View source for Alonzo Hensley Gentry (1886-1967), Architect

<div style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:125%">'''New York, 1916-1923; Kansas City, Missouri, 1924-1961'''</div style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:125%">

'''Alonzo Hensley Gentry''' was born in Independence, Missouri on February 14, 1887.[[#References|[2][3]]] He earned an engineering degree from Virginia Military Institute in 1908 then received his Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Columbia University in 1916.[[#References|[2][3]]][[#Notes|[f]]] After completing his education, Gentry worked a few years in New York then moved to Kansas City, where he formed several partnerships.[[#References|[1][2][3][5]]] Gentry retired in 1961 and died in 1967, in Kansas City.[[#References|[2]]]

This page is a contribution to the publication, '''[[Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects]]'''. See the [[Format and contents of Nebraska architect entries]] page for more information on the compilation and page organization.

==Compiled Nebraska Directory Listings==

==Educational & Professional Associations==
1908: degree in engineering, Virginia Military Institute.[[#References|[2][3]]][[#Notes|[f]]]

1916: Bachelor of Science, Architecture, Columbia University, New York City, New York.[[#References|[2][3]]]

1916-1923: designer and manager, George B. Post & Sons, Architects, New York.[[#References|[2][3]]][[#Notes|[b]]]

1924-____: Gentry Voskamp Voskamp & Slezak, Kansas City, Missouri.[[#References|[3]]]

1925: Alonzo H. Gentry, Architect, Kansas City, Missouri.[[#References|[1]]]

____-____: Gentry Voscamp & Neville, Kansas City, Missouri.[[#References|[5]]]

____-____: Gentry Voskamp Neville Sharp & Simon, Kansas City, Missouri.[[#References|[3]]]

____-1961: Gentry & Voskamp, Architects, Kansas City, Missouri.[[#References|[2][3]]]

==Architectural Study Travel==
North America, South America, and Europe.[[#References|[3]]]

==Buildings & Projects==
===Dated===
Cornhusker Hotel (1925-1926), 309 S.13th St., Lincoln, Nebraska.[[#References|[1][6]]] (LC13:C08-015) 

Municipal Auditorium (1934-1936), Kansas City, Missouri.[[#References|[2][5]]][[#Notes|[c]]] 

Perishable Food Terminal (1940), Kansas City, Missouri.[[#References|[3]]]

Topeka Air Base (1942), Topeka Kansas.[[#References|[3]]]

Booker T. Washington Elementary School (1952), Kansas City, Missouri.[[#References|[4]]][[#Notes|[d]]]

Summit House (1953), Kansas City, Missouri.[[#References|[3]]]

Municipal Auditorium (1954), Kansas City, Missouri.[[#References|[3]]]

Auditorium Plaza Garage (1954), Kansas City, Missouri.[[#References|[3]]]

Harry S. Truman Library (1956), Independence, Missouri.[[#References|[2][5]]][[#Notes|[e]]] 

===Undated===
Research Hospital and Medical Center (n.d.), Kansas City, Missouri.[[#References|[2]]]

General George C. Marshall Library (n.d.), Virginia Military Institute.[[#References|[2]]]

==Notes==
a. Associations and dates pieced together from summary information in sources.[[#References|[2][3]]].

b. Also represented the firm in Cleveland and Kansas City.[[#References|[2]]]

c. Architects of record, Hoit Price & Barnes, with Gentry Voskamp & Neville, Architects.[[#References|[5]]]

d. Architects of record, Gentry & Voscamp. 

e. Architects of record, Neild & Somdal, Shreveport, Louisiana, with Gentry Voskamp & Neville. 

f. Whereas source [[#References|[2]]] says the degree from Virginia Military Institute was in electrical engineering, source [[#References|[3]]] says it was in military and civil engineering. 

==References==
1.  City of Lincoln, Building Permits, building permit #14503 (September 26, 1925); title block on plans reads: Alonzo H. Gentry, AIA.” Edward F. Zimmer to D. Murphy, email correspondence, March 1, 2011.

2.  “Alonzo Gentry (1887-1967) Papers (0453kc),” Scope and Content narrative, State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center, Kansas City, updated: February 7, 2011, accessed March 1, 2011, <http://www.umkc.edu/whmckc/Collections/I0453KC.HTM> 

3.  American Institute of Architects, comp., ''American Architects Directory'', First Ed. (New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1956), 193, accessed March 1, 2011, <http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/1956%20American%20Architects%20Directory.aspx> 

4.  Kansas City, Missouri School District Records (SC23), The Kansas City Public Library, Missouri Valley Special Collections, SC23, Series II, Box 4, Folder 15, Number 5, accessed March 1, 2011, <http://localhistory.kclibrary.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/Education&CISOPTR=323&CISOBOX=1&REC=11>

5.  “Municipal Auditorium (Kansas city),” ''Wikipedia'', last modified February 11, 2011, accessed March 1, 2011, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_Auditorium_(Kansas_City)> 

6.  [[Thomas Lee Kaspar (1951-2017), Architect|Thomas Lee Kaspar]], comp. Inventory of architectural records in the archives of [[Davis Fenton Stange Darling, Architects]], Lincoln, Nebraska. 1996. Nebraska State Historical Society, RG3748, Box 16.

==Page Citation== 

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