Homes Tour Archives
Almost 200 homes have been featured in the Hyde Park neighborhood homes tour since 1977. Thousands of neighborhood residents have volunteered their time and energy to make the tours possible and tens of thousands of visitors have come to enjoy Hyde Park.
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I—June 4-5, 1977—Sally Acherly
3629 Harrison Blvd. Kent Dillon
3800 Campbell St. Doug Scott & Paul Aulgur
3601 Charlotte St. Lois Brent
80 Janssen Place Mary & George Tucker
96 Janssen Place Joyce & Jim Murray
II—May 20-21, 1978—Kit Adams
3530 Charlotte St. Howard D. Haynes
419 E. 36th St. Gordon & Judy Ware
716 Gleed Terrace Bill & Jodie Craig
42 Janssen Place Arthur & Cynde Brookfield
3605 Gillham Road Bill Smith & Kathleen McCarthy
III—May 19-20, 1979—Anita (Baggett) Murphy
3328 Harrison St. Jim & Lisa Merrill
3334 Harrison St. Tom & Chris Brennan
3707 Harrison Blvd. Stan & Inga Carmack
3828 Harrison Blvd. Clifton Hall & Vicki Noll
3541 Charlotte St. Steve Peterson & Don Brown
720 Gleed Terrace Craig & Darlene Peterson
3628 Charlotte St. Lee & Kay Miller
600 E. 36th St. Bob & Libby Berkebile
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IV—May 31 June 1, 1980—Don Arney
3325 Harrison St. Jim Lyon
500 E. 36th St. Merl & Raylene Desmarteau
3506 Gillham Road Kathy McCarthy & Bill Smith
3529 Charlotte St. Rev. Congreve & Connie Quinby
3821 Gillham Road Russell Millin & Della Angerer
3505 Harrison Blvd. Gayle & Charlie Tedder
3944 Charlotte St. Lewis & Valerie Diuguid
3926 Holmes St. Sally Hamacher
V—May 23-24, 1981—Vivon Lyons
3319 Campbell St. Nick Bell
3312 Campbell St. Charles Fairchild
3323 Campbell St. Chuck Jasper & Pat Friesen
642 E. 36th St. Dick & Jean Gillham
3521 Holmes St. Douglas & Norma-Ann Dowell
4233 Holmes St. Mark & Carole Degginger
4225 Holmes St. Annette LePique & Ron Hofmann
419 E. 36th St. Gregory & JoAnn Stultz
VI—September 18-19, 1982—Bev Ross
3331 Harrison St. Doug & Susan Borge
3335 Harrison St. Karol & Duane Albert
3310 Harrison St. Jim & Jane Guglielmino
4330 Campbell St. Bob Eberhart & Mary Holland
3534 Cherry St. Steve & Lee Turley
737 Manheim Road Patrice Winchester & Larry Sells
4012 Charlotte St. Gloria Romine
3525 Harrison Blvd. Bill & Anna Harwell
66 Janssen Place Chuck Fisher
VII—September 17-18, 1983—Bev Ross
67 Janssen Place Larry & Ginny Jopek
3659 Charlotte St. Greg & Marti Kincaid
3804 Harrison Blvd. Jerome & Brunhilde Block
3916 Harrison St. Tom Dolphens
628 E. 36th St. Allan & Joan Fleming
3312 Campbell St. Charles Fairchild
3261 Gillham Plaza Charles Shafer
VIII—September 29-30, 1984—Catherine Thompson & Rick Swetnam
620 E. Armour Blvd. Trinity United Methodist Church
3416 Campbell St. Howard & Alma Jackson
3440 Campbell St. Mike & Diane Murray
3303 Harrison St. Kipp Fairchild
54 Janssen Place Bob & Shari Mayer
3625 Campbell St. Rick & Gail Swetnam
4226 Charlotte St. David & Marilyn Matthews
4411 Gillham Road Delilah Smittle & Neil Hartel
4324 Harrison St. Craig & Mary Horst
IX—September 28-29, 1985—Lynn Day (rain)
901 E. Armour Blvd. Central Presbyterian Church
3426 Kenwood Ave. Chris & Sharon Sirridge
3328 Harrison St. Mary Greene
3530 Charlotte St. Howard Haynes & Bill Harris
3838 Harrison Blvd. Clif Hall
3926 Holmes St. Sally Hamacher
4416 Campbell St. Pat & Marsha Depping
3839 Harrison Blvd. Ken Winzens & Joe Kraly
X—September 13-14, 1986—Dennis Long (Unexpectedly died from health issue two days before the event.)
900 E. Linwood Blvd. Kansas City Athenaeum
96 Janssen Place Leslie Fay Guenther & Lawrence Lee
4111 Holmes St. Pegge Fischer
3644 Holmes St. Lois McKinley & Gary Christensen
3700 Holmes St. Mark Persson
3628 Holmes St. Zim Loy & Warren Maus
3634 Holmes St. Craig & Barbara Shaw
3316 Campbell St. Charles & Lisa Fairchild
3327 Charlotte St. Ed Daily & Michael Reeves
616 E. 36th St. Historic KC Foundation
XI—October 3-4, 1987—Carter Pitman
3308 Campbell St. Ervin & Gloria Fouts
3315 Harrison St. Ron & Teresa Mallare
416 E. 36th St. Brad Redburn & John Campbell
3609 Locust St. Fred Holtz
3620 Charlotte St. Steve & Liane Dillman
603 E. 39th. St. George Panebianco & Helen Willnauer
3800 Troost Ave. St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
3908 Charlotte St. Stephanie Smith
XII—September 10-11, 1988—Mary Horst
616 E. 36th. St. Tim & Teri Stockwell
3640 Campbell St. Mike & Gretchan Davidson
715 Manheim Road Jim & Brenda Briscoe
4417 Harrison St. Jim & Merrily Jackson
XIII—September 9-10, 1989—Dona Boley & Elaine McDermott
811 E. 31st Terrace Richard Ross & Robert Leventhal
714 E. 33rd St. Nancy Miller
3521 Holmes St. Carol & Allan Hallquist
3615 Holmes St. Paul Mesner
3616 Holmes St. Mark & Kemple Lopez & Howard Fischer
4001 Campbell St. Mary Cantwell & Maurice Entwistle
4433 Campbell St. Greg Dougherty
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XIV—September 8-9, 1990—Dona Boley
3116 Charlotte St. John & Misty Long
54 Janssen Place Bob & Shari Mayer
3701 Locust St. Jeb & Leslie Bayer
4008 Campbell St. Becky Wendt & Gleen Goodwin & Pan Anderson Gard & Jeff Gard
4020 Harrison St. Gary Roush
XV—September 28-29, 1991—Ron Gini
3305 Campbell St. Penny Pederson
3328 Harrison St. Brad & Teresa Bittiker
3124 Charlotte St. NPNA/Blue Hills Corp. Rehab House
3611 Campbell St. Mike & Jeannie Adams
3615 Campbell St. Erik & Beverly Elving
48 Janssen Place Chris Holt & Tom Synhorst
4214 Campbell St. James Jesmore & Brad Pearson
808 E. 43rd St. Patricia Stewart & Pete Fosselman
XVI—September 19-20, 1992—Ron Gini
720 Gleed Terrace Judith Shannon & Carlos Morales
3707 Holmes St. Dennis Howell
3703 Holmes St. Duncan Moore
3519 Holmes St. Rick & Linda Noble
3326 Campbell St. Russ Winninghan
3530 Charlotte St. Howard Haynes & Bill Harris
3937 Campbell St. David Greer
4246 Harrison St. Ron Gini
3823 Locust St. Notre Dame de Sion Lower School
3936 Troost Ave. Troost-Midtown Community Center
300 E. 39th St. Westport Middle School
XVII—September 25-26, 1993—Gary Roush
3334 Harrison St. Pete & Pat Cole
3412 Locust St. Chuck Mahowald
3436 Campbell St. Chris Ramsauer
3655 Campbell St. Zim Loy & Warren Maus
3809 Campbell St. Eric Youngberg & Gary Krogh
3828 Campbell St. Bob & Elaine Russell
4332 Harrison St. Larry & Patty Thomas
XVIII—October 1-2, 1994—Paula Porsch
3608 Locust St. Jack & Gladys Henderson
3659 Charlotte St. Doug & Susan Borge
3526 Harrison Blvd. William Session
3863 Holmes St. Craig & Mary Horst
709 E. 41st St. Bryan Jordan
3936 Troost Ave. Troos-Midtown Community Center
3417 Campbell St. Darren & Jackie Foster
XIX—September 30 - October 1, 1995—Patti Thomas & Denise Holt
2 Janssen Place Steve & Barbara Mitchell
3331 Harrison St. Brian Corn & Catherine Stark-Corn
3616 Holmes St. Howard Fischer
620 E. Armour Blvd. Trinity United Methodist Church
711 Manheim Road Gerald & Catherine Thompson
3820 Harrison Blvd. Chipp Ferguson & Bill Quinn
4025 Kenwood Ave. Kristy & Tyler Kolb
4310 Harrison St. Abby, Candace, Carmen & John Schofield
4324 Harrison St. Michael & Susan Prout
XX—October 5-6, 1996—Patti Thomas & Robin Rusconi
3335 Harrison St. Marsha & Patrick Depping
3628 Charlotte St. Donna & Hershell Cox
3630 Locust St. Annette LePique
743 Manheim Road Licia Clifton-James & Sylvester James Jr.
605 E. 39th St. Jeff Davis & Carl Garner
4021 Holmes St. Kristen Gladsky
904 E. 42nd St. Ronald E. Meddock
3501 Campbell St. Central Presbyterian Church
XXI—September 27-28, 1997—Denise Holt & Ed Link
808 E. 31st Terrace Anthony Whitesides
3415 Charlotte St. David Foulk & Charles Jackson
3654 Campbell St. Edward B. Rucker & Harriett Ann Plowman
720 Gleed Terrace Tim & Cindie Unger
3800 Troost Ave. St. Mark’s Luthran Church
3842 Charlotte St. Paul Kirkham
4300 Campbell St. Charlie Hopper Garden Tour Only
4033 Holmes St. Tom LePique
XXII—October 3-4, 1998—Pam Taylor
900 E. Linwood Blvd. Kansas City Athenaeum
3409 Charlotte St. Douglas Maag
816 E. Armour Blvd. Dennis & Melissa Bresette
3600 Troost Ave. David & Lynn Ludwig
3615 Campbell St. Sally & Johnny Johnson
3849 Charlotte St. Mark & Vicki Herman
4034 Holmes St. Victor & Theresa Quintero
4411 Gillham Road Stephen Rickert & Rick Schild
3801 Gillham Road Pilgrim Chapel, Roger & Liz Coleman
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XXIII—October 7 & 8, 2000—Greg Hugeback & Christine Germann
3300 Campbell St. Phillip Hickman
3325 Harrison St. Jim Glover
3605 Gillham Road Peter Jucha
80 Janssen Place Teresa & Todd Hallquist
3620 Harrison Blvd. John Mark Lambertson
3909 Harrison St. St. James Church
4121 Kenwood Ave. Jeff & Michael Murphy-Holt
4439 Harrison St. Dick & Becky Fye
XXIV—October 6 & 7, 2001—Beth Foulk & Katrina Jackson
416 E. 36th St. Chuck Gilbert & Lori Dean
53 Janssen Place Jeff Limle & Larry Parker
900 Manheim Road Juliet & Greg Nations
4324 Harrison St. Alane Roath
4537 Gillham Road Anita Graves
XXV—October 5 & 6, 2002—Beth Foulk
3335 Campbell St. Liz & Brad Albers
3601 Charlotte St. Dan Dye & Mark Beckloff
3724 Holmes St. Stephen Metzler & Brian Williams
4012 Charlotte St. Elaine McDermott
4124 Campbell St. Allan Smith & Joseph Bowen
XXVI—October 2 & 3, 2004—Angela Splittgerber
17 Janssen Place Allan & Carol Hallquist
3315 Charlotte St. Darla Duggan & Slawik Pech
3437 Holmes St. Craig Miller
3536 Holmes St. – Carriage House Kelvin Wells, Sarah
3703 Holmes St. Kim Logan & Bill Knapper
3900 Harrison St. Natalie Lewis
4513 Gillham Road Jake Edinger
XXVII—September 30 & October 1, 2006—Terri Hiebert & Angela Splittgerber
3212 Charlotte St. Joe & Lori Denes
710 E Armour Blvd. Lorie Robison
3540 Campbell St. Leland Goldston, Jr.
3535 Charlotte St. Roger & Liz Coleman
3908 Charlotte St. Stephanie S Smith & Robin L. Keene
4310 Campbell St. Jennifer Berry
4342 Campbell St. Jameson Watkins
3909 Harrison St. St. James Church
XXVIII—October 4, 2008—Jennifer Berry, Terri Hiebert & Angela Splittgerber
3331 Campbell St. Sarah & Colin Humphrey
3659 Charlotte St. Susan & Doug Borge
61 Janssen Place Dr. Howard & Barbara Schwartz
3846 Campbell St. Ben & Erin Nemenoff
3931 Holmes St. Damon & Kari Heybrock
4327 Campbell St. Marc Fountain
3235 Gillham Plaza Stine & McClure Funeral Home
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XXIX—October 2, 2010—Ben & Erin Nemenoff
3412 Locust St. Chuck Mahowald
3414 Cherry St. Zach & Lindsey Bassin
3521 Holmes St. Jane & David Albright
3727 Holmes St. Debbie & Paul Stevermer
3900 Charlotte St. Lezlie & William Paden-Dowdell
4429 Campbell St. Chris Harper & Amanda Loflin
3909 Harrison St. James Catholic Church
3235 Gillham Plaza Stine & McClure Funeral Home
625-629 East Armour Blvd. The Gabriel - Nicole Ebarb
800 East Armour Blvd. The Brownhardt - MAC Properties
XXX—October 6, 2012—Nancy Lowdon & Jan Peterson
3335 Harrison St. Diana & Donald McBride
3511 Locust St. Shannon Hoffmann & Alan Johnson
80 Janssen Place Lori Dean & Chuck Gilbert
3821 Gillham Road Kelda Jackson & Georg Heidelmann
3918 Holmes St. Kari & Dr. Damon Heybrock
4137 Kenwood Ave. Cristin Llewellyn & Christopher Ciesiel
601-605 E. Armour Blvd. The Windemere – MAC Properties
3235 Gillham Plaza Stine & McClure Funeral Home
XXXI—October 4, 2014—Melissa Jennings & Stephanie Guinness
3434 Campbell St. Kevin Sullivan & Les Zimmerman
19 Janssen Place Ethan & Heidi Whitehill
3659 Campbell St. Vahe & Cindy Gregorian
743 Manheim Road Martin & Kelly Hackleman
4214 Campbell St. Derek Moor & Christopher Raborn
4235 Kenwood Ave. Nate & Sally King
615 East Armour Blvd. The Kenwood – MAC Properties
Candlelight Tour
3520 Holmes St. Kate McNeive
3711 Holmes St. Gary & Janie Foltz
48 Janssen Place Paul & Lisa Lattan
20 Janssen Place Eric & Jane Piper
XXXII—October 1, 2016—Melissa Jennings & Jenna Munoz
3317 Charlotte St. Erin & Slawik Pech
3738 Harrison Blvd. Lynn McIntosh
3717 Harrison Blvd. Andrew Mitchell
3800 Campbell St. Michael & Maureen Sutherlin
4233 Kenwood Ave. Todd D. Kneale
4519 Gillham Road Stef & Dan Mize
Candlelight Tour
3646 Harrison Blvd Corby & Kelli Jones
3624 Holmes St. Terri Hiebert & Rhonda Reist
3644 Holmes St. Lois McKinley & Gary Christensen
3727 Holmes St. Paul & Debbie Stevermer
XXXIII—October 6, 2018—Terri Hiebert & Derek Moore
7 Janssen Place Ann & Frank Uryasz
717 Manheim Road Tracey & Chris Vaeth
3530 Harrison Blvd Andrea Mallory & David Brick
3652 Charlotte St. Katy & Matt Linberry
3820 Campbell St. Karla Olmedo
3827 Harrison Blvd Paula & Stephen Kane
3900 Holmes St. Kayli & Kevin Kindaid
620 E. Armour Blvd. Trinity United Methodist Church
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XXXIV—October 1, 2022—Derek Moore & Marty Hackleman
2 Janssen Place Barbara & Stephen Mitchell
3341 Campbell St. Angela Splingerber
819 E. 31st St Dale Scott
4343 Campbell St. Valeri Crenshaw & Kyle Roehler
4346 Harrison St. Heather & Brett Myer
3801 Gillham Road Pilgrim Chapel
How did this happen?
There are two slightly different versions on how the Homes Tour / Festival began.
Bette Hetzel, Janssen Place resident, wrote the following for the July 1988 Hyde Parker.
“Someone asked what I thought caused Hyde Park’s turn around. My immediate answer was the Hyde Park Festival.
“Twelve years ago last May, the Hyde Park Festival was born thanks to Sally Ackerly, wife of the principal of Notre Dame de Sion lower school, who lived at 3600 Charlotte. Sally loved Hyde Park and had never seen such a concentration of stately old homes. Her dream was to show them off to other people.
“Her first meeting was held at the school with a handful of parents. Betty Kostelac and myself [Bette Hetzel] were the only parents that lived in Hyde Park, so we were elected to be Tour directors. The other mothers all agreed to fix and serve dinners, sandwiches, cake, and ice cream.
“One tour guide was signed up for each hour to tour a group through the entire house. We expected several hundred people for our first festival, but we had over 3,000. After talking for two days, eight hours straight, in our 1900’s taffeta and velvet long dresses in 90 degree weather, we celebrated with a case of Champaign and a swim in the Boy Scout monument. We finished this fantastic weekend walking the streets of Hyde Park serenading our wonderful neighbors.
“The first Hyde Park Festival was over and more successful then our wildest dreams.”
The 1991 Homes Tour and Festival brochure wrote that in 1976, Mark Shapiro, an executive with Westport Tomorrow, and Rick Ackerley, headmaster of Notre Dame De Sion, met to discuss holding some type of festival. The Ackerley’s had been involved in a neighborhood festival prior to moving to Kansas City and wanted to see Hyde Park do something similar. The Westport Tomorrow group was interested in sponsoring a fundraiser to replace dwindling sources of public monies. The neighborhood was interested in participating to show off improvements made through a city sponsored neighborhood conservation program. Sally Ackerley, HPNA board member, served as Chairperson of the first Festival Committee with Carol Bayer representing Notre Dame and several neighborhood families provided additional support. A grant from the Kansas City Association of Trusts and Foundations provided seed money to finance the first tour.
June 4th & 5th, 1977 were selected as the festival dates and five houses were opened to the public for the first time. Home tour tickets were available for $3.00 in advance, $3.50 at the Festival, $1.00 for senior citizens and free for children under 12. The profits were to be distributed: 40% to Notre Dame, 40% to Westport Tomorrow and 20% to HPNA. Two 1977 tour guides, Betty Kostelac and Bette Hetzel, remember working at the tour homes for the entire day. They wore period costumes to enhance their presentations and ordered a fan installed on the front porch of one of the tour homes to help cool the visitors. Notre Dame held a fair, which featured a variety of refreshments and entertainment, on the school grounds. The event was a success and led to its continuation in 1978 with the same co-sponsors.
In 1979, the Hyde Park Neighborhood Association (HPNA) became the sole sponsor of the event and has been responsible for it since then. Houses in north Hyde Park were added to the tour. Free shuttle service between the tour sites was started. Around 5,800 tickets were sold in 1979 and many more people came for food and entertainment. It was the most profitable Festival out of the first three and was produced by volunteers.
The event has changed over time with occasional street fairs, live music, car exhibitions, and fancy parties. From 1977 to 2022, there have been 34 tours, showcasing a total of 191 houses to the public. Out of those, 36 houses have been featured on multiple tours—27 of them twice, and 9 of them three times. Occasionally, churches, community centers, and apartments have also been part of the tour.
Starting in 1982, the tour was moved to the fall so that homeowners could spend spring and summer preparing their houses. The only time rain affected attendance was in 1985. Tragically, in 1986, the tour chair passed away just two days before the event. Despite this, other volunteers stepped in to ensure the tour could continue. There was no tour in 1999, and starting in 2002, it became a biennial event, occurring every even year. In 2008, the tour changed from a two-day event to a one-day event. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, there was no tour in 2020.
In 2013, the Historic Kansas City Foundation recognized The Hyde Park Homes Tour with a Community Catalyst Preservation Award for the contribution the tour made to the reinvestment and revitalization of a historic neighborhood. Betty and Bette attended the awards presentation and received it on behalf of HPNA.
Proceeds from the tour have been used by the HPNA for promoting and improving the neighborhood.
Footnote: Mark Shapiro first approached the Roanoke Neighborhood for a co-sponsored historic homes tour fundraiser. They declined and Hyde Park was the second choice.