Four Gates Farm Explained

Four Gates Farm
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:13001 Little Blue Rd., Kansas City, Missouri
Coordinates:38.9978°N -94.4294°W
Built:1925
Architect:Mary Rockwell Hook
Added:July 15, 1991
Refnum:83004871

The Four Gates Farm, also known as Oak Hill Farm, is a historic home and national historic district located at 13001 Little Blue Rd. in Kansas City, Missouri. The district encompasses two contributing buildings and four contributing structures. The main house was designed by architect Mary Rockwell Hook in 1925, and is a three-story brick and rubble masonry dwelling. It consists of a rectangular main section with flanking wings and features decks, balconies, projecting one-story porches, and an engaged conical roof over a doorway. Other contributing resources are a small stone farmhouse, a free standing conical roofed stone tower, and three stone outbuildings.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Residential Structures by Mary Rockwell Hook TR. 2017-03-01. Sherry Piland, Elaine Ryder, and James M. Denny. PDF. June 1983. Missouri Department of Natural Resources.