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The Albert Marty Building is an industrial building constructed in 1886 in the West Bottoms district of Kansas City, Missouri. It was commissioned by Albert Marty, an influential Kansas City real estate developer and investor. This became the site of both Gustin-Bacon Manufacturing Company's headquarters and research laboratory until 1961. On February 5, 2013 the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Architecture
The building is designed in the Romanesque Revival tradition, due this style it is believed to have been constructed by Van Brunt and Howe, but there has yet to be an official record of the architects. It is a five-story building with the first four styled with an arcade on the south face. A corbelled cornice crowns the fifth story attic level. The building meets requirements a and c under the national register criteria for its significance in commerce, industry and architecture. The building is intact and retains much of its character-defining elements, aside from the first level, which has seen changes in design since construction.

Albert Marty
Alberty Marty was a real estate investor in Kansas City during the late 1870s. He was well-connected to other highly influential Kansas City families, marrying into the Gates family and his sister marrying into the Gillham family. By the 1880s Marty had invested in several tracts of land in the West Bottoms. Marty commissioned the construction of the warehouse in September of 1886, with the driving value being its strategic proximity to Union Depot, offering convenient access to shipping of industrial and commercial supplies for its tenants.

Gustin-Bacon Manufacturing
In 1914 the building became the headquarters and research laboratory for Gustin-Bacon Manufacturing. During this time the company saw its greatest growth, from supplying rail and automotive supplies to becoming instrumental in developing and manufacturing fiberglass products in the years leading up to World War II. Between 1923 and 1961, the company developed and trademarked over forty patents. This growth led to offices being opened in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Houston, Tulsa and Ft. Worth, employing over 500 people.