Westminster Congregational Church

Kansas City, United States

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The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Westminster Congregational Church stood at 3600 Walnut Street in Kansas City, Missouri, as a Gothic Revival sanctuary built to serve a congregation founded in 1895 by members departing the Second Presbyterian Church. Led by Kirkland Brooks Armour and his wife Anna, the parish initially occupied a wood frame structure vacated by Grace Church before recognizing the need to relocate southward. In 1904, the congregation commissioned the New Orleans firm Diboll & Owen, working with local architects Bracklein and Martling, to design a new building modeled after the Prytania Street Presbyterian Church in New Orleans. Construction began with the laying of the cornerstone on May 22, 1904, and concluded with the building's dedication in January 1907. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, the church was demolished in 2021 despite opposition from preservationists and neighborhood advocates.