Pink House (Kansas City, Missouri) Explained

Pink House
Location:5012 Summit St., Kansas City, Missouri
Coordinates:39.0367°N -94.5964°W
Built:1922
Architect:Mary Rockwell Hook
Added:September 8, 1983
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:83001015

The Pink House is a historic home located at Kansas City, Missouri. It was designed by architect Mary Rockwell Hook and built in 1922. It became known as the "Pink House" for its pink plaster exterior, which was a reference to San Francisco, whose 1915 world fair Hook had visited. It is a two-story dwelling with stucco walls, red clay roofing tile, three balconies, and brick chimney with an arcaded, roofed opening atop its stack.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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. (includes photographs from 1982)