The Late 19th and 20th Century Revival style building was designed by Leon Grant Middaugh and J.A.

It is significant for its architecture, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

The Historic Kansas City Foundation listed the apartments on their 2014 Most Endangered list of buildings in the Kansas City area.

[3] They were owned by the Kansas City Life Insurance Company and were demolished in July-August 2020.

[4] An identical building on the north side of the street was razed in 1982[5] for a Kansas City Life Insurance Company expansion project.