Built when well-off residents of Kansas City were moving south of the Plaza and located right next to Loose Park, it is no surprise that this Countryside neighborhood block was built by prominent architects and attracted prominent families. The block from Wornall to Wyandotte between W. 54rd Street and W. 53rd Terrace is part of the […]
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Around 1905, major development of Midtown Kansas City started moving for the first time south of Brush Creek, to an area that became known as the Country Club District. One of the earliest homes built in the area was on the block we’re focusing on in this post, from 52nd to 54th, between Oak and Brookside
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Around 52nd and Brookside, the area was known for its rustic pedestrian bridges that people used to cross a brook to catch the streetcar. It was also the home of Visitation Parish – and the site of the second home that its developer, J.C. Nichols, built for his own family. Visitation Church around 1920. Indeed, the Visitation
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A reader asked us to feature the Countryside neighborhood, so today we look at some of the homes in that neighborhood south of the Brush Creek that started out as a farm. When Countryside was platted in 1908 as the Country Side District, it became a prime location for development. That year, the Country Club
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