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Four Gates Farm
The Four Gates Farm, also known as Oak Hill Farm, is a historic home and national Historic district (United States), 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. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. References Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Houses completed in 1925 Houses in Kansas City, Missouri Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the 36th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which straddles the Missouri–Kansas state line and has a population of 2,392,035. Most of the city lies within Jackson County, with portions spilling into Clay, Cass, and Platte counties. Kansas City was founded in the 1830s as a port on the Missouri River at its confluence with the Kansas River coming in from the west. On June 1, 1850, the town of Kansas was incorporated; shortly after came the establishment of the Kansas Territory. Confusion between the two ensued, and the name Kansas City was assigned to distinguish them soon after. Sitting on Missouri's western boundary with Kansas, with Downtown near the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers, the city encompasses about , making ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
