Leaving a Legacy: Follow the Footprints of the Berry Sisters in Kansas City

Children's Mercy Hospital was founded in 1897 by two sisters -- Dr. Katharine Berry Richardson, a surgeon, and Dr. Alice Berry Graham, a dentist. See the map below to find the various locations where the Berry sisters lived and worked in Kansas City, and how they are remembered here today.

Click on each building above or name below to learn more:
The Home of the Berry Sisters 121 N. Clinton Pl., Kansas City, Missouri	Leased Building at Truman & Cleveland Truman Rd. & Cleveland Ave., Kansas City, Missouri | (1897-1898)
Leased Beds at Women's & Children's Hospital 11th St. & Troost Ave., Kansas City, Missouri | (1898-1904)	The First "Mercy" Hospital 414 Highland Ave., Kansas City, Missouri | (1904-1917)
The First Actual Hospital Independence Ave., Kansas City, Missouri | (1917-1970)	Mount Washington Cemetery 614 Brookside Ave., Independence, Missouri
Katharine Berry Richardson Elementary School 3515 Park Ave., Kansas City, Missouri	Richardson-Graham Memorial Bridge Gladstone Blvd., Kansas City, Missouri