Hoit, Price and Barnes was an architect

Architect

An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

 firm in Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

 that built several landmark buildings there.

The firm was particularly noted for its Art Deco

Art Deco

Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...

 style which has defined the Kansas City skyline for many years including two of the city's biggest buildings the Kansas City Power and Light Building

Kansas City Power and Light Building

The Kansas City Power and Light Building is a landmark skyscraper located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri...

 (which was Missouri's tallest building from 1931 until 1976) and 909 Walnut Tower.

Municipal Auditorium (Kansas City) was called by the Architectural Record

Architectural Record

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 "one of the 10 best buildings of the world that year"

In 2000 the Princeton Architectural Press called it one of the 500 most important architectural works in the United States.

Principals of the firm

• Henry F. Hoit (1873-1951) - a native of Chicago, Illinois who moved to Kansas City in 1901
• Edwin Price (1885-1957) - a native of Arkansas
  Arkansas
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• Alfred Edward Barnes (1892-May 11, 1960)

Buildings on National Register of Historic Places

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• Baker-Vawter Building, 915-917 Wyandotte, Kansas City
• Christian Church Hospital (aka Robinson Neurilogical Hospital), 2524 W. Paseo Blvd., Kansas City
• Continental Hotel, 106 W. 11th St., Kansas City
• 909 Walnut Tower, Kansas City
• Kansas City Power and Light Building
  Kansas City Power and Light Building
  The Kansas City Power and Light Building is a landmark skyscraper located in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri...
  
  , 1330 Baltimore Ave., Kansas City
• Kansas City Museum
  Kansas City Museum
  The Kansas City Museum at Corinthian Hall is a small museum in the historic Northeast Neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Also known as the R.A...
  
   (aka Corinthian Hall), former home of R.A. Long, 3218 Gladstone Blvd., Kansas City

Additional Buildings of Note

• Municipal Auditorium (Kansas City), 301 West 13th Street, Kansas City. Designed by Gentry, Voskamp and Neville, with associated architects Hoit, Price and Barnes, who designed the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems.
• Southwestern Bell Building (Oak Tower)
  Oak Tower
  Oak Tower, also called the Bell Telephone Building, is a 28-story skyscraper in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri.Hoit, Price & Barnes, a local firm that conceived many of Kansas City's landmark structures, designed the building in association with I.R...
  
  , 11th and Oak
• OH Dean Building (Reeves-Wiedeman Company), 3635 Main Street