Pink House (Kansas City, Missouri)

Pink House
Location 5012 Summit St., Kansas City, Missouri
Coordinates 39°2′12″N 94°35′47″W / 39.03667°N 94.59639°W / 39.03667; -94.59639Coordinates: 39°2′12″N 94°35′47″W / 39.03667°N 94.59639°W / 39.03667; -94.59639
Area less than one acre
Built 1922
Architect Mary Rockwell Hook
MPS Residential Structures by Mary Rockwell Hook TR
NRHP Reference # 83001015[1]
Added to NRHP September 8, 1983

The Pink House in Kansas City, Missouri is a building from 1922. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 for its architecture.[1]

It was designed by architect Mary Rockwell Hook and became known as the "Pink House" for its pink plaster exterior, which was a reference to San Francisco, whose world fair Hook had visited.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Sherry Piland and Elaine Ryder (June 29, 1983). "Residential Structures by Mary Rockwell Hook TR" (PDF). National Park Service.


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