William Chick Scarritt House Explained

Architect:	John Wellborn Root
Added:	March 21, 1976
Location:	Scarrit Renaissance, Kansas City, Missouri, US
Refnum:	78001661
Built:	1888
Restored:	2017
Architecture:	Châteauesque

The William Chick Scarritt House at 3240 Norledge Avenue, is a historic house in Scarritt Renaissance, Kansas City, Missouri.

History

The William Chick Scarritt House was designed in 1888 by John Wellborn Root in a Châteauesque style.^[1] It was built for lawyer William Chick Scarritt,^[2] grandson of William Miles Chick, son of Nathan Scarritt, and father of Dorothy McKibbin.^[3] It served as a nursing home from the 1940s to the 2000s.

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 21, 1976.^[4] It was added to the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1983.

The house went under renovations in 2012. In the morning of September 12, 2016, the house caught fire.^{[5] [6] [7] [8]} In 2017, neighbors of the mansion helped rebuild it.^[9]

The house is 2 stories with a basement. It was built with a limestone foundation, brownstone walls, and features a hip roof.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flener . Matt . 2016-09-20 . Neighborhood hopes historic KC mansion can rebound after fire . 2024-05-13 . KMBC . en.
2. Web site: William Chick Scarritt Residence . 2024-05-13 . Kansas City Public Library.
3. Book: Steeper, Nancy Cook . Gatekeeper to Los Alamos: Dorothy Scarritt McKibbin . 2003 . Los Alamos Historical Society . 978-0-941232-30-2 . Los Alamos, N.M . 13–14.
4. Web site: March 1976 . NATIONAL REGISTER OF IDSTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM . 2024-05-13 . National Park Service.
5. News: Cronkleton . Robert A. . September 19, 2016 . Fire heavily damages historic William Chick Scarritt home in Northeast KC . 2024-05-13 . The Kansas City Star.
6. Web site: 2016-09-19 . Historic Scarritt Mansion destroyed by fire . 2024-05-13 . KMBC . en.
7. Web site: admin . 2016-09-19 . Fire devastates historic Northeast mansion . 2024-05-13 . Northeast News . en-US.
8. Web site: 2016-09-19 . Fire breaks out at historic home in northeast KC . 2024-05-13 . KSHB 41 Kansas City News . en.
9. Web site: 2017-06-30 . Neighbors Help Rebuild Iconic Scarritt House In Historic Northeast Kansas City . 2024-05-13 . KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR . en.