paper. Eagle vignette.
The last decades of the 19th century were a time of prosperity that brought a building boom, resulting in a number of iconic Kansas City buildings, including the Board of Trade Building in 1888, the New York Life Building in 1890, Emery Bird Thayer building in 1890 and a Convention Hall in 1899. Architectural firms in New York, Chicago and Boston established offices in Kansas City to take advantage of the construction boom. During this time Kansas City had more cable roads than any other city except San Francisco and Chicago, shuttling people to and from popular areas including the Garment District at 9th and Walnut, Quality Hill, and Independence Avenue–where a number of wealthy business owners were building mansions. The City Beautiful Movement, begun in 1884, led to George Kessler’s design of the parks and boulevards system by 1895.
From the 1888 company prospectus:
“
The Kaw City Land Company has been incorporated under the laws of the State of Missouri, with a capital of 0,000, for the purpose of buying, developing, and selling lands in Kansas City and vicinity. The future of Kansas City is dependent upon the growth of the territory tributary to it. Easy grades — superior to any offered along the course of the Missouri river, either in Missouri or Kansas — and broad bottom lands for the most ample switching facilities, are the attractions that have drawn all the great railroads here. And now it is conceded that the railroads meet at Kansas City because, from all the points of the compass, they can reach this point with less difficulty and expense, and enjoy greater advantages when here than they find elsewhere within a radius of many hundred miles.”
Condition:  Very Fine
, several folds, moderate creasing, no tears, moderate signs of wear/handling/toning (see photos),
uncancelled
.
Printer:
"...... Boston" (beneath company seal)
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