Sep 08, 1983
National Register of Historic Places - Jacobs Floyd House (Residential Structures by Mary Rockwell Hook TR)
Statement of Significant: Seven of the nine Kansas City residences designed by Mary Rockwell Hook are located in the Sunset Hills neighborhood, an area perched on the bluffs south of Brush Creek and north of Loose Park, between Wornall Road and Ward Parkway. The Ward Investment Company developed the area and sold off the flat lots initially, with many steep, hillside lots remaining. The Company asked Mrs. Hook to design a home to demonstrate effective hillside construction. The site selected for this demonstration home had not only to solve the problem of hillside construction, but also to handle the unusual situation of a double frontage of streets of different elevations and on a lot of irregular proportions. Mrs. Hook masterfully conquered all of these difficulties in the design of this home and as a result, boosted the sale of hillside lots. The home was originally the home of Floyd Jacobs, a member of the law firm of Jacobs and Henderson.
National Register of Historic Places - Jacobs Floyd House (Residential Structures by Mary Rockwell Hook TR)
Statement of Significant: Seven of the nine Kansas City residences designed by Mary Rockwell Hook are located in the Sunset Hills neighborhood, an area perched on the bluffs south of Brush Creek and north of Loose Park, between Wornall Road and Ward Parkway. The Ward Investment Company developed the area and sold off the flat lots initially, with many steep, hillside lots remaining. The Company asked Mrs. Hook to design a home to demonstrate effective hillside construction. The site selected for this demonstration home had not only to solve the problem of hillside construction, but also to handle the unusual situation of a double frontage of streets of different elevations and on a lot of irregular proportions. Mrs. Hook masterfully conquered all of these difficulties in the design of this home and as a result, boosted the sale of hillside lots. The home was originally the home of Floyd Jacobs, a member of the law firm of Jacobs and Henderson.
Sep 08, 1983
Posted Date
Aug 17, 2023
Historical Record Date
Sep 08, 1983
Source Name
National Register of Historic Places
