Boss Tom's House is For Sale!
 

Tom Pendergast's Ward Parkway home is up for sale at just under $4 million. Are you listening Eric Fisher???

If you don't know who Tom Pendergast was, he was the political boss of KC in the 1920's to the 1940's. He's the guy who put Harry Truman in politics.

He was KC's version of Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley before Mayor Daley existed.

Cool house: Check the pictures!

http://www.reeceandnichols.com/homes...rkway-72245645

http://rwimage.fnisrediv.com/Listing...1772894-14.jpg

Is the big ****ing snake included?

Is there a snake in the bed? Or am I just happy to see you?

"And in this room you can see the red velvet pillows with gold trim that Harry Truman knelt on to service Mr. P."

I know, WTF is with the snake????
The indoor pool is nice though....

Nice place, but I'm not looking to downsize right now.

I wonder if the underground tunnel to his buddies house across the street is still in the basement

needs work. /CP

At 4 mil, buy two.

fyp

lol; that too.

80 year old house with a 2 car garage for 4 mil?

Not even if I had that kind of dough. I guess the owner history must be of some value, as I have seen homes for 1/2 that price much nicer.

Depends on where you live, it's a bargain compared to comparable homes on the coasts.

It's the location. Kind of like spending $25 million for a New York City condo. The old money of KC live in that area. It's really accessible to the city without being in the city. The adjacent area on the Kansas side is also pricey. Back in the day the people that wouldn't put up with the KC corruption moved a mile west. The Kansas side became popular because of it. Ewing Kauffman, the Block family (H&R Block), Russell Stover (candy), the Disney family, the Kohl family (Hemingway wrote most of For Whom the Bell Tolls in their guest house... you'd be proud of a house like that!), the Talge family (Rival, Crock Pot, Seal-a-meal)... ah, too many more to list. It's an awesome area.