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Houston Wyeth Mansion ....Past and Present....St Joseph MO

                                  St Joseph is known for its quality of beautiful mansions.                              

                               Houston Wyeth Mansion

In 1920, Houston Wyeth built the Georgian design mansion for his family.                                                      

The mansion included a total of 21,133 square feet with 15,332 square feet of living area, nestled on 24-gated acres. 

 

The stylish mansion consisted of 13 rooms on the first and second floors, the lower level 5 rooms for employee quarters and 4+ basement garage, with the third floor a ballroom and additional employee quarters.  

The general exterior features stucco with red clay tile roof, separate guardhouse, cabana and a small barn.

Solarium's include tile floors and circle head windows with domed plaster ceilings.

                      Houston Wyeth Mansion Solarium                     Houston Wyeth Mansion Solarium ceilings

In 1984 a local investment group purchased the Houston Wyeth Mansion, transforming the property to a professional office building.  The front portion of the grounds is St Joseph's finest professional office business parks with 9 freestanding individually owned buildings with the Georgian design. 

                                                   Houston Wyeth Mansion - Office Business Park

                                  The guardhouse a perfect individual professional office building.  

                                                   Houston Wyeth Mansion - Guard House

Completely secluded among the mature trees at the rear portion of the acreage, perfectly designed is the "Antilles" of 15 upscale Town homes.

 

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9 commentsDona Reynolds, ST JOSEPH MO • February 18 2009 12:33AM