Scarritt Renaissance

Neighborhood Association Meeting - First Thursday of every-other month starting February, 6:30 at The Museum of Kansas City

Scarritt Renaissance is one of Kansas City’s storied Historic Northeast neighborhoods, named for Reverend Nathan Scarritt, a Methodist missionary and educator whose family holdings helped shape the area’s early development. In the Civil War era, Scarritt moved to a farm near the dramatic limestone bluffs overlooking the Missouri River, and by 1886 much of his land was annexed into Kansas City and began to be platted and sold as the city expanded.

The neighborhood’s character was cemented in the late 1800s and early 1900s as Kansas City’s parks and boulevard vision took form nearby, including what became North Terrace Park and the scenic Cliff Drive corridor. Today, Scarritt Renaissance is known for its landmark boulevards and historic housing stock, anchored by the Museum of Kansas City at Corinthian Hall, built in 1910 and recently restored, and supported by an active neighborhood association founded in 1986. It is home to two National Register Historic Districts and more than 150 historic properties that continue to define the neighborhood’s identity and pride.