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THE HISTORIC 3 Gables Farm is a 3 Acre Homestead located at 9550 NE Cookingham Drive, Kansas City, MO 64157. The Estate was scheduled for demolition until local builder/developer Mike Yeates stepped in to purhcase the home in August, 2013. To date, it is the single oldest continuously lived in House in Kansas City. The Estate will host two local businesses when the restoration is complete. The Brookeview Group LLC, a custom home builder owned by Mike Yeates, and The Real Estate Store LLC, a joint venture between Mike Yeates and Andy Mackey.

ABOUT

THE HISTORIC 3 GABLES is a two story, three bedroom house that sits on 2.8 acres of land. Through the years, it has been greatly expanded from the original two-rooms built in the 1820s, just 16 years after the Lewis and Clark Expedition was completed. The House is now a 2,600 square foot Gothic Revival Style-Antebellum Home. The Estate hosts over 200 Mature Trees, including many fruit, nut, and local hardwoods including 7 Pin Oak Trees over 18 Feet in Circumference.

The house and outbuildings (a barn and a garage), represent the pattern of settlement in Clay County in the early 19th century. The evolution of the house and outbuildings reflects the change in style and technology of a farmstead. While much of the original farmstead is developed, the remaining 2.8 acres convey the significance of the settlement of Clay County. This property is one of the rare surviving examples of this within Kansas City. Along with its significance as an example of a traditional farmstead, the house is a rare surviving example of the vernacular Gothic Revival style of architecture. Popular in the United States for a short period beginning in the 1850s, the Gothic Revival style declined in popularity after 1865. As part of the country’s bicentennial celebration in 1976, the 3 Gables House was designated a historic landmark by a county commission, and until 2000, was well cared for and maintained. The last private owner of the property, however, intended to sell the house and land to a commercial developer, sentencing the historic home to be razed. The farmland surrounding the property, however, was sold and transformed into residential neighborhoods, making retail development of the Three Gables site infeasible. On June 11, the Clay County Historical Society applied for landmark status through the Kansas City Historic Preservation Office (landmarkcommission@kcmo.org), and on June 28, the Historic Preservation Committee approved the nomination. Earlier this year, on May 21, the Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation (www.preservemo.org) placed the Three Gables House on its list of Most Endangered Historic Places for 2013, and on May 28, the Historic Kansas City Foundation (www.historickansascity.org) placed the site on its Most Endangered List.

HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL RESTORATION PROCESS and IMPROVEMENTS

HISTORICAL ABSTRACT

PICTURES

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION January 2014 - Mike Yeates, Owner of Three Gables, and Business Partner Andy Mackey received the Jane Lynn - Excellence In Preservation Award from the city of Kansas City. December 2013 - 3 Gables Hosted a 3 Day Celebration of the birth of Christ, where a live nativity was performed by local volunteers. August 2013 - 3 Gables was named KC MOST ENDANGERED HOME by the Kansas City's Preservation Society

May 2013 - Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation placed 3 Gables on its liste of MOST ENDANGERED PLACES.

3 Gables has a facebook page at Three-GablesKC and the owner invites you to follow as the renovations wrap up and area special events are scheduled.