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°WCoordinates: 39°2′12″N 94°35′47″W / 39.03667°N 94.59639°W
Area less than one acre
Built 1922
Architect Mary Rockwell Hook
Governing body Private
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. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. Sherry Piland and Elaine Ryder (June 29, 1983). "Residential Structures by Mary Rockwell Hook TR". National Park Service.