William Chick Scarritt House | |
 The William Chick Scarritt House in 2015 | |
| Location | Pendleton Heights, Kansas City, Missouri, US |
|---|---|
| Built | 1888 |
| Architect | John Wellborn Root |
| Architectural style | Châteauesque, Colonial Revival |
| Restored | 2017 |
| NRHP reference No. | 78001661 |
| Added to NRHP | March 21, 1976 |
The William Chick Scarritt House is a historic house in Pendleton Heights, Kansas City, Missouri.
The William Chick Scarritt House was designed in 1888 by John Wellborn Root in a mixture of Châteauesque and Colonial Revival architecture. [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] 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. [4] 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. [5] [6] [7] [8] In 2017, neighbors of the mansion helped rebuild it. [9]
The house is 2 stories with a basement. It was built with a limestone foundation, brownstone walls, and features a hip roof. [4] [6]
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