William F. Hackney (1854-2/24/1899) Kansas City, Missouri (A.I.A.)

In practice in Kansas City after the early 1880s, he was a charter member and in 1890 was elected the first president of the Kansas City Chapter, A.I.A. Born and educated in Springfield, Missouri, Mr. Hackney left there at a young age to begin architectural study in the Chicago office of A. Piquenard, who was, at that time, preparing plans for the State Capitol buildings in Illinois and Iowa. After Mr. Piquenard's death in 1875, Hackney remained in the office and entered into partnership with M.F. Bell to complete work in progress.

In Kansas city, where he later set up his own office, he was appointed City School architect, and of the several buildings erected under his supervision, the Central High School, completed in 1887, was considered his best work. Independently, he served as architect of the Federal Penitentiary at Chester, Illinois in 1880; the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans Home at Normal, Illinois, 1888, and was associated with Charles A. Smith on the Public Library in Kansas City.