Book Synopsis Back in stock March 2023! And, wow, what treasures Michael Kathrenss beautiful book brings out of this citys neighborhoods... some of the most magnificent homes in the country. - William OConnor, Daily Beast 2019 Osmund Overby Award, Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation House lovers have cherished Michael C. Kathrenss survey of historic homes in Kansas City, another important volume documenting 19th- and early-20th-century high-end residential architecture in America. The third printing of Kansas City Houses is now available (coinciding with the release of Michael C. Kathrenss most recent book, Newport Cottages 1835-1890: Summer Villas Before the Vanderbilt Era ). Readers can once again marvel at the beauty and craftsmanship of the midwestern gems they discover inside. Built between 1880 and 1930--the citys boom years--these houses, mostly in revival and Beaux Arts styles, reflect the outsized fortunes of the influential Kansas Citians who built them and speak to the importance of this Midwestern metropolis. Among the forty superb homes featured--each well documented with archival and new photography as well as floor plans--are Oak Hall (1887) built for newspaper publisher William Rockhill Nelson, whose fortune helped establish the Nelson-Atkins Museum; the magnificent Corinthian Hall (1910), the classical mansion built by Henry F. Hoit for lumber baron Robert A. Long; the modern masterpiece designed by Edward W. Tanner for Walter E. Bixby of Kansas City Life Insurance, with Kem Webers widely admired interiors; Bernard Corrigans mansion (1913) designed by Louis S. Curtiss with a nod to the Vienna Secession; and two beautifully eclectic houses by local architect Mary Rockwell Hook, one of the first women to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Kathrenss authoritative yet accessible text is complemented throughout by drawings, floor plans, archival images, and newly commissioned photographs--a treat for architectural scholars and enthusiasts alike. Review Quotes My job allows me to go to my favorite cities every year--Paris, Mexico City, So Paulo, Los Angeles--and, yes, Kansas City...I was whisked away to cruise around the city with native son (and one of my favorite authors) Michael C. Kathrens...While hes best known for his tomes on the great houses of New York City, Horace Trumbauer, and Newport, Kathrens most charming work might be Kansas City Houses ... even though you likely wont be able to snag him as a guide, his beautiful book is a worthy substitute. Grab a copy, get in a car, and cruise by some of the most magnificent homes in the country. And, wow, what treasures his book brings out of this citys neighborhoods.--William OConnor Daily Beast 2018 Best Book Award, Jackson County Historical Society 2018 George Ehrlich Award for Outstanding Publication 2019 Missouri State Resolution No. 527 recognizing Michael C. Kathrens for his published work and contribution to historic preservation 2019 Osmund Overby Award, Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation About the Author Michael C. Kathrens is an independent scholar specializing in American residential architecture and interior decoration of the mid-nineteenth century through the early twentieth. His most recent publication is Newport Cottages 1835-1890: The Summer Villas Before the Vanderbilt Era (Bauer and Dean Publishers, 2023). Previous books include American Splendor: The Residential Architecture of Horace Trumbauer (Acanthus Press, 2002, revised 2012), Great Houses of New York Volume II, 1880-1930 (Acanthus Press, 2005, revised 2015), Newport Villas: The Revival Styles, 1885-1935 (W. W. Norton & Company, 2009 ) , Great Houses of New York, 1880-1940 (Acanthus Press, 2013), and Kansas City Houses: 1885-1938 (Bauer and Dean Publishers, first printing 2018). Kathrens is currently working on three projects: The Houses of Ogden Codman Jr.; New York Penthouses and Maisonettes , with co-author William L. Bruning; and a comprehensive study of prominent historical Kansas City merchants.