Past Restorations
Madison Miller House
LIBERTY
Built-in 1840 by Madison Miller who was elected the first mayor of Liberty in 1851. This Greek Revival residence was built as a wedding present for wife Judith Ann and remained in the family for 94 years. The original house was one room deep and two stories high. Several additions later, the house has over 7,000 finished square feet.
Raymond House
LIBERTY
Built in 1883 by Richard Raymond. Restored in 2017. This Queen Anne Victorian (Eastlake)style residence features a one-story porch that wraps around the front and sides in an irregular manner. A two-story addition was part of the restoration and the siding was custom fabricated to match the original which had been hidden by asbestos shingles, since removed.
Elmore C. Walton Residence
KCMO
Built in 1907. Restored in 2019. This 2 1/2 story Kansas City Shirtwaist, located in the South Hyde Park Historic Neighborhood, was the house of Elmore C. Walton who was a shorthand transcriber. It has a full width front porch with limestone piers and is surrounded by a low limestone wall.
Honeymoon Cottage
LIBERTY
Built in 1850, one of the oldest homes in Liberty. Restored in 2014. This one story clapboard Gabled Ell has many Folk Victorian elements, including paired scrolled brackets in the soffit corners, a tripartite bay window, turned front porch posts and jig sawn spandrels. Once used as a honeymoon cottage. The present garage is rumored to originally have been a slave cabin.
Doniphan House
LIBERTY
Built in 1919. Restored in 2014. This Colonial Revival was originally built as a duplex (one up, one down), hence the two main doors. It was later added onto and converted into a four-plex. Later was purchased by William Jewell College and used initially as a dormitory and later as office space. It is now a single family home.
Alexander House
LIBERTY
Built in 1890 by O’Fallon Dougherty. Restored in 2016. This Craftsman (Bungalow) was home for many years to Mary Daugherty and her husband, Harry Alexander. Mary’s parents, who lived next door, spent their winters here. It was purchased by the Kansas City Catholic diocese and converted into 9 apartment units which it remained until it was restored to a grand single family home by Capstone Homes. A drive and 2-car garage were also added in the rear during the restoration.
East Kansas
LIBERTY
Built in 1908. Restored in 2012. This gable-front residence features a flat-roof front porch, a tripartite bay window on the right side, and a prominent, rectangular bay on the second story of the front facade. A driveway and 2-car garage were added during the restoration.
West Kansas
LIBERTY
Built circa 1885. Restored in 2015. This gable-front-&-wing features Victorian details, including a flared gable end with boxed cornice returns. The front projecting square bay has a bellcast hipped roof with a wide band of trim below.
Holmes - South Hyde Park
KCMO
Built in 1912 by Harry W. Wells. Restored in 2014. This 1 1/2 story side gabled Craftsman Bungalow has a full width front porch with limestone piers and a wood balustrade. There is a large gable dormer on the front façade. The house sits on a stone foundation and has lap siding with wood shingle siding in the gable ends. A separate 2 car garage in the rear was also restored.
North Missouri
LIBERTY
Built in 1892. Restored in 2013. The one=story Folk Victorian has a truncated hip roof with gable end and front gable wall dormer. The full length truncated hip roof porch has a half pyramidal entry pediment, turned spindle posts, and a jigsawn frieze. There have been six additions to the structure and a new roof installed over the entirety of the structure with six feet of space between the original and the new roof. There is a cistern under the floor of the laundy that was used to collect rainwater.
Michigan Cleaners and Dryers
LIBERTY
Built in 1915. Restored in 2017. This one story brick commercial building sits on a high limestone foundation. It is decorated with brick and stone tile quoins, a vertical brick and limestone beltcourse, and brick and limestone patterning above fenestration. Fenestration is recessed with stone lintels and sills. Main entries have multi-pane lights and canvas awnings. The parapet wall has been raised. Built originally to house a dry cleaning business, it was converted initially retail and then apartments following WWII.
Cokely Housee
LIBERTY
Built in 1915. Restored in 2011. This is one of the first Dutch Colonial style homes built in Liberty. Poured concrete foundations were still relatively new and concrete trucks few, as evidenced by cold joints, where the previous placement hardens prior to the receipt of the next placement. This was the long time home of the Liberty High School basketball coach Kenneth Cokely and was seen in the movie “Sometimes they come back” starring Tim Matheson.
North Jewell
LIBERTY
Built in 1915. restored in 2013. This Bungalow has stucco walls with brick headers that form an arch over the front door, lintels and sills of brick surround the windows. The chimney, located on the right elevation, is decorated with brick.
South Missouri
LIBERTY
Built prior to 1900. Restored in 2014. This two story Victorian style home originally had a widow’s walk also known as a "widow's watch" which is a railed rooftop platform often found on 19th-century North American coastal houses. The name is said to come from the wives of mariners, who would watch for their spouses' return, often in vain as the ocean took the lives of the mariners, leaving the women widows.
Union Park
KCMO
Built circa 1910. restored in 2013. Also known as the Midwest Shirtwaist, this is an architectural style that was built from about 1900-1920 in Kansas City. Kansas City Shirtwaist homes all have very similar features which make them easy to distinguish.
The first level is built out of brick or locally quarried limestone.
The upper levels are generally wood lap siding, but occasionally will be stucco.
They all have a front porch, generally made of brick or stone.