Feb 13, 2008
National Register of Historic Places - Hunter Gary House
Statement of Significance: The Hunter Gary House at 1228 West 56th Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri was constructed in 1922 in the Neoclassical style. Locally significant under Criterion C for the area of ARCHITECTURE, the property is a notable work of Kansas City architect John Van Brunt, Sr. It also illustrates the high-end residential architecture constructed in Kansas City's most exclusive subdivisions during the 1920s. An excellent example of Neoclassical residential design, the brick house has a highly formal, symmetrical façade dominated by a full- height porch and ornamented with classical details at the windows and doors. In this design, the architect replicated the appearance of Mount Vernon, George Washington's stately eighteenth-century home in Virginia. Businessman and telephone magnate Hunter Gary commissioned the construction of this house in the Country Club District, a prestigious residential area developed by J.C. Nichols beginning around 1906. In 1928, Gary hired another architect with strong ties to J.C. Nichols, Edward Tanner, to design breakfast room and sunroom additions to the house and to update the kitchen. The period of significance, 1922 - c. 1928, begins with the construction of the dwelling and carriage house and ends with the construction of the breakfast room and sunroom additions, the last major changes to the property.
National Register of Historic Places - Hunter Gary House
Statement of Significance: The Hunter Gary House at 1228 West 56th Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri was constructed in 1922 in the Neoclassical style. Locally significant under Criterion C for the area of ARCHITECTURE, the property is a notable work of Kansas City architect John Van Brunt, Sr. It also illustrates the high-end residential architecture constructed in Kansas City's most exclusive subdivisions during the 1920s. An excellent example of Neoclassical residential design, the brick house has a highly formal, symmetrical façade dominated by a full- height porch and ornamented with classical details at the windows and doors. In this design, the architect replicated the appearance of Mount Vernon, George Washington's stately eighteenth-century home in Virginia. Businessman and telephone magnate Hunter Gary commissioned the construction of this house in the Country Club District, a prestigious residential area developed by J.C. Nichols beginning around 1906. In 1928, Gary hired another architect with strong ties to J.C. Nichols, Edward Tanner, to design breakfast room and sunroom additions to the house and to update the kitchen. The period of significance, 1922 - c. 1928, begins with the construction of the dwelling and carriage house and ends with the construction of the breakfast room and sunroom additions, the last major changes to the property.
Feb 13, 2008
Posted Date
Aug 17, 2023
Historical Record Date
Feb 13, 2008
Source Name
National Register of Historic Places
