Reverend Nathan Scarritt Home

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Reverend Nathan Scarritt Home
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The Reverend Nathan Scarritt Home in 2015
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Location of the Reverend Nathan Scarritt Home
Location Westport, Kansas City, Missouri, US
Coordinates 39°03′09″N94°35′19″W / 39.052480°N 94.588560°W / 39.052480; -94.588560
Built1847–1853
Architectural style Colonial Revival

The Reverend Nathan Scarritt Home is a historic house in Westport, Kansas City, Missouri. It was owned by reverend Nathan Scarritt.

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History

In the 1850s, Nathan Scarritt moved to Kansas City and bought land from Lieutenant Joseph Boggs, and between 1847 and 1853, built an L-shaped two-story house for $2150. He lived in that house until 1862. [1] The house is approximately 2,000 square feet, and is constructed of a limestone foundation, and a juglan clapboard painted olive-tan. [2]

The house has been preserved by James B. Nutter & Company. [3]

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References

  1. "NATHAN SCARRITT RESIDENCE" . Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  2. "NATIONAL REGISTER OF IDSTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  3. "Scarritt home is 'Nutterville's' diamond in the rough". The Kansas City Star . 11 December 2003.