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Buying a home is a long term investment and involves a significant investment of money and emotion. As realtors will attest, it means finding a home to reflect the buyer’s personality and interests. For some buyers, it means purchasing a new build house with all the bells and whistles. For others, it simply means buying a residence that can accommodate their family size and budget. But, for a smaller group, finding a home with history is a real estate dream.

Historic homes can be great finds, offering unparalleled craftsmanship and character. Discovering a historic home that has been renovated and is well maintained is an incredible find. Investing in a historic home is not only an opportunity to buy a home with character, it is also a chance to bring history alive in a very, very specific and unique context.

What better way to teach an appreciation for history than a schoolhouse? Tucked away, on a one acre treed lot in the private lake community of Weatherby Lake, Missouri, rests such a gem. Recently offered, is the opportunity to own one of Platte County’s last examples of the iconic western one-room school house. Rocky Point Schoolhouse, one of roughly 75 one room schoolhouses in Platte County during the 19th century, was built in the mid 1800′s. An old aerial photo of the Kansas City Northland schoolhouse reflexts the area was comprised primarily of cornfields, pastures, scattered farms and few dirt roads. The 285 acre Weatherby Lake, which is now jut several hundreds of feet away, was not yet in existance.

The schoolhouse closed after WWII when Parkville started bussing children and was later purchased in 1950 and used as a residence. At that time “Rocky Point School sat on an acre of ground. Slate boards, a cistern with a water pump, electricity, a big pot bellied stove and an 11 party line telephone came with the structure. There were two bathrooms inside the school – one for boys and one for girls,” according to a description in “The Chronicles of Weatherby Lake.”

Over time, a magnificent home grew around this one room school house. The school house was again remodeled 1986 and in 1996, resulting in some 3,700 square feet of living space on three levels. The current home owner has recently completed the fourth renovation to include overhauling the kitchen. A great deal of attention was given to make the previous remodels converge, resulting in an overall consistent look and feel of the home. Now thoroughly modern, the home has the feel of a bed and breakfast.

For anyone who revers historic homes for their distinctive design and provenance, this is a rare and unique opportunity to own one of the community’s important landmarks.

To learn more about the schoolhouse history, please visit www.rockypointschoolhouse.com. For more information or to request a showing, contact:

Contact: DeAnn Wandler
Phone: 985-774-9322
Email: inquiries@kansascitymlslisting.net
Website: http://www.kansascitymlslisting.net