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Emily Rockwell Love House

Coordinates: 39°2′8″N 94°35′51″W / 39.03556°N 94.59750°W / 39.03556; -94.59750
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Emily Rockwell Love House
Emily Rockwell Love House is located in Missouri
Emily Rockwell Love House
Emily Rockwell Love House is located in the United States
Emily Rockwell Love House
Location5029 Sunset Drive, Kansas City, Missouri
Coordinates39°2′8″N 94°35′51″W / 39.03556°N 94.59750°W / 39.03556; -94.59750
Arealess than one acre
Built1915
ArchitectMary Rockwell Hook
MPSResidential Structures by Mary Rockwell Hook TR
NRHP reference No.83001010[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 8, 1983

The Emily Rockwell Love House is a historic home located in the Country Club District of Kansas City, Missouri. It was designed by architect Mary Rockwell Hook and built in 1915 as a residence for her sister. It is built on a slope, the house includes three levels. Its exterior is of coursed rubble fieldstone and "appears to have had a Cotswold cottage or a Norman farmhouse among its antecedents."[2]: 7–8 

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Sherry Piland, Susan Ryder, and James M. Denny (June 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Residential Structures by Mary Rockwell Hook TR" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (includes photographs from 1982)