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National Register of Historic Places
Commerce Tower
Also known as Commerce Bank
On the National Register since 201412 years
Listed 2014Kansas City
Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
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About Commerce Tower
Commerce Tower, at 911 Main St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Apr 11, 2014. The Register lists it for its architecture, at the local level. 34 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.
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Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 5 minutes
911 Main St., Kansas City · about 0.1 miles on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Commerce TowerStart here
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Pickwick Hotel, Office Building, Parking Garage and Bus TerminalLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements · next door - 3
National Bank of Commerce BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements · next door - 4
Kansas City Title and Trust BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements · next door - 5
Gumbel BuildingReinforced Concrete · next door
Around it
73 more Register listings within half a mile
★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.
BExecutive Plaza Office BuildingBuilding<0.1 miDCommerce Trust Company Historic DistrictDistrict0.1 miBTen Main CenterBuilding0.1 miDWest Ninth Street-Baltimore Avenue Historic DistrictNeo-Renaissance0.1 miBNew York Life BuildingModern · Built 18880.1 miBOld New England BuildingRenaissance Revival0.1 miBDierks BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements · Built 19090.1 miBBunker BuildingRomanesque Revival0.1 miDWest Ninth Street-Baltimore Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase I)Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements0.1 miBR.A. Long BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century0.1 miBFederal Reserve Bank of Kansas CityLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals · Built 19210.1 miBGraphic Arts BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements · Built 19150.1 miBWaltower BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements0.1 miBBaker-Vawter BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements0.1 miBWest Ninth Street-Baltimore Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase II)Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements0.1 miBMercantile Bank & Trust BuildingModern Movement · Built 19730.2 miBLand Bank BuildingItalian Renaissance0.2 miBChambers BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements0.2 mi
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BThe Fidelity National Bank and Trust Company BuildingModern Movement · Built 19300.2 miDEast Ninth Street-Grand Boulevard Historic DistrictDistrict0.2 miBKansas City Southern Railway BuildingCommercial Style · Built 19130.2 miBGrand Avenue Temple and Grand Avenue Temple BuildingGreek Revival · Built 19110.2 miBSavoy Hotel and GrillNeo-Classic · Built 18880.2 miBScarritt Building and ArcadeChicago · Built 19060.2 miDWholesale DistrictCommercial0.2 miBInsurance Building-Consumers Cooperative Association BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements0.2 miBWestern Newspaper Union BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements0.2 miBU.S. Courthouse and Post Office-Kansas City, MOModern Movement0.2 miBBuick Automobile Company BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals0.2 miBKansas City, Missouri Western Union Telegraph BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements0.2 miBBoley BuildingSemi-Art Nouveau0.3 miBHotel PhillipsJacobean Style0.3 miBGate City National BankNeo-Classical0.3 miBProfessional BuildingModern0.3 miBThe Fairfax BuildingBuilding0.3 miBKansas City Club BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals · Built 19220.3 miBBryant BuildingArt Deco · Built 19300.3 miBPeck, George B., Dry Goods Company BuildingCommercial · Built 19140.3 miDWest Eleventh Street Historic DistrictClassical0.3 miSContinental HotelLate Gothic Revival · Built 19170.3 miBStandard TheatreNeo-Classic Palladian0.3 miBCoates House HotelBuilding0.3 miBArgyle BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements · Built 19060.3 miBHoover Brothers BuildingBuilding0.3 miBStine and McClure Undertaking Company BuildingLate 19th and early 20th Century Revivals0.3 miBFire Department Headquarters; Fire station #2Beaux Arts Classicism · Built 19050.3 miDWholesale District (Boundary Increase)District0.3 miBKelley-Reppert Motor Company BuildingLate 19th and early 20th Century American Movements0.3 miDOld Town Historic DistrictModern0.3 miBOld Town Historic District (Boundary Increase)Two-Part Commercial block0.3 miBLoew's Midland Theater-Midland BuildingSecond Renaissance Revival0.4 miBMainstreet TheatreLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals · Built 19210.4 miBJenkins Music Company BuildingModernistic0.4 miBBonfils BuildingVenetian Renaissance Revival0.4 miDDistrict IBeaux Arts Classicism0.4 miBPalace Clothing Company BuildingChicago0.4 miBInter-State BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements0.4 miBTraders National Bank BuildingBuilding0.4 miBKansas City Public LibrarySecond Renaissance Revival0.4 miBPennbroke ApartmentsTudor Revival0.4 miBSouthwestern Bell Administration BuildingBuilding0.4 miBRichards and Conover Hardware Company BuildingCommercial0.4 miBKansas City Water Department BuildingLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals0.4 miBTownley Metal & Hardware Company BuildingLate Victorian0.4 miBKansas City Power and Light Company BuildingModern Movement/Art Deco · Built 19310.5 miBPresident HotelJacobean · Built 19250.5 miDQuality HillGeorgian Revival0.5 miBMaj. William Warner HouseVernacular0.5 miDQuality Hill Center Historic DistrictDistrict0.5 miDOld Town Historic District (Boundary Increase IV)One-Part Commercial Block0.5 miBStudna Garage BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements0.5 miBOld Town Historic District (Boundary Increase II)Building0.5 miBOld Town Historic District (Boundary Increase III)Concrete Block Warehouse0.5 mi
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Questions about Commerce Tower
Is Commerce Tower on the National Register of Historic Places?
Yes. It was added on Apr 11, 2014 (Register number 14000141).
Is Commerce Tower a National Historic Landmark?
No. It is on the National Register; Missouri has 35 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Mutual Musicians' Foundation Building, 1.5 miles away.
Can you visit Commerce Tower?
Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.
Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026). Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.