As Kansas City grapples with one of the fiercest snowstorms in recent memory, the entire metro area looks more like a scene from the Arctic than a bustling Midwestern city.
Homes
Amongst towering trees, green gardens, and expansive horse barns, a stone mansion built over a century ago still sits nestled into the Lee’s Summit countryside. Longview mansion was constructed under the direction of Kansas City lumber baron Robert Alexander Long in just eighteen months from 1913 to 1914. It was called the “Rural Versailles” by …
With an aesthetic that’s equal parts Mick Jagger and Monticello, Kansas City-based interior designer Kelee Katillac has made an international name for herself as a creative force with a bold vision for historic preservation projects.
Hosted by the Friends of the Governor’s Mansion, this elegant royal tea raises funds for the upkeep of the historic home’s interior. Come for the petit fours, leave knowing you’ll have played a role in preserving Missouri’s history.
If you love gardening, you’ll love this plant sale, where five vendors will share all the reasons to prefer native plants, which are easier to care for and better for songbirds, pollinators, and the planet. Meet the native plant growers here.
The home built by some early northern Missouri settlers was on the verge of destruction when Ellen Dolan and a team of concerned community volunteers stepped in to save it. Take a look at some of these awe-inspiring before-and-after photos.
Interior designer Kelee Katillac is widely known for her incomparable mix of color, couture, pop culture, and history. In Historic Style, Katillac reimagines what preservation can be with a renegade attitude and bold Mick Jagger style.
After retirement, Zack Workman wanted to focus on his art. First, he needed a workshop. He found the perfect spot in an old Sears and Roebuck barn in need of restoration. These before-and-after photos of The Barn at Greystone will amaze you.
If you have thousands of dollars invested into your outdoor living space, it’s important to have a maintenance plan in mind. The life expectancy of a landscape changes drastically based on how it is maintained.
Like most old houses, a two-story home built around 1890 in New Cambria has layer upon layer of stories—both the kind you tell and the kind you build.
You could be the new owner of the Recess Inn Bed & Breakfast in Ethel, Missouri.
The Weber Farm has been in the family since 1892, and now you can book a reservation at the property.
Property Prospects is a series showing you fascinating homes for sale across the state of Missouri. We comb listings and stay tuned in to top property curators on the web to find one-of-a-kind homes all around the Show-Me State. Know of a home we should cover in this space? Send us a tip at [email protected]. …
Property Prospects is a series showing you fascinating homes for sale across the state of Missouri. We comb listings and stay tuned in to top property curators on the web to find one-of-a-kind homes all around the Show-Me State. Know of a home we should cover in this space? Send us a tip at [email protected]. …
Property Prospects is a series showing you fascinating homes for sale across the state of Missouri. We comb listings and stay tuned in to top property curators on the web to find one-of-a-kind homes all around the Show-Me State. Know of a home we should cover in this space? Send us a tip at [email protected]. …
You can stay in a home built out of shipping containers.
After moving to Chicago after college, a Columbia couple fell in love with the architect. Now they’re back in Missouri, and are designing their new home in Boone County around it.
Here is the story behind a Pearl Harbor Hero who stayed in a home that is now for sale in Fair Grove. For the full listing, click here. Claude Vernon Ricketts was the oldest son of Sarah Bertha and Gilbert Rickett, who lived a few miles west of Fair Grove, Missouri. He began his formal …
A couple at Chesterfield built an over-the-top home, with entertainment in mind. See how Elvis, Betty Boop, and the Muppets make an appearance.
Are you looking for the stone cottage of your dreams? We’ve found it.
The actress, dancer, and singer was born in a home in Independence. This year, it went on the market and sold for $111,500.
Discover a property that allows you to fulfill your dreams of business ownership or home ownership—or both.
Ever dream of settling down in a quiet town, perhaps in a historic home a stone’s throw from the Mississippi River? Maybe it’s the dream you didn’t know you had. In either case, now’s the time to realize it in this four-bedroom, one-and-a-half-bath home in Clarksville.
There’s no other way to describe the Vaile Mansion during the holiday season. Each year, the Victorian Society—a volunteer group dedicated to the mansion’s preservation—selects a Christmas theme and begins to deck the halls of this historic Second Empire-style home.
