Wight and Wight

Wight and Wight

Wight and Wight was an architecture firm in Kansas City, Missouri consisting of the brothers Thomas Wight (1874-1949) and William Wight (1882-1947) who designed several landmark buildings in Missouri and Kansas.

The brothers were born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and worked for McKim, Mead and White 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.

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
*Clay County, Missouri Courthouse
*Wyandotte County, Kansas Courthouse
*Kansas City Life Insurance headquarters
*William Allen White home Red Rocks (now the William Allen White State Historic Site)

References

* [http://books.google.com/books?id=vX0BLsc8AW0C&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=%22wight+and+wight%22&source=web&ots=Q7C3jL3HDQ&sig=oGo2FyzypVntGmAw9_w6n1stwHQ The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: culture comes to Kansas City By Kristie C. Wolferman - 1993 - University of Missouri Press] ISBN 0826209084
* [http://www.kclibrary.org/localhistory/list.cfm?list=sub&SubjectareaID=21071 Kansas City Public Library Wight and Wight material]


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