Asa Beebe Cross
{{short description|American architect (1826–1894)}}
Asa Beebe Cross (December 9, 1826 in New Jersey — August 18, 1894) was an American architect. He studied architecture under Thomas Walsh and John Johnson.{{Cite web|title=Biography of Asa Beebe Cross (1826-1894), Architect {{!}} KC History|url=https://kchistory.org/islandora/object/kchistory%253A115239|access-date=2020-08-25|website=kchistory.org}} He primarily worked in Kansas City where it is estimated that he designed more than 1,000 structures. He designed Union Depot in Kansas City (opened 1878), Seth E. Ward Homestead for Seth Ward, Old Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City, Missouri,{{Cite web|url=https://extension2.missouri.edu/ued6047|title=Jackson County Courthouse}} and the Vaile Mansion. He designed many homes in Quality Hill. His grandson, Alfred E. Barnes, was also an architect.{{cite book |last = Mitchell|first = Giles Carroll|date = 1934|publisher = Brown-White Company, Kansas City|title = There is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City|url = https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.167739}}
Works
- Gillis Opera House, 5th and Walnut, completed 1883{{Cite web |title=Gillis Opera House {{!}} KC History |url=https://kchistory.org/islandora/object/kchistory%253A108733 |access-date=2020-08-25 |website=kchistory.org}}
- Jackson County Courthouse, also known as the Truman Courthouse, adapted from unfinished construction in 1872{{Cite web|title=Our History {{!}} Jackson County, MO|url=https://www.jacksongov.org/419/Our-History#:~:text=The%20Jackson%20County%20Courthouse%20still,to%20become%20a%20U.S.%20Senator.|access-date=2020-08-25|website=www.jacksongov.org}}
- Sauer Castle, 935 Shawnee Rd. Kansas City, KS, believed to be a Cross design, 1871{{Cite web|title=The Fate And Future Of Wyandotte County's Sauer Castle|url=https://www.kcur.org/show/central-standard/2014-12-17/the-fate-and-future-of-wyandotte-countys-sauer-castle|access-date=2020-08-25|website=KCUR 89.3 - NPR in Kansas City. Local news, entertainment and podcasts.|language=en}}
- Seth E. Ward Homestead, 1032 W. 55th St. Kansas City, MO CrossNRHP database
- St. Patrick's Catholic Church, 8th and Cherry
- Union Depot (Kansas City, Missouri) (built in 1878, predecessor to Kansas City Union Station)
- Vaile Mansion, 1500 N Liberty St, Independence, MO, completed 1881{{Cite web |date=2017-12-12 |title=At Independence's Vaile Mansion, Visitors Have Themselves A Scandalous Victorian Christmas |url=https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2017-12-12/at-independences-vaile-mansion-visitors-have-themselves-a-scandalous-victorian-christmas |access-date=2020-08-25 |website=KCUR 89.3 - NPR in Kansas City. Local news, entertainment and podcasts. |language=en}}
- Vaughan's Diamond Building, 9th and Delaware, completed 1870{{Cite web |date=2020-02-09 |title=One of KC's most iconic buildings was a diamond in the rough |url=https://martincitytelegraph.com/2020/02/09/one-of-kcs-most-iconic-buildings-was-a-diamond-in-the-rough/ |access-date=2020-08-25 |website=Covering the Southland |language=en-US}}https://kchistory.org/document/vaughans-diamond-building-junction-profile
- Wornall House, 146 W. 61st St. Kansas City, MO Cross
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