KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A historic Tudor Revival that has sat for nearly a century off one of Kansas City’s most famous and picturesque parkways has been approved for demolition.
Built in 1930 on a quiet, 0.6-acre corner lot in the Sunset Hill neighborhood, the stately William S. Rawlings house is in its final days after 96 years of Kansas City’s unpredictable weather, new and rotating homeowners, and other factors that, over time, take a toll on a historic structure.
According to the Kansas City Star, the owners of the property filed with the city early this year for the necessary permits to tear down the home and build a new structure in its place…