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Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
USINFO | 2013-11-13 13:10
1 Memorial Drive, designed by Henry N. Cobb, dedicated 2008.
925 Grand, designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, 1921.
Kansas City "J" insignia on front of the one dollar bill.
Map of the Tenth District
The first bank building was the R.A. Long Building at 928 Grand which opened on November 16, 1914 until a new $4.3 million building could be built across the street at 925 Grand which formally opened in November 1921 in Downtown Kansas City. Shortly after it was established, the bank rented space to outside tenants. President Harry S. Truman had his office in Room 1107 of the building from when he left the Presidency in 1953 until the Truman Library was completed in 1957. In 2002, the bank announced plans to build a new facility at 1 Memorial Drive 20 blocks south at 29th and Main on 15.6 acres (63,000 m2) on a hilltop south of the Liberty Memorial. The historic 925 Grand Building was the oldest building of any Federal Reserve Bank operating at that time. It was sold to Townsend LLC in March 2005 and the Reserve leased back the structure until the new building opened. Townsend LLC converted the building to mixed-use space including condominiums, office space, and a data center. The new bank was dedicated in 2008 and has a 16-story office tower and 2-story operations center. It was designed by Henry N. Cobb of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. The bank employs 925 people in Kansas City.
