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Early-morning fire destroys once-home of Hall of Fame pitcher Satchel Paige

The former home of Baseball Hall of Famer and Kansas City Monarch Satchel Paige went up in flames overnight near 28th & Benton Blvd. Nobody was inside. House has been vacant for some time.

https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/ea ... chel-paige

Location: It's mid-block between Prospect and Benton.

https://tinyurl.com/yacckr3f

City entity takes ownership of former Satchel Paige home

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Although the house remains in bad shape, work has been underway behind the scenes on the property. In February the Kansas City Homesteading Authority bought the property by paying outstanding debts and liens against it.

"The plan from this point on is to stabilize the structure, clean it up, put a new roof on it and then eventually open it up to RFPs, requests for proposals," Baccala said.
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https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/ci ... paige-home

Kansas City gets six-figure grant to help restore Satchel Paige’s former home

The effort to restore and preserve the former home of baseball legend Satchel Paige got some extra steam on Friday. Kansas City announced it received a grant of up to $150,000 from the National Trust for Historic Preservation to repair and stabilize the home ruined by fire near 28th and Prospect.
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https://fox4kc.com/2019/07/05/kansas-ci ... rmer-home/

“We want to move on this fairly quickly because we’re running out of time,” John Baccala told Zac Summers.

Oh the irony considering assessment debacle. Amazing how quickly officials can get it together isn't it? To bad they are not being more vocal and aggressive on assisting taxpayers caught up in the mess.

National Trust Awards $1.6 Million in Grants to Help Preserve African American History

https://savingplaces.org/stories/2019-a ... ign=aachaf

Family requests larger role in Satchel Paige House restoration project

https://www.thepitchkc.com/satchel-paig ... 0hpwGpeROU

Push is on to remodel baseball legend Satchel Paige's Kansas City home

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Two years ago, the city received a $150,000 grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation  to remodel and stabilize the structure. The home now has a new roof. The city just finished up request proposals as to what to do next with the historic home and they are expecting to announce that plan later this month.
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https://www.kmbc.com/article/push-is-on ... e/36960911

If the home becomes a museum, should it stay where it is now, or should it be moved somewhere else like the 18th and Vine District, or perhaps the Monarch Manor subdivision where Municipal Stadium used to be? I wonder if the 28th Street location would be too isolated to draw visitors in enough numbers to support a museum. I also wonder how neighbors would feel about visitors parking on their street all the time.

Current location:

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.074474, ... a=!3m1!1e3

Possible 18th and Vine site behind the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. There is an obvious connection here and likely the same people who would visit the NLBM would visit the Paige home.

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0922976 ... a=!3m1!1e3

Possible Monarch Manor site. This site also has a historical connection, but would also be a bit isolated from other things. Neighbors might resent visitor street parking.

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0849437 ... a=!3m1!1e3

Leave it in place. (Building zoos are a personal pet peeve of mine.) If the rehab is counting on historic tax credits it's almost impossible to get them for a relocated building.

Pitch Perfect KC and the KC Royals are partnering to turn Satchel Paige's former home into a museum.

Redevelopment plans for Satchel Paige’s former home in Kansas City announced

https://fox4kc.com/news/redevelopment-p ... announced/

A great day’ as project unveiled to restore Satchel Paige home in Kansas City

A coffee shop, event and meeting space, maybe even a bakery in the garage are possible features of a $3 million renovation plan for the fire-damaged former home of baseball great Leroy “Satchel” Paige on Kansas City’s east side.

“We don’t have it set in stone yet,” Vincent Gauthier, managing developer of Pitch Perfect KC, told a crowd of well-wishers, politicians and members of the news media at the project’s unveiling in a sweltering Monday morning news conference outside the 2 1/2-story home at 2626 E. 28th St.
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The group Gauthier heads, Pitch Perfect KC, got the nod in part because of support from the Santa Fe Area Council, the Kansas City Royals, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and the Satchel Paige Foundation, which O’Neil and her sister Linda Shelby operate.
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https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/a ... 68638.html

KC group, Royals pitch museum plan for longtime home of Negro Leagues legend Satchel Paige

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Pitch Perfect KC, a local group that is partnering with the Kansas City Royals and Paige's family, plans to make sure everyone can learn the story of Satchel Paige and the legacy of hope and opportunity he left for Black Americans.
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https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/ ... velop.html

Satchel Paige's Home Slated For $3 Million Rehab: 'A Great Day For Our Family And Our Neighborhood'

https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2021-08- ... ighborhood

50 years ago, Major League Baseball stumbled before inducting Satchel Paige into the Hall of Fame

https://theundefeated.com/features/50-y ... l-of-fame/

Kansas City Council approves plan to turn old Satchel Paige home into museum

https://fox4kc.com/news/kansas-city-cou ... to-museum/