Does anyone remember seeing this old house in Kansas City, Kansas?

[Fridays Child]

I took the picture at least 23 years ago. I don't remember exactly where the house was but it appeared to be abandoned, at the time. Maybe it's not there anymore. I wish I knew. There's something eerie, desolate, about the place. It must have stories. I wonder who built it.

[Katashi_itto]

1. Hi yes I remember it, I will get the name. When I lived in KC

it had been bought and was being restored. That was about 6-7 years ago

[Fridays Child]

4. Thank you so much!

I've wondered about it, over the years. If the walls could talk, they might tell some amazing stories. I hope that the renovation retains the spirit of the home.

[evlbstrd]

2. It's still standing.

The property is fenced off and the renovation is going very slowly.

[hlthe2b]

3. do you know where (exactly) it is?

[evlbstrd]

5. Not so that you could map it.

Sorry.

[Fridays Child]

6. Is it near the Kansas River?

I remember that it was near I-35 and the river but my memory is more than a couple of decades old!

[avebury]

7. It is a cool looking house. nt

[cbdo2007]

8. here it is

http://hauntsofamerica.blogspot.com/2007/09/haunting-of-sauer-castle.html

[Fridays Child]

9. Thank you!

[cbdo2007]

10. you're welcome!

I live on the Missouri side of the state line in Kansas City but found the house with a google images search for "historic kansas city kansas house". Looks like a cool (and scary) place!

[Sunlei]

13. wow and there it is. KC has a lot of old brick homes built like that.

[hardcover]

15. Thank you!

Road trip calling my name.

[MineralMan]

11. Here's the Wikipedia article on the Sauer Castle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauer_Castle

The exact address is included.

[Sunlei]

12. lived in kansas city, kansas a while back. during my wild days.

That looks like the houses behind the KC, Mo. cliff road museum


here's google map look at the houses with that tower- behind the museum

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Cliff+Drive+kansas+city,+kansas&ie=UTF-8&ei=M63iUeWVFs3TqQHctoDQAg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAg

[trumad]

14. Satellite view

https://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&oe=UTF-8&q=935+shawnee+road+kansas+city&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x87c0f1e4977f8f59:0xe35c2efda0d8da12,935+Shawnee+Rd,+Kansas+City,+KS+66103&gl=us&ei=0LDiUaixGLiu4AOAgYHgDQ&ved=0CC8Q8gEwAA

[Skidmore]

16. I swear nearly every little town in the midwest has

a house like that.

[dembotoz]

17. vista in kck mid 70s interesting town and not always in a good way

[Fridays Child]

18. Thanks for all the responses.

It's just a textbook classic work of 1800s architecture. I'm glad Sauer Castle still stands and I hope to go back and see it someday. Maybe the restoration will be completed by then.

[onethatcares]

19. metal detecting that site would

be cool. Especially under the porches and stairs.

[Fridays Child]

20. No kidding!

That would be fun!

[onethatcares]

22. not just looking for coins either

I'm willing to bet there are all kinds of buttons, suspender clips, belt buckles, shoe straps, toys, gas doodads, and on and on.
Although the coins would be nice.

[pinboy3niner]

21. I can't tell you how relieved I am to find that that is not...

...the Bates Motel

When I returned to where I grew up, they were bulldozing the beautiful ranch at the end of my old street. They trained quarterhorses there, and it had been owned by Harry James and Betty Grable. It was surrounded by white fences and eucalyptus trees...

Larer, I saw what they put in its place--tacky Spanish-style stucco homes.

Stories like yours, of preservation, warm the cookies of my heart.

[RKP5637]

23. America has a rich history of tearing down really cool places and

putting up cheap crap in its place. It really gets disgusting.

[Aristus]

24. Not 'Psycho'. More reminiscent of this house: