William Chick Scarritt House

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William Chick Scarritt House
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The William Chick Scarritt House in 2015
Location Scarrit Renaissance, Kansas City, Missouri, US
Built1888
Architect John Wellborn Root
Architectural style Châteauesque
Restored2017
NRHP reference No. 78001661
Added to NRHPMarch 21, 1976

The William Chick Scarritt House at 3240 Norledge Avenue, is a historic house in Scarritt Renaissance, Kansas City, Missouri.

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History

The William Chick Scarritt House was designed in 1888 by John Wellborn Root in a Châteauesque style. [1] It was built for lawyer William Chick Scarritt, [2] grandson of William Miles Chick, son of Nathan Scarritt, and father of Dorothy McKibbin. [3] William served as the police commissioner of Kansas City from 1896 to 1897, and president of the Board of Park Commissioners in 1922. [4]

It served as a nursing home from the 1940s to the 2000s. [2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 21, 1976. [5] It was added to the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1983. [2]

The house went under renovations in 2012. In the morning of September 12, 2016, the house caught fire. [6] [7] [8] [9] In 2017, neighbors of the mansion helped rebuild it. [10]

The house is 2 stories with a basement. It was built with a limestone foundation, brownstone walls, and features a hip roof. [5] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Flener, Matt (2016-09-20). "Neighborhood hopes historic KC mansion can rebound after fire". KMBC. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  2. 1 2 3 "William Chick Scarritt Residence". Kansas City Public Library . Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  3. ↑ Steeper, Nancy Cook (2003). Gatekeeper to Los Alamos: Dorothy Scarritt McKibbin. Los Alamos, N.M: Los Alamos Historical Society. pp. 13–14. ISBN   978-0-941232-30-2.
  4. ↑ Steeper, Nancy Cook (2003). Gatekeeper to Los Alamos: Dorothy Scarritt McKibbin. Los Alamos Historical Society. pp. 9–10. ISBN   978-0-941232-30-2.
  5. 1 2 "NATIONAL REGISTER OF IDSTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM" (PDF). National Park Service . March 1976. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  6. ↑ Cronkleton, Robert A. (September 19, 2016). "Fire heavily damages historic William Chick Scarritt home in Northeast KC". The Kansas City Star . Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  7. 1 2 "Historic Scarritt Mansion destroyed by fire". KMBC. 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  8. ↑ admin (2016-09-19). "Fire devastates historic Northeast mansion". Northeast News. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  9. ↑ "Fire breaks out at historic home in northeast KC". KSHB 41 Kansas City News. 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  10. ↑ "Neighbors Help Rebuild Iconic Scarritt House In Historic Northeast Kansas City". KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR. 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
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