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Roanoker wrote:
Toss, did you brighten the front of the house in PS? I would think it would be darker with the sun behind. Great pics, as usual.

Roanoker wrote: I like the black and white picture of the sun with the fountains in foregroundplay. What interesting architecture displayed in some of those big houses. Does anyone know when they were built? Here's an example:



Toss, did you brighten the front of the house in PS? I would think it would be darker with the sun behind. Great pics, as usual.

Sportster wrote: An interesting note regarding this house specifically. If you remember the Robert Altman movie "Kansas City", this house was the home for unwed black mothers in the film. The front porch roof was re-built by the film crew using photos of the home from 1939 and earlier. The new roof on the porch however is composition while the rest of the home is adorned with an original slate roof.

(A slate roof can last anywhere from 75 - 125 years, depending on conditions over the roof. Replacement involves numbering tiles section by section, then carefully removing the brass or copper screws affixing them to the underlayment, and stacking them, according to row and number on another portion of the roof. The old felt is removed and new felt is laid down. The old tiles are then carefully replaced in their original position according to their number and row with new brass or copper screws.) We won't even get into replacing the membrane in box gutters here! 

340 S. Gladstone Blvd. Part of the Scarritt Pointe Historic District.

Originally built in 1889 for Lawrence Pembroke Brown, originally of St. Louis MO. He moved to Kansas City with his family and was in the commission and forwarding business with William H. Chick & Co, outfitting pack trains for the Santa Fe Trail. He later opened mercantile houses along the Union Pacific RR as it extended its rails to the west. After his death in 1893, his widow lived in the home for many years.

The house contains 16 rooms plus nine smaller rooms. Characteristic of its Queen Anne design, there are a variety of textures used on the facade, with a diversity of shingle styles. The wide, almost veranda-like, wrap around front porch is anchored on the North by the tower spanning three floors, capped with a conical roof. The turret on the south-east corner also boasts a slate, conical roof. A patterned brick chimney just from the roof which is hemmed with carved wood modillions. The interior woodwork is mostly oak and cherry and the floors are mostly heart pine. The home features 9 original fireplaces and continues to be restored to its original grandeur - a project that has spanned almost 17 years and 3 owners.

The home was featured in the 1990 Scarritt Reniassance Historic Homes Tour.


Toss - excellent work, simply fabulous!! Thanks a million!!

Sportster
...an excellent historic perspective and view!

Quote from: Sportster on January 07, 2007, 10:07:11 PM
An interesting note regarding this house specifically. If you remember the Robert Altman movie "Kansas City", this house was the home for unwed black mothers in the film. The front porch roof was re-built by the film crew using photos of the home from 1939 and earlier. The new roof on the porch however is composition while the rest of the home is adorned with an original slate roof.

(A slate roof can last anywhere from 75 - 125 years, depending on conditions over the roof. Replacement involves numbering tiles section by section, then carefully removing the brass or copper screws affixing them to the underlayment, and stacking them, according to row and number on another portion of the roof. The old felt is removed and new felt is laid down. The old tiles are then carefully replaced in their original position according to their number and row with new brass or copper screws.) We won't even get into replacing the membrane in box gutters here! 

340 S. Gladstone Blvd. Part of the Scarritt Pointe Historic District.

Originally built in 1889 for Lawrence Pembroke Brown, originally of St. Louis MO. He moved to Kansas City with his family and was in the commission and forwarding business with William H. Chick & Co, outfitting pack trains for the Santa Fe Trail. He later opened mercantile houses along the Union Pacific RR as it extended its rails to the west. After his death in 1893, his widow lived in the home for many years.

The house contains 16 rooms plus nine smaller rooms. Characteristic of its Queen Anne design, there are a variety of textures used on the facade, with a diversity of shingle styles. The wide, almost veranda-like, wrap around front porch is anchored on the North by the tower spanning three floors, capped with a conical roof. The turret on the south-east corner also boasts a slate, conical roof. A patterned brick chimney just from the roof which is hemmed with carved wood modillions. The interior woodwork is mostly oak and cherry and the floors are mostly heart pine. The home features 9 original fireplaces and continues to be restored to its original grandeur - a project that has spanned almost 17 years and 3 owners.

The home was featured in the 1990 Scarritt Reniassance Historic Homes Tour.


Toss - excellent work, simply fabulous!! Thanks a million!! 

Sportster
...an excellent historic perspective and view!


Wow! No kidding! That certainly was an "interesting note"! Thank you, Sportster, for providing all the fascinating information. I think another tour is in order, and you should be the tour guide! Let me know when it will be, and I will try to make it back to Kansas City for the event. I'll pay for a ticket!

Sportster wrote: Done.

The Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood Association will be hosting their Historic Homes Tour this spring on May 19th & 20th.

For more information, keep track of our web site - www.scarrittneighborhood.org.

(sorry for the blatant marketing - its kinda relevant though)