Today we are knocking out a lot of the tour stops. Mainly houses with some I got distracted moments.
Stop 5 - Michael and Rose Katz House
Built in 1928.
The Katz's owned the Katz drugstore in Westport.
The Katz drugstores were located in Oklahoma to the upper Midwest.
Not a Stop - Last one.
The Concorde nose is across the street from the Katz House.
Stop 6 - George E. Nicholson House
Built in 1917.
Nicholson was a millionaire in 1909.
He made his fortune with cement plants, zinc mines, and gas companies.
Stop 7 - Tom Pendergast House
Built in 1927.
"Boss Tom" was a political machine from the mid-1920s to the mid-1930s.
He expanded the control built by his brother.
Pendergast had influence over every aspect of Kansas City's political, economic and cultural life.
The political corruption he had led to a federal indictment and time in prison, and millions of dollars in gambling debts left him broke.
Stop 8 - Hunter Gary House
Built in 1922.
Designed by architect John Van Brunt, Sr. who designed
the house like George Washington's house, Mount Vernon.
Not A Stop - Just one more
This is rich people yard art.
Stop 9 Charles S. Keith House
Built in 1910.
Charles S. Keith was a coal baron and Kansas City Mayor.
In 1920 J.C. Nichols purchased the house and lived here until his death in 1950.
It's for sale!
This landmark historic estate was built in 1910. The all brick Georgian Colonial stands elegantly at the top of three beautifully landscaped & treed acres. It includes an inground pool with a pool house and a 3 car garage with a carriage house above. The stately mansion has retained its original architectural detail including hardwood floors, French doors, sweeping staircase & deep moldings. There are multiple fireplaces throughout as well as sitting rooms, sunrooms, screen porches & brick terraces. The well maintained property is listed on the National Historic Registry of Kansas City, Missouri.
$4,950,000
Stop 10 - Bernard Corrigan House
Built 1913.
Bernard Corrigan was police commissioner during the Pendergast year.
He died 2 months before construction was finished. His wife sold the house for more than $100,000
(3 million today) to Patrick J. White. In 1917 White sold the property to Joseph Heim, brewery mogul and amusement park owner. After the 18th Amendment prohibiting alcohol, Heim sold the property to Robert Sutherland, lumber yard owner. He lived there until his death in 1941.
Stop 11 - Memorial To Loyal Women of the Old South
I can't believe this was ever here. Originally located near the entrance of the Country Club Plaza in 1934 was a confederate monument. In 1958 the monument was moved to 55th and Ward Parkway. The headstone had a United States flag and a confederate flag. In 2017 it was vandalized and within a week it was moved to an undisclosed location. This monument belongs to United Daughters of the Confederacy.
That's it for today. We will finish this up tomorrow. We only have 8 more stops. I think we have been to many of them before so I shouldn't be distracted.
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