920 W. 34th Street
927 W. 34th Street
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920 West 34th Street was Elmer Boillot’s house. Not much is known about Boillot, but he was the most frequent architect in Coleman Highlands. He began his architectural career in Kansas City as a draftsman with Shepard, Farrar and Wiser, a well known firm. He then practiced architecture on his own for several years, lending his name to 23 houses in this neighborhood. By 1920 Boillot was working with Root and Siemens, another very prominent firm. He designed and built this house in 1910 for $4000 and lived here with his son, Xavier, and his daughter in law until 1919.
Boillot’s design for this home combines details from the Tudor and Craftsman styles and includes details such as exposed rafters, wide wood trim around the door and windows and customized capitals on the porch columns.Things to Notice:
Decorative half-timbering on the side gables, emphasized by contrasting paint.
Leaded glass sidelights on either side of the front door.
927 West 34th Street (at the southwest corner of Coleman Road and 34th Street) was designed by Adriance Van Brunt. Van Brunt was appointed to the city’s first active Park Board in 1892 and served until 1902. He designed many park buildings, including the Swope Park Entrance Building in 1904. Van Brunt Boulevard was named in his honor.
This house, built in 1910, uses its corner lot to its full advantage by the placement of an impressive entrance on 34th Street and a full, two-story side porch facing Coleman Road. The entry to this large home is emphasized by the carved wood trim and leaded glass windows on the firt and second stories around the front door.
An early resident of this house was the Reverend Robert Nelson Spencer and his wife Amy. Spencer was rector for the Grace Episcopal Church, which is now the Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral downtown. In 1935 he became Bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Western Missouri.Go to - Stop Eight
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