Edward A. Stevens - Elmwood Cemetery

 Edward A. Stevens was an attorney who also worked in real estate.  He constructed a mansion at

Indiana and Gladstone Boulevard  in Northeast Kansas City which was completed in 1902.  However, he only lived for six months after it was completed.  His wife Ellen continued living in it after his death.  He had a son and a daughter.

His Daughter, Aileen, married a James....the Treasurer of the T.M. James and Sons China Company.  

This link will take you to images of his home at Christmas...lovingly restored by the new owners.  

https://hyperblogal.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-halls-are-decked-stevens-home.html

Elmwood Cemetery is celebrating it's 150th Anniversary on October 1st of this year.  Get more information using this link:  https://www.facebook.com/elmwoodcemkc

Speakeasy - Billiards - Finiś

 

Above is the Edward A. Stevens Home constructed in 1902. 

The current owners, Jeff Zumsteg and Jeff Linville, have just completed the last project within the walls of this gem... a Speakeasy and a Billiards Room in the basement.  

To see the rest of the home check out my earlier post below.

https://hyperblogal.blogspot.com/2009/05/historic-northeast-mansions-volume-2.html

Above and below the hallway at the foot of the stairs...this area was originally the Maid's quarters. Door to the speakeasy is top...note the official peephole in the door. 

 Above, the maid's bathroom... now modernized.  Below, the Billiards Room.   Table from the 1800s, a cattleman theme as William Stevens  (the son) was in the cattle business here in KC.  The other child in the family was Eileen. Eileen married T.M. James, the famous purveyor of fine china in Kansas City up to the 1960s.

 Below, William in the center with pictures of the stockyards, the building of the Hannibal Bridge, and Missouri River flooding by Union Station in the West Bottoms.

 Authentic tin ceiling, booth in the corner came from the Phillips Hotel, and the table in front of it from the Muehlebach Hotel.   Below, more pictures and the "secret" entrance into the Speakeasy.

 Above and below, the Speakeasy...entrance granted only upon visual identification.

 Very cozy. 

 Above, when the Stevens' daughter, Eileen, went to England on her honeymoon, she purchased china to bring home.  The wine cabinet above is made from the chest that her china came back to
Kansas City in.

                                                       Above, advance and be recognized.

Holiday Homes Tour 3

For the third and final installment in our Scarritt Renaissance Homes Tour postings we have the Edward A. Steven's home.... built in 1902. This is a three story Colonial Revival style home containing 5 bedrooms 3 1/2 baths and eight fireplaces. Bob Robinson and Jeff Zumsteg are the residents who have completed the restoration of this property.
There are additional pictures of this home in an earlier "teaser" blog about the homes tour on this site.
Above looking west into the formal living room from the entry hall.
The entry hall looking north toward the front door.
The living room above and, below, the hallway between the living room and the kitchen.

Above the recently remodeled kitchen and below the music room.
Below the dining room.
Now a few shots of some of the color from the tour... carolers, carriage rides, mounted police.




Above John Mark, left, and "Dr." Bob tour Chairman.
Tour guests in front of the Calvert Hunt home... 1904.





That evening tour attendees gathered at Melrose Methodist Church, Windsor and Bales, to look at the beautiful decorations, sample some coffee and goodies and hear a delightful concert by the Kansas City Boys' Choir and the Kansas City Girls' Choir.