Hyde Park, Kansas City, Missouri (33078666522)

Hyde Park is a historic neighborhood and

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in Kansas City, Missouri.

Neighborhood

The historic neighborhood runs north/south from

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(32nd Street) to Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard (47th Street) and is bounded on the west and east by Gillham Road and Troost Avenue, respectively. Hyde Park is further separated into three smaller subdivisions: North Hyde Park, Central Hyde Park, and South Hyde Park. Armour Boulevard (35th Street) serves as the border between North Hyde Park and Central Hyde Park, and 39th Street separates Central Hyde Park from South Hyde Park. Hyde Park was a

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for pioneers heading west on the Santa Fe Trail. A stream and a

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with a natural spring made the area an ideal overnight spot for travelers. The neighborhood's history begins in the 1880s. Today, the Hyde Park Neighborhood Association, a group of Hyde Park residents and business owners, help maintain the area by participating in special projects and landscaping.

City park

The small neighborhood city park is located between 36th and 38th streets on Gillham Road.

Notable mentions

Hyde Park is listed in the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

database. The Bellerive, once a hotel on Armour Boulevard, gained notoriety after opening the Casbah Room, a lounge that attracted headliners such as

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and

Liberace Władziu Valentino Liberace (May 16, 1919 – February 4, 1987) was an American pianist, singer, and actor. A child prodigy born in Wisconsin to parents of Italian and Polish origin, he enjoyed a career spanning four decades of concerts, recordi ...

Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney (; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film p ...

lived in Hyde Park before moving to California. The landscape architect for the Janssen Place section of Hyde Park was George A. Mathews, who in 1903 designed the residence in the Roanoke neighborhood that became the Thomas Hart Benton Home.

References

Hyde Park Central Markers Proposed

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Hyde Park Neighborhood Association Membership

National Register of Historic Places
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