View looking north on Main Street at Vaughan Diamond Building, Kansas City

View looking north on Main Street at Vaughan Diamond Building, Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri - "The Junction" Circa 1886 looking North on Main Street at the Vaughan Diamond Building. This building set in a wedge area between Delaware and Main Streets that intersected at 9th Street. The "Junction" was once considered the Center of Kansas City, Missouri. The building was built in 1871 and razed in 1915 Original image published in the book, "Historic Street Scenes of Kansas City, Missouri, 1867-1931," by Raymond S. Elder, featuring the Val B. Minton Photographics Collection, page 17.