1214 West 55th Street
Kansas City, MO, USA

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Mar 31, 2000

  • Charmaine Bantugan

National Register of Historic Places - Charles S. Keith House

Statement of Significance: The Charles S. Keith residence, 1214 W. 55th Street, Kansas City, Missouri, is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion C and is locally significant in the following areas: ARCHITECTURE: Designed in 1913 and constructed in 1914, the Charles S. Keith residence is one of the most successful examples of the classic residential work of the prominent Kansas City architectural firm of Shepard, Farrar & Wiser. The imposing twenty-two room Georgian Revival style mansion, located in the once highly restricted Sunset Hill Subdivision in the famed Country Club District, was originally the home of Charles Keith, a lumber baron and president and general manager of the Central Coal & Coke Company. It later became the residence of J.C. Nichols, the eminent Kansas City real estate mogul and developer. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE: Hare and Hare, the nationally-recognized Kansas City landscape architecture firm, was responsible for the design of the three-acre home grounds which included formal gardens, a lily pool and vegetable plot. The firm's 1913 plan for Keith not only exemplifies the early private commissions of Hare and Hare, but also illustrates the firm's keen sense of incorporating a varied landscape design with traditional architecture. The period of significance is 1914, the date of construction.

National Register of Historic Places - Charles S. Keith House

Statement of Significance: The Charles S. Keith residence, 1214 W. 55th Street, Kansas City, Missouri, is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion C and is locally significant in the following areas: ARCHITECTURE: Designed in 1913 and constructed in 1914, the Charles S. Keith residence is one of the most successful examples of the classic residential work of the prominent Kansas City architectural firm of Shepard, Farrar & Wiser. The imposing twenty-two room Georgian Revival style mansion, located in the once highly restricted Sunset Hill Subdivision in the famed Country Club District, was originally the home of Charles Keith, a lumber baron and president and general manager of the Central Coal & Coke Company. It later became the residence of J.C. Nichols, the eminent Kansas City real estate mogul and developer. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE: Hare and Hare, the nationally-recognized Kansas City landscape architecture firm, was responsible for the design of the three-acre home grounds which included formal gardens, a lily pool and vegetable plot. The firm's 1913 plan for Keith not only exemplifies the early private commissions of Hare and Hare, but also illustrates the firm's keen sense of incorporating a varied landscape design with traditional architecture. The period of significance is 1914, the date of construction.

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