Argyle302 | A Mission Hills Drive In Kansas ( The Beverly Hills of The Midwest ) @Argyle302 | Uploaded June 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
I took a drive thru the beautiful area of Mission Hills, Kansas. Mission Hills is an upscale community which was developed by Kansas City developer J.C. Nichols in the 1920's. In Mission Hills, you will find some of the most luxurious and prestigious homes in the Kansas City area. Mission Hills is basically the Beverly Hills of the Kansas City area. Expansive lawns, exquisite mansions and gorgeous landscaping all can be found in these neighborhoods between Mission Road to the West, State Line Road to the East, 70th Terrace to the South, and 55th Street to the North. The Kansas City Country Club and Mission Hills Country Club both sit on the West boundaries of the city. 2.04 square miles altogether.
Video taken on December 14th, 2021, on a nice warm winter and windy afternoon, with leaves blowing across the streets.
Music:
Almost in F - Tranquillity by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100394
Artist: incompetech.com
Mission Hills is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, and part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 3,498. The east city limits is the Kansas-Missouri state line at State Line Road. Mission Hills was originally developed by noted Kansas City developer J. C. Nicholsbeginning in the 1920s as part of his Country Club District plan.
History: An Indian mission was established at the town's site in the 1830s, hence the name of the later settlement.
The city started as a planned upscale community for the elite by J.C. Nichols to be built around the Mission Hills Country Club (Kansas) on the hills above Brush Creek just south of the Shawnee Methodist Mission. Most of the country club's property is in Kansas but its original clubhouse was in Kansas City, Missouri, allowing it to serve liquor, which was prohibited on the Kansas side. Nichols laid out plans in 1914. He had developed the country club to enhance the value of his Kansas properties after discovering that upscale buyers were reluctant to live on the Kansas side of the state line.
Adjoining the club Nichols established the Community Golf Club. After it dramatically grew, it moved to what today is the Kansas City Country Club. Nichols lured the Kansas City Country Club to take over the land, and the Community Golf Club went on to establish the Indian Hills Country Club. Together, the three clubs became the most prestigious in the Kansas City metropolitan area; many rank them in order of prestige: Kansas City first, Mission Hills second, and Indian Hills third.
Nichols opposed incorporation of the community fearing that a city would not adequately meet the needs of its residents or properly enforce housing covenants. Consequently, the Mission Hills Home Company was founded on August 18, 1914. One of the most publicized early enforcements involved forbidding the family of a sick woman to enclose her porch with glass.
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I took a drive thru the beautiful area of Mission Hills, Kansas. Mission Hills is an upscale community which was developed by Kansas City developer J.C. Nichols in the 1920's. In Mission Hills, you will find some of the most luxurious and prestigious homes in the Kansas City area. Mission Hills is basically the Beverly Hills of the Kansas City area. Expansive lawns, exquisite mansions and gorgeous landscaping all can be found in these neighborhoods between Mission Road to the West, State Line Road to the East, 70th Terrace to the South, and 55th Street to the North. The Kansas City Country Club and Mission Hills Country Club both sit on the West boundaries of the city. 2.04 square miles altogether.
Video taken on December 14th, 2021, on a nice warm winter and windy afternoon, with leaves blowing across the streets.
Music:
Almost in F - Tranquillity by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100394
Artist: incompetech.com
Mission Hills is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, and part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 3,498. The east city limits is the Kansas-Missouri state line at State Line Road. Mission Hills was originally developed by noted Kansas City developer J. C. Nicholsbeginning in the 1920s as part of his Country Club District plan.
History: An Indian mission was established at the town's site in the 1830s, hence the name of the later settlement.
The city started as a planned upscale community for the elite by J.C. Nichols to be built around the Mission Hills Country Club (Kansas) on the hills above Brush Creek just south of the Shawnee Methodist Mission. Most of the country club's property is in Kansas but its original clubhouse was in Kansas City, Missouri, allowing it to serve liquor, which was prohibited on the Kansas side. Nichols laid out plans in 1914. He had developed the country club to enhance the value of his Kansas properties after discovering that upscale buyers were reluctant to live on the Kansas side of the state line.
Adjoining the club Nichols established the Community Golf Club. After it dramatically grew, it moved to what today is the Kansas City Country Club. Nichols lured the Kansas City Country Club to take over the land, and the Community Golf Club went on to establish the Indian Hills Country Club. Together, the three clubs became the most prestigious in the Kansas City metropolitan area; many rank them in order of prestige: Kansas City first, Mission Hills second, and Indian Hills third.
Nichols opposed incorporation of the community fearing that a city would not adequately meet the needs of its residents or properly enforce housing covenants. Consequently, the Mission Hills Home Company was founded on August 18, 1914. One of the most publicized early enforcements involved forbidding the family of a sick woman to enclose her porch with glass.
If you enjoy this video, please click the "plus" button to give me a "Rumble". And comment if you like, and share as well. And you can always subscribe to my channel as well. I'm always coming out with new content on a weekly basis. Have a great day!
