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Convention Hall was a convention center in Kansas City, Missouri that hosted the 1900 Democratic National Convention and 1928 Republican National Convention.

Construction, burning, and reconstruction

It was designed by Frederick E. Hill and built at the corner of 13th and Central and cost $225,000 and opened on February 22, 1899, with a performance by the John Philip Sousa band.

It was destroyed in a fire on April 4, 1900, the same year that Kansas City was scheduled to host the Democratic National Convention over July 4. Hill redesigned a new hall that would be fireproof and it was built in 90 days in an effort that was called "Kansas City Spirit." A local 16-year-old Democrat, Harry S. Truman, served as a page at the convention.

Housing refugees

During the flood of 1903, the hall housed several thousand refugees. The final 110 refugees were sent to tent camps at 31st and Summit. The hall had to be fumigated after their departure on June 12, 1903.^[1]

Plans to add the world's largest pipe organ

The world's largest pipe organ, which became the nucleus of Philadelphia's Wanamaker Organ was originally planned for the north end of the hall after it was exhibited as the centerpiece of Festival Hall at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. The Kansas City hall operators backed out of the contract before installation when it was discovered the document had never legally been ratified.

Demolition

The hall hosted the 1928 Republican Convention and was torn down in 1936 when it became a parking lot for the new Municipal Auditorium.

Use for traveling shows and Ku Klux Klan rallies

The hall hosted various traveling events including a Sarah Bernhardt performance of Camille. Its most controversial use was hosting a series of Ku Klux Klan rallies in 1922–1924.

References

^ The Kansas City Star, "Refugees Leave the Hall", June 12, 1903, p.2

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39°05′55″N 94°35′13″W / 39.098727°N 94.58697°W / 39.098727; -94.58697

v t e Venues of the Democratic National Convention
1800s	The Athenaeum and Warfield's Church (1832) Fourth Presbyterian Church (Baltimore) (1835) The Assembly Rooms (1840) Odd Fellows Hall (1844) Universalist Church (Baltimore) (1848) Maryland Institute (1852) Smith and Nixon's Hall (1856) South Carolina Institute Hall / Front Street Theater (1860) The Amphitheatre (Chicago) (1864) Tammany Hall (1868) Ford's Grand Opera House (1872) Merchants Exchange Building (1876) Cincinnati Music Hall (1880) Interstate Exposition Building (1884) Exposition Building (1888) Wigwam (1892) Chicago Coliseum (1896)
1900s	Convention Hall (1900) St. Louis Coliseum (1904) Denver Auditorium Arena (1908) Fifth Regiment Armory (1912) Convention Hall (1916) San Francisco Civic Auditorium (1920) Madison Square Garden (II) (1924) Sam Houston Hall (1928) Chicago Stadium (1932) Philadelphia Convention Hall/Franklin Field (1936) Chicago Stadium (1940) Chicago Stadium (1944) Philadelphia Convention Hall (1948) International Amphitheatre (1952) International Amphitheatre (1956) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena / Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1960) Atlantic City Convention Hall (1964) International Amphitheatre (1968) Miami Beach Convention Center (1972) Madison Square Garden (IV) (1976) Madison Square Garden (IV) (1980) Moscone Center (1984) Omni Coliseum (1988) Madison Square Garden (IV) (1992) United Center (1996)
2000s	Staples Center (2000) FleetCenter (2004) Pepsi Center / Invesco Field (2008) Time Warner Cable Arena (2012) Wells Fargo Center (2016) Wisconsin Center (2020) United Center (2024)

v t e Venues of the Republican National Convention
1800s	Musical Fund Hall (1856) Wigwam (1860) Front Street Theater (1864) Crosby's Opera House (1868) Academy of Music (1872) Exposition Hall (Cincinnati) (1876) Interstate Exposition Building (1880) Exposition Hall (Chicago) (1884) Auditorium Theatre (1888) Industrial Exposition Building (1892) St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall (1896)
1900s	Convention Hall (1900) Chicago Coliseum (1904) Chicago Coliseum (1908) Chicago Coliseum (1912) Chicago Coliseum (1916) Chicago Coliseum (1920) Public Auditorium (1924) Convention Hall (1928) Chicago Stadium (1932) Public Auditorium (1936) Convention Hall (1940) Chicago Stadium (1944) Convention Hall (1948) International Amphitheatre (1952) Cow Palace (1956) International Amphitheatre (1960) Cow Palace (1964) Miami Beach Convention Center (1968) Miami Beach Convention Center (1972) Kemper Arena (1976) Joe Louis Arena (1980) Dallas Convention Center (1984) Louisiana Superdome (1988) Houston Astrodome (1992) San Diego Convention Center (1996)
2000s	First Union Center (2000) Madison Square Garden (2004) Xcel Energy Center (2008) Tampa Bay Times Forum (2012) Quicken Loans Arena (2016) Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium and Charlotte Convention Center (2020) Fiserv Forum (2024)

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