Wight and Wight, known also as Wight & Wight, was an architecture firm in

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, United States, consisting of the brothers Thomas and William Wight. The firm designed several landmark buildings in

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and

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. The brothers worked for

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for 10 years. Thomas moved to Kansas City in 1904 and joined a firm with Edward T. Wilder. William joined the firm in 1911 and Wilder retired in 1916. The firm achieved its greatest in fame in the late 1920s and early 1930s creating large Neoclassical structures which have become Kansas City landmarks.

Selected works

Notable structures: * Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art * Kansas City City Hall * Kansas Governor's Mansion * Kansas City Livestock Exchange *Approaches to the Liberty Memorial * Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City *

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Courthouse * Wyandotte County, Kansas Courthouse * Kansas City Life Insurance headquarters * William Allen White home Red Rocks (now the William Allen White State Historic Site) Works listed on the U.S.

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include (with NRHP attribution): * Central National Bank, 701–703 Kansas Ave.

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(Wight & Wight) * Harwelden, 2210 S. Main St.

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(Wight & Wight) * Holy Name Catholic Church, 2800 E. 23rd St.

(Wight & Wight) * Frank Hughes Memorial Library, 210 E. Franklin St.

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(Wight & Wight) * Kirkwood Building, 1737-41 McGee St.

(Wight and Wight) * George H. Nettleton Home, 5125 Swope Parkway

(Wight & Wight) * George E. Nicholson House, 1028 W. 58th St.

(Wight & Wight) * Pickwick Hotel, Office Building, Parking Garage and Bus Terminal, 901-937 McGee St., 301-311 E. 9th St., 300-310 E. Tenth St., 906-912 Oak St.

(Wight and Wight) * U.S. Courthouse and Post Office-Kansas City, Missouri, 811 Grand Blvd.

(Wight & Wight) * Wyandotte County Courthouse, 710 N. 7th St. Kansas City, Kansas (Wight and Wight) *One or more works in the South Liberty Courthouse Square Historic District, 2 S. Main St., 10 E. Kansas St., 1--17 E. Kansas St.

(Wight & Wight) * Our Lady of Perpetual Help Redemptorist Church, 3333 Broadway Blvd. Kansas City, Kansas (Wight and Wight)

References

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: culture comes to Kansas City By Kristie C. Wolferman - 1993 - University of Missouri Press
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Kansas City Public Library Wight and Wight material
Architecture firms based in Missouri Companies based in Kansas City, Missouri