A Grave Matter Indeed

Paid a brief visit to Elmwood Cemetery today. Formerly  organized in 1872. Chapel, above and below, 1904.   Looking forward to a foggy morning with Fall colors. :)

 

A Test In The Snow

January 8, 1993 I decided to test a relatively new film by walking around in a light dusting of snow. This is how I roll.   T-Max 3200 was released by Kodak in 1988 and I had used it only once or twice for indoor casual portraits.   I went along Cliff Drive in Northeast Kansas City and then up around the Kansas City Museum and the Colonnade by Concourse Park.  I got, what I consider to be, two keepers. But all were interesting.  I don't think I shot or developed the film properly...so I was lucky to get anything.   It is an amazing black and white film.  The photograph above was my favorite... the scene today is pictured below at Guinotte Viaduct. All shots were taken after nightfall. 

J

 

Bishop Hendrix - Annie Scarritt Hendrix House Restoration Update 3

The renovation continues.   Exterior painting is complete.  New window installation almost complete. Rough-in inspection complete. Dry-wall delivered and installation from top down underway. New brick patio is done and side porch making progress.   Expect drywall completion in a couple of weeks. It's a bustle of activity inside.     I'll update again upon completion of dry wall installation. 3242 Norledge Avenue built in 1887. For the complete story of this home: 

http://hyperblogal.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-story-134-years-in-making.html

 

                                                            New porch and patio. 

When Your Home Is A Castle

 

In 1887 William Hockaday Wallace married Mary Chiles and had a new home built for them at 3200 Gladstone Boulevard. Sometime next year ( 2022) this home will be on the market.  No price information yet.   Below are views of the home from the time of its construction.  

                                                           Judge William Hockaday Wallace

                                     Home is center top photo, left bottom photo. 

When R.A. Long, Lumber Baron, decided he wanted the land where the home stood for his new mansion, Long offered to buy the home and move it (and two others) to a new location.  Thus the home's new address was 3200 Norledge.  Below is a picture of the home next door to Wallace, 3218 Gladstone, being moved. 

While the home was being moved, Mrs. Wallace was touring Europe.  When she came home she remarked how wonderful it would be to live in one of the many castles she saw.  Judge Wallace hired architect Grant Middaugh to "convert" the house to what it looks like today.  For seven weeks in the Spring of 1916, the Wallace's moved to Independence and lived with relatives while Evangelist Billy Sunday lived in the Norledge Castle.  Below are Sunday and  the tabernacle erected at Admiral and Lydia for his sermons. 

The Wallaces both passed in 1937 and after that the home became a nursing home for years until purchased by Kansas City.  It became the administration building for the Kansas City Museum.  It the 1990s it was returned to private ownership.  Enjoy these many views :).