Tag: Central Hyde Park

How Central Hyde Park Prepared for Thanksgiving

As Thanksgiving approached in 1927, it’s a pretty good bet that Effie Kauffman of Central Hyde Park was working on her holiday planning. Mrs. Kauffman’s prize-winning Thanksgiving menu was shared in the Nov. 22 Kansas City Star that year. It included a grapefruit cocktail, turkey with oyster dressing, peas in cream, leaf lettuce with Thousand… Continue reading How Central Hyde Park Prepared for Thanksgiving

The heyday of the block of Armour south to 36th from Walnut to Warwick

In the year 1905, Armour Boulevard was still a wide dirt road, but well-off Kansas City families were moving to the new area called Hyde Park and building modern new mansions. This photo was taken that year along Armour looking east from Warwick.

In the early 1900s, Armour Boulevard and its surrounding blocks were the center of life for many wealthy Kansas Citians, who built large mansions and lived a comfortable life attended by their servants. That’s true of the block between Armour and 36th Street from Walnut to Warwick. But by 1940, Armour’s elite residents had moved… Continue reading The heyday of the block of Armour south to 36th from Walnut to Warwick

Do you remember the 3800 blocks of Troost and Harrison?

This neat row of “modern” homes sprang up on the 3800 block of Troost around 1910, when C.F. sent this postcard. Today, the homes are gone, but St. Mark’s Lutheran Church still stands on the block just north of Arrow Cleaners.

Like much of Midtown Kansas City, this block of Hyde Park from 38th to 39th from Troost to Harrison got filled in with residents in the first decade of the 20th century, as the growing population of Kansas City moved south. An earlier map of the block from 1891 shows lots had been divided up… Continue reading Do you remember the 3800 blocks of Troost and Harrison?

Do you remember the north side of Armour between Campbell and Charlotte?

Anchoring the block at the northwest corner of Armour and Campbell, the Samuel E. Sexton home today looks much like it did when it was built.

Much has changed along Armour Boulevard since the early 1900s, but one block, the north side of Armour to 34th Street from Campbell to Charlotte, remains much the same. One of the Armour mansions is no longer there, but the remaining homes of the block look pretty much the same as they did when they… Continue reading Do you remember the north side of Armour between Campbell and Charlotte?

39th and Gillham once home to dairy farm on Westport to Independence road

In 1910, as the desire for new “modern” homes in Midtown Kansas City continued, an “old fashioned, two-story” frame home at 39th and Gillham was being prepared to be moved. The Kansas City Times published this sketch and told the story on Feb. 4 of that year: An Old House Being Moved: Henry C. Flower… Continue reading 39th and Gillham once home to dairy farm on Westport to Independence road

Historic Hyde Park home has housed a brewer, a mayor and musicians

Martin and Kelly Hackleman's home is one this year's Hyde Park homes tour.

By Joe Lambe To step into a certain Hyde Park stone home is to walk into history, some of it recent. Past owners range from brewery president George Muehlebach Jr. in the 1920s to current Mayor Sly James. The 1908 house at 743 Manheim Road is in this year’s Hyde Park Homes Tour, which is… Continue reading Historic Hyde Park home has housed a brewer, a mayor and musicians