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Mackay Building

Coordinates: 39°11′24″N 94°40′48″W / 39.19000°N 94.68000°W / 39.19000; -94.68000
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Mackay Building
Mackay Building, September 2007
Mackay Building is located in Missouri
Mackay Building
Mackay Building is located in the United States
Mackay Building
LocationPark College, Parkville, Missouri
Coordinates39°11′24″N 94°40′48″W / 39.19000°N 94.68000°W / 39.19000; -94.68000
Arealess than one acre
Built1886 (1886)
Built byHogg, James Oliver
ArchitectBreen, Patrick
NRHP reference No.79001389[1]
Added to NRHPApril 6, 1979

Mackay Building, also known as Mackay Hall, is a historic building located on the campus of Park University at Parkville, Platte County, Missouri. It was built in 1886, and is a three-story, rock-faced limestone structure with Richardsonian Romanesque, High Victorian Gothic, and Chateauesque style design elements. It measures approximately 137 feet by 84 feet. It features a clock tower with tall spire rising in stages from a semi-detached central block, textured wall surfaces, complex roofs and towers, wall dormers, asymmetrical bays, and polychromatic color scheme.[2]: 2 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Janice R. Cameron, Frances J. Fishburn, Harold F. Smith, and James M. Denny and Claire F. Blackwell (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mackay Building" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (includes 7 photographs from 1975-1978)