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Other bungalow clubs

The Minneapolis Bungalow Club

The Historic Chicago Bungalow Initiative

 

Kansas City Links

KC Local Color, 816-616-0060

The Kessler Society - site concerning George Kessler's planning of KC's Parks and Boulevards system, among others

The Country Club Plaza - details the nation's first automobile-oriented shopping district

Kansas City chapter of the American Institute of Architects, 816-221-3485

Historic Kansas City Foundation, 816-931-8448

Kansas City Star article on bungalows and the Kansas City Bungalow Club - requires Adobe PDF Reader

 

Local Neighborhood Groups

49/63 Neighborhood Coalition, 816-333-4963

Volker Neighborhood Coalition, 816-931-6415

Morningside Neighborhood Association; email the board at board@mnakc.com

Homes Associations of the Country Club District, 816-523-2440

Troost Avenue - home of the Tulips on Troost project and more ideas to revitalize Troost Avenue

Hyde Park Neighborhood Association, 816-561-4762

Historic Roanoke

 

Historic Neighborhoods in Other States

Santa Barbara, California

Boylan Heights, Raleigh, North Carolina

Coronado, Phoenix, Arizona

Historic Fairmount, Fort Worth, Texas

Phelps Grove, Springfield, Missouri

Waxahachie, Texas

Pasadena, California

Berkeley Park, Atlanta, Georgia

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Oak Park, Chicago, Illinois - world-famous suburb with many Frank Lloyd Wright structures

Longfellow, Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

Publications

American Bungalow MagazineThe classic publication, full of outstanding photography and articles.

Historic Preservation MagazinePublished by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Style 1900Published by David Rago Auctions.  Focuses on design aspects of the early 1900's.

 

Historic Arts and Crafts structures

Allen-Lambe House, Wichita, Kansas, 316-687-1027.  Striking Prairie residence by Frank Lloyd Wright. 

Dana House, Springfield, Illinois, 217-782-6776.  12,000 square foot Frank Lloyd Wright-designed masterpiece 

Purcell-Cutts House, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 612-870-6323/888-642-2787x6323.  George Elmslie-designed Prairie gem.

Gamble House, Pasadena, California, 626-793-3334.  Greene and Greene's masterpiece of American Arts and Crafts.

The Grove Park Inn, Asheville, North Carolina, 828-628-1915.  World-famous Arts and Crafts Inn in the Blue Ridge Mountains

Grand Californian Hotel, Disneyland, Anaheim, California, 714-635-2300.  Inspired by classic California Arts and Crafts style. 

Marston House Museum and Gardens, Balboa Park, San Diego, California.  1905 A+C house designed in part by Irving Gill.

 

Fun Stuff

House in ProgressAmusing blog about the on-going restoration of an Arts and Crafts house in Chicago.

Hewn and Hammered - very informative Arts and Crafts oriented blog with many links to other sources

HousePride - fun Canadian site with "What Style is my House" quiz and ways to link your house to GoogleMaps.

Oldhouses - site with much helpful information to restorers, guides to styles, and links to nationwide real estate listings.

Old House Web - filled with many "how to" articles about restoring old houses.

 

 

 

 

                  

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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