The John Wornall House Museum

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location= Kansas City, Missouri
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 1
lat_seconds = 0
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 94
long_minutes = 35
long_seconds = 32
long_direction = W
locmapin = Missouri
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built =1858
architect= Cross,Asa Beebe
architecture= Greek Revival
added = May 21, 1969
governing_body = Private
refnum=69000109cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Constructed in the year 1858 by John B. Wornall, the house stands as a reminder of Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City's past. Built in the Greek Revival style architecture with bricks hand-fired on the Wornall's property, this house is one of the four remaining Civil War period homes in the Kansas City area. The story of the Wornalls begins in 1843 in Shelbyville, Kentucky. John Wornall's forty-four year old father, Richard Wornall had experienced extreme financial embarrassment due to his struggling business, which consisted of mule and horse trade. With his debts totaling almost $25,000, Richard sold convert|640|acre|km2 of Shelby County land, thirteen slaves, most of his livestock, farm equipment, household utensils and crops to his debtors. With the remnants of his money, Richard Wornall, his wife Judith, and their two sons George Thomas and John Bristow started the convert|600|mi|km|sing=on trek to Westport, Missouri. Upon arrival in Westport in October of 1843, Richard Wornall purchased a convert|500|acre|km2|sing=on farm from the town father, John Calvin McCoy. The land, for which Wornall payed $5 per acre, stretched between present-day 59th and 67th streets, State Line and Main Street in what is now Kansas City.

Richard and Judith's second son, John B. Wornall, eventually inherited the property and built the house for his second wife, Eliza S. Johnson Wornall, which still stands today.

During the American Civil War, the Wornall's home was used as a field hospital for both the Union and Confederate forces after the Battle of Westport.

The historic house museum is furnished to represent the daily life of a prosperous, pre-Civil War family.

References

External links

* [http://www.wornallhouse.org John Wornall House Museum] ] - official site