The R. A. Long building is a historic skyscraper in

Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri, abbreviated KC or KCMO, is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by List of cities in Missouri, population and area. The city lies within Jackson County, Missouri, Jackson, Clay County, Missouri, Clay, and Pl ...

located on the northwest corner of the intersection of 10th Street and Grand Avenue. In 1906, Robert A. Long's

Long-Bell Lumber Company In 1875, Robert A. Long and Victor Bell formed the Long-Bell Lumber Company in Columbus, Kansas. The Long-Bell Lumber Company branched out using balanced vertical integration to control all aspects of lumber from the sawmills to the retail lumber ...

had outgrown the office space in the Keith & Perry Building. Expanding operations and the need for a larger headquarters resulted in the construction of the R.A. Long Building, completed in 1907. This was the first all-steel framed building in

with 16 stories and over 600 offices. Long's office was located on the 8th floor. It was the first offices of the

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and covers the 10th District of the Federal Reserve, which includes Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and portions of western Missouri and northern New Mexic ...

from 1914 to 1921 when it moved across the street to the newly constructed

925 Grand 925 Grand is the former headquarters of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (Kansas City Fed). It was the oldest Federal Reserve Bank building in active use until 2008, when the Kansas City Fed moved out. It was added to the National Regist ...

. The renamed City National Bank & Trust Company opened their headquarters on the first floor in 1934. In 1947, the bank purchased the building. The building was placed on the

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on January 8, 2003. In 2000, UMB started major renovations but the 8th and 14th floors were designated historic preservation floors to be restored to as close to original specifications as possible.
-Building restoration

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