Mutual Musicians' Foundation Building
United States historic place in Kansas City, Missouri. Added to the National Register in 1979, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Mutual Musicians' Foundation Building is a historic building at 1823 Highland Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. It is also known as the Mutual Musicians Association Building or the Musician's Union Local or the Local No. 627 of the American Federation of Musicians. It was a center of the development of the "Kansas City Style" of jazz, and was immortalized in the song "627 Stomp". Famous members of the Mutual Musicians Foundation included Count Basie, Bennie Moten, Jay McShann, George F. Lee, singer Julia Lee, trumpeter Hot Lips Page, tenor saxophonists Dick Wilson, Herschel Evans and Lester Young, alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, drummer Baby Lovett, and pianist Pete Johnson. The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1981. It continues to be used as an active performing venue, and also houses a museum.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 1823 Highland Ave., Kansas City, MO |
| County | Jackson County |
| Listed | Feb 7, 1979 |
| Reference number | 79001372 |
| Architect | Rudolf Markgraf |
| Type of place | building |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 1823 Highland Ave., Kansas City, MO |
| Coordinates | 39.09039, -94.56211 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Harry S Truman National Historic Site · 12 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Longview Campground 15 mi · Camp Branch Campground 22 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 79001372. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.