Historic R.A. Long Building Before it Was Sold to a Prominent Bank

A Kentucky boy’s aspirations were fulfilled in the lumber industry

The R.A. Long Building is historic and was a solution to the building R.A. Long’s company had outgrown in 1906. Take a pause. That was around 117 years ago. The new office referred to as the R.A. Long Building was constructed in 1907.

The architectural style is noted as Late 19th Century and Early 20th Century Revivals: Italian Renaissance. The foundation is concrete and the walls are stone. The architect was prominent Henry Hoit of the firm of Howe, Hoit & Cutler.

UMB began renovations in 2000 of the building. The 8th floor through the 14th floor were historic preservation floors and restoration would return these floors as close to their original state as possible.

On January 8, 2003, the skyscraper was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

The building is presently owned by UMB Bank. Early on, the bank leased part of the building space from Long before purchasing it. When the building was updated, or modernized, the original interior was destroyed. The interest to preserve the historic character of a building is more important now than it was in the mid-1940s and thereabouts.

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