![]() ![]() It has “the finest and most exclusive display of chandeliers, electric lights and gas fixtures between New York and San Francisco.” This was an exciting time in lighting history. He was president of the Bailey-Reynolds Company, the third largest chandelier house in America, which he started in 1901 with his brother-in-law, at 913-915 Grand Avenue. Simeon was featured in Notable Kansas Citians. He met William Jennings Bryan from Nebraska, they became fast friends, and John became an ardent supporter of Jennings Bryan. A classmate convinced John that Kansas was a great place to establish a law practice, so he and Nellie moved to Leavenworth. John and Nellie Atwood were born and raised in Massachusetts. ( Best known dates in residence at The Sophian, 1927-28) Frank often assisted grocers with sales, handing out coffee samples from elaborate in-store displays that he designed himself.” He got grocers in eastern states to stock Folgers® Coffee, selling it based on its merit and high quality. Atha, who expanded sales outside of California. “Our company began to grow due to an energetic salesman named Frank P. According to a KC Star 1976 feature of Folgers: "The company has been making coffee in KC since 1908 when Frank P Atha, then a salesman for James A Folger II, proposed that the company build a Midwest roasting plant.” Frank and his sons, Russell, Joseph, and Frank Jr, lead senior management positions with the Folger family for decades. ![]() The ledger in the banner at the top of page, is from Harry Sophian’s records of the building’s rent roll in 1943.Įdith was a member of the KC Athenaeum, a women’s literary society.įrank was vice president and general manager of Folger Coffee Company. (See two side stories, links below, on the details of our research methods to locate our neighbors of the past and an apartment-by apartment list of tenants: How We Found All the Sophian Residents and Who Lived in What Apartment? We Can Tell You for One Year- 1943). To date, we have concentrated research on the early decades, and not at all since the condominium conversion in 1979-80. For each resident, we add our current state of knowledge of the dates in which they lived in the building. We provide these vignettes in the order of the decade they moved into the building. ![]() The building was, by design, a place for Jewish people to have a welcoming home, and many Jewish families called The Sophian home. For those who put stock in the Social Register, many, many residents were included. Many had businesses in the apparel industry, medicine, banking, and in commerce iconic of the Midwest (grain, lumber, cattle). We provide scores of vignettes of the residents of The Sophian from its opening through the ensuing decades. From day one, The Sophian has been filled with a remarkable and entertaining constellation of people. ![]()
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