Woodneath
Woodneath, also known as the Elbridge Arnold Homestead, is a historic farmhouse located in Kansas City, Missouri that was occupied by the Arnold, Moore, and Crouch families between 1855 and the late 1970s. It was named "Woodneath" after the abundant oak, pine, and sugar maples on the property, and many of those tree varieties are still present on the property today. The farmhouse and surrounding property are good examples of the agrarian lifestyle common in Clay County, Missouri during this time period. The property is currently adjacent to the Woodneath Farms neighborhood, named for the farmhouse. The farmhouse is one of the oldest antebellum structures in Kansas City and remains an important surviving example of a brick, Greek Revival style farmhouse. Crouch descendants owned Woodneath until they sold it, and 33 acres surrounding the home, to Mid-Continent Public Library in 2008. In June 2013 the Mid-Continent Public Library system constructed a new state of the art Woodneath Branch around, and attached to, the historic home. Mid-Continent has plans to repurpose the Woodneath home as the Woodneath Story Center, using the different rooms of the home as different story centers. Woodneath was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
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Northeast 88th Street, Kansas City
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Northeast 88th Street
64157 Kansas City
Missouri, United States
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