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Photograph of the Booker T. Washington School at 2404 Prospect Avenue in the 1980s. Designed by school district architect William F. Hacnkey and built as the Irving School in 1988, the building was renamed Booker T. Washington School when it became a black school in 1930. The school was closed by the district in 1976 and demolished circa 1990.Photographs1940 Tax Assessment Photographs, #5-240-2: http://kc1940.org/districts/district-no-5-map-kansas-city-jackson-county-missouri/tax-assessment-block-folder-221ltbrgtLandmarks Comission Kansas City Public School Survey (Pre-1940): https://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/survey/JAAS025-R.pdf
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