For more than 20 years, the former Cresthaven Estate sat empty on Southwest Trafficway. The size of the large former estate led many to dream of reuses for it: a musical performance venue, a bed and breakfast, a showplace for garden statuary.
But in the end, it was St. Luke’s Health System that finally bought the property and found a new use for it.
This weekend, St. Luke’s opened the doors of its new freestanding Hospice House on the site of the former red brick building.
The new 22,500-square-foot hospice sits on the two-acre property. It features 12 private patient suites; an indoor and outdoor chapel; family sitting rooms, living spaces and screened-in porches; a staffed kitchen and family dining room; guest showers for families and visitors; a children’s area; and common living rooms with amenities such televisions, games, and fireplaces, according to St. Luke’s.
St. Luke’s has offered in home hospice care, but has not had a facility in Kansas City until now.
Advocates of hospice care raised $4 million for the house.
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