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Kelly's Westport Inn

Coordinates: 39°3′8.96″N 94°35′29.02″W / 39.0524889°N 94.5913944°W / 39.0524889; -94.5913944
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Kelly's Westport Inn
Location500–504 Westport Road, Kansas City, MO
Coordinates39°3′8.96″N 94°35′29.02″W / 39.0524889°N 94.5913944°W / 39.0524889; -94.5913944
Built1850; 174 years ago (1850)
NRHP reference No.72000718[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 7, 1972

Kelly's Westport Inn is a historical bar in Westport, Kansas City, Missouri, constructed around 1850. Kelly's and the adjoining Chouteau Store are considered to be the oldest buildings still standing in Kansas City.

History

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The grandson of Daniel Boone, Albert Gallatin Boone,[2] operated a grocery store. A story about the Underground Railroad alleges that a southbound tunnel connects to a stable[3] which is now also a bar called the Westport Saloon.

Around 1900, the Wiedenmann family operated a grocery there, which catered to Kansas City's elite. With the repeal of Prohibition, Phil Taggart rented the building and opened a saloon named the Wrestlers Inn.[citation needed] A few years later, Randal Kelly, born in County Clare, Ireland, became a bartender. He soon became a partner.

In 1959, the building was designated a national historic landmark.

In 1969, Kelly's Inn was registered as a historic building. The tunnel only connects two basements and there was no Underground Railroad association.[4]: 22 

In 1996, Kansas City native Eddie Griffin used Kelly's as the inspiration for the setting of his sitcom Malcolm & Eddie, starring himself and Malcolm-Jamal Warner.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Kansas Bogus Legislature - A.G. Boone".
  3. ^ "Voice of New Americans: Westport: A look to the roots of Kansas City".
  4. ^ NPS nr. 72000718 dnr.mo.gov [dead link]
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