Dorri Partain
The Northeast Kansas City Historical Society’s (NEKCHS) Twelfth Annual Homes tour on Saturday, October 11 featured six homes built between 1891 and 1901 in the Independence Plaza neighborhood. Along East Sixth and Seventh streets between Gladstone and Benton boulevards, visitors walked from home to home enjoying beautiful fall weather, a showing of antique cars and a chance to purchase local art and foods.
Included in this tour, visitors had a chance to view newly installed, locally painted panels featuring quilt designs along the alley between. The KC Star Quilt Trail — conceived by the Independence Plaza Neighborhood Council —- encourages positive activity and was funded by a $5000 Neighborhood Rising Fund grant…