The William Chick Scarritt House at 3240 Norledge Avenue, is a

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in Scarritt Renaissance,

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History

The William Chick Scarritt House was designed in 1888 by

John Wellborn Root John Wellborn Root (January 10, 1850 – January 15, 1891) was an American architect who was based in Chicago with Daniel Burnham. He was one of the founders of the Chicago School style. Two of his buildings have been designated National Hist ...

in a

Châteauesque Châteauesque (or Francis I style,Whiffen, Marcus, ''American Architecture Since 1780: A guide to the styles'', The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1969, p. 142. or in Canada, the Château Style) is a revivalist architectural style based on the ...

style. It was built for lawyer William Chick Scarritt, grandson of William Miles Chick, son of

Nathan Scarritt Nathan Scarritt (April 14, 1821 — May 22, 1890) was an American educator, pastor and real estate dealer. Early life and education Scarritt was born on April 14, 1821, in Edwardsville, Illinois, the seventh of twelve children. His parents, Na ...

, and father of

Dorothy McKibbin Dorothy McKibbin (née Scarritt; December 12, 1897 – December 17, 1985) worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II. She ran the project's office at 109 East Palace Avenue in Santa Fe, through which staff moving to the Los Alamos Labor ...

. William served as the

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of Kansas City from 1896 to 1897, and president of the Board of Park Commissioners in 1922. It served as a nursing home from the 1940s to the 2000s. The house was added to the

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on March 21, 1976. 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. In 2017, neighbors of the mansion helped rebuild it. The house is 2 stories with a basement. It was built with a

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foundation,

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walls, and features a

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File:3240 Norledge Ave ( The William Chick Scarritt residence is a fine example of Chateauesque style. Year b. 1888, architect - John Wellborn Root of Chicago, 6841 Sq. Ft, 8 Bed., 4 Bath) - panoramio.jpg File:3240 Norledge Ave ( The William Chick Scarritt residence is a fine example of Chateauesque style. Year b. 1888, architect - John Wellborn Root of Chicago, 6841 Sq. Ft, 8 Bed., 4 Bath.) - Kansas City, Missouri - Historic P - panoramio.jpg

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{{Historic Houses of Kansas City, Missouri Houses in Kansas City, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Kansas City, Missouri

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