Thomas Hart Benton Home & Studio State Historic Site
Thomas Hart Benton Home & Studio State Historic Site
Location:2 blocks west of SW Trafficway, off of Valentine on Belleview, in Kansas City, Jackson County.
Facilities:Historic home.
Activities:Guided tours, interpretive programs.
Special Features:Missouri's most noted 20th-century artist, Thomas Hart Benton lived inthis 2 1/2 story, late Victorian-style house from 1939 until his deathin 1975, and several of his paintings and sculptures can be viewedthere. Benton converted half of the carriage house into his art studio,which is where he died. The studio remains as he left it, with coffeecans full of paintbrushes, paints, and a stretched canvas waiting to bepainted.
Address:3616 Belleview
Kansas City, MO 64111
Phone:816-931-5722
Web: www.mostateparks.com/benton.htm
Size: 0.32 acres.
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Thomas Hart Benton Home & Studio State Historic Site
Thomas Hart Benton Home & Studio State Historic Site
Location:2 blocks west of SW Trafficway, off of Valentine on Belleview, in Kansas City, Jackson County.
Facilities:Historic home.
Activities:Guided tours, interpretive programs.
Special Features:Missouri's most noted 20th-century artist, Thomas Hart Benton lived inthis 2 1/2 story, late Victorian-style house from 1939 until his deathin 1975, and several of his paintings and sculptures can be viewedthere. Benton converted half of the carriage house into his art studio,which is where he died. The studio remains as he left it, with coffeecans full of paintbrushes, paints, and a stretched canvas waiting to bepainted.
Address:3616 Belleview
Kansas City, MO 64111
Phone:816-931-5722
Web: www.mostateparks.com/benton.htm
Size: 0.32 acres.
See other parks in Missouri.