Bernard Corrigan House, Prairie School mansion in Country Club District, Kansas City, United States.
The Bernard Corrigan House is a three-story residence built in the Prairie School style in Kansas City, Missouri, with gray limestone walls and strong horizontal lines across the facade. The house stands on a corner lot at 55th Street and Ward Parkway, with a low roofline, wide overhangs, and interior details that include stained glass and carved wooden ceiling beams.
The house was designed by architect Louis Curtiss and built in 1912 and 1913, at a time when Curtiss was already known for experimenting with new construction methods. The use of reinforced concrete in the structure was rare for a private home in Kansas City at that period.
The Country Club District, where the house stands, was designed as a planned residential neighborhood with curving streets and large lots. Walking past the property, visitors can see how the Prairie School style fits naturally into this setting, with its low rooflines and horizontal stonework echoing the flat Midwestern landscape.
The house is on a corner lot and easy to see from the sidewalk, so visitors can get a clear view of the facade without entering the property. Ward Parkway is a broad avenue lined with other historic homes, which makes a short walk along the street a good way to see several properties at once.
Louis Curtiss worked at the same time as Frank Lloyd Wright but never gained the same recognition, and the Corrigan House is one of the few surviving examples of his residential work. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, which helped protect it from demolition as the neighborhood changed around it.
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