dau of William Weaver and Eliza Spencer,
married Uriah Epperson in 1889
,Uriah Spray Epperson hired eccentric French architect Horace LaPierre to design the monumental house. Construction on the house began in 1919 and was completed in 1923 at a cost of $450,000. The four-story Tudor-Gothic structure contained 54 rooms, including six bathrooms, elevators, swimming pool, billiard room, barbershop, a custom organ, and a tunnel linking the east and west wings.[1][2]
Epperson was born in Indiana on December 22, 1861, and he came to Kansas City at the age of eight. He was a banker, industrialist, and philanthropist who amassed significant wealth from insurance and meat-packing industries.
Uriah Epperson died in 1927, only four years after the completion of the house. The building was donated to the university in 1939 by Epperson's widow, and it was used as a men's dormitory until 1956. Epperson currently houses the Department of Architecture, Urban Planning.
The building is well known for its apparent hauntings and secret passageways, which earned it a spot on Unsolved Mysteries as one of the top five haunted houses in the United States.[3]
One legend involves the ghost of Harriet Evelyn Barse #17746826, Barse was an organ student at the Kansas City Conservatory of Music. Uriah and Elizabeth Epperson brought Barse with them when they moved into the house. They referred to her as their adopted daughter, An adoption was never formalized. Soon after moving into the home, Barse died at age 47 before construction of the organ in the house was completed. She had designed the custom organ for the loft space of the 48-foot living room. In the 1970s, UMKC students reported seeing Barse dressed in an evening gown as though ready for a recital. Campus security guards have also reported strange lights and the sounds of organ music at night.[4]
In 1978, weekend guards began to hear footsteps in the empty building. The most well known account of strange activity documented by security guards came in May 1979. A patrol officer was parked near the house when he felt another vehicle hit his from behind, followed by the sound of shattered glass. The officer got out of the car to investigate the situation, but he found no other car, no damage, and no broken glass. His car, however, had moved eight inches, as verified by a pair of skid marks.[5]
Another legend involves Epperson's daughter-in-law, who supposedly hanged herself in the attic when she was barred from dating a man who worked on the docks.
**Uriah & Mary Elizabeth had no children**
Some even believe that Epperson himself walks the halls. In 1978, a campus policeman reported seeing an arm in a blue suit coat materialize and turn off a light. Two officers were doing a regularly scheduled patrol of the building at 2am. As they patrolled, they turned on the lights on and off in the house as they walked through the various areas. One light remained lit, and then the patrolman saw an arm clothed in a blue suit reach out and claw at the switch. The arm and hand then disappeared into the darkness as the light went out.[6]
married Uriah Epperson in 1889
,Uriah Spray Epperson hired eccentric French architect Horace LaPierre to design the monumental house. Construction on the house began in 1919 and was completed in 1923 at a cost of $450,000. The four-story Tudor-Gothic structure contained 54 rooms, including six bathrooms, elevators, swimming pool, billiard room, barbershop, a custom organ, and a tunnel linking the east and west wings.[1][2]
Epperson was born in Indiana on December 22, 1861, and he came to Kansas City at the age of eight. He was a banker, industrialist, and philanthropist who amassed significant wealth from insurance and meat-packing industries.
Uriah Epperson died in 1927, only four years after the completion of the house. The building was donated to the university in 1939 by Epperson's widow, and it was used as a men's dormitory until 1956. Epperson currently houses the Department of Architecture, Urban Planning.
The building is well known for its apparent hauntings and secret passageways, which earned it a spot on Unsolved Mysteries as one of the top five haunted houses in the United States.[3]
One legend involves the ghost of Harriet Evelyn Barse #17746826, Barse was an organ student at the Kansas City Conservatory of Music. Uriah and Elizabeth Epperson brought Barse with them when they moved into the house. They referred to her as their adopted daughter, An adoption was never formalized. Soon after moving into the home, Barse died at age 47 before construction of the organ in the house was completed. She had designed the custom organ for the loft space of the 48-foot living room. In the 1970s, UMKC students reported seeing Barse dressed in an evening gown as though ready for a recital. Campus security guards have also reported strange lights and the sounds of organ music at night.[4]
In 1978, weekend guards began to hear footsteps in the empty building. The most well known account of strange activity documented by security guards came in May 1979. A patrol officer was parked near the house when he felt another vehicle hit his from behind, followed by the sound of shattered glass. The officer got out of the car to investigate the situation, but he found no other car, no damage, and no broken glass. His car, however, had moved eight inches, as verified by a pair of skid marks.[5]
Another legend involves Epperson's daughter-in-law, who supposedly hanged herself in the attic when she was barred from dating a man who worked on the docks.
**Uriah & Mary Elizabeth had no children**
Some even believe that Epperson himself walks the halls. In 1978, a campus policeman reported seeing an arm in a blue suit coat materialize and turn off a light. Two officers were doing a regularly scheduled patrol of the building at 2am. As they patrolled, they turned on the lights on and off in the house as they walked through the various areas. One light remained lit, and then the patrolman saw an arm clothed in a blue suit reach out and claw at the switch. The arm and hand then disappeared into the darkness as the light went out.[6]
dau of William Weaver and Eliza Spencer,
married Uriah Epperson in 1889
,Uriah Spray Epperson hired eccentric French architect Horace LaPierre to design the monumental house. Construction on the house began in 1919 and was completed in 1923 at a cost of $450,000. The four-story Tudor-Gothic structure contained 54 rooms, including six bathrooms, elevators, swimming pool, billiard room, barbershop, a custom organ, and a tunnel linking the east and west wings.[1][2]
Epperson was born in Indiana on December 22, 1861, and he came to Kansas City at the age of eight. He was a banker, industrialist, and philanthropist who amassed significant wealth from insurance and meat-packing industries.
Uriah Epperson died in 1927, only four years after the completion of the house. The building was donated to the university in 1939 by Epperson's widow, and it was used as a men's dormitory until 1956. Epperson currently houses the Department of Architecture, Urban Planning.
The building is well known for its apparent hauntings and secret passageways, which earned it a spot on Unsolved Mysteries as one of the top five haunted houses in the United States.[3]
One legend involves the ghost of Harriet Evelyn Barse #17746826, Barse was an organ student at the Kansas City Conservatory of Music. Uriah and Elizabeth Epperson brought Barse with them when they moved into the house. They referred to her as their adopted daughter, An adoption was never formalized. Soon after moving into the home, Barse died at age 47 before construction of the organ in the house was completed. She had designed the custom organ for the loft space of the 48-foot living room. In the 1970s, UMKC students reported seeing Barse dressed in an evening gown as though ready for a recital. Campus security guards have also reported strange lights and the sounds of organ music at night.[4]
In 1978, weekend guards began to hear footsteps in the empty building. The most well known account of strange activity documented by security guards came in May 1979. A patrol officer was parked near the house when he felt another vehicle hit his from behind, followed by the sound of shattered glass. The officer got out of the car to investigate the situation, but he found no other car, no damage, and no broken glass. His car, however, had moved eight inches, as verified by a pair of skid marks.[5]
Another legend involves Epperson's daughter-in-law, who supposedly hanged herself in the attic when she was barred from dating a man who worked on the docks.
**Uriah & Mary Elizabeth had no children**
Some even believe that Epperson himself walks the halls. In 1978, a campus policeman reported seeing an arm in a blue suit coat materialize and turn off a light. Two officers were doing a regularly scheduled patrol of the building at 2am. As they patrolled, they turned on the lights on and off in the house as they walked through the various areas. One light remained lit, and then the patrolman saw an arm clothed in a blue suit reach out and claw at the switch. The arm and hand then disappeared into the darkness as the light went out.[6]
married Uriah Epperson in 1889
,Uriah Spray Epperson hired eccentric French architect Horace LaPierre to design the monumental house. Construction on the house began in 1919 and was completed in 1923 at a cost of $450,000. The four-story Tudor-Gothic structure contained 54 rooms, including six bathrooms, elevators, swimming pool, billiard room, barbershop, a custom organ, and a tunnel linking the east and west wings.[1][2]
Epperson was born in Indiana on December 22, 1861, and he came to Kansas City at the age of eight. He was a banker, industrialist, and philanthropist who amassed significant wealth from insurance and meat-packing industries.
Uriah Epperson died in 1927, only four years after the completion of the house. The building was donated to the university in 1939 by Epperson's widow, and it was used as a men's dormitory until 1956. Epperson currently houses the Department of Architecture, Urban Planning.
The building is well known for its apparent hauntings and secret passageways, which earned it a spot on Unsolved Mysteries as one of the top five haunted houses in the United States.[3]
One legend involves the ghost of Harriet Evelyn Barse #17746826, Barse was an organ student at the Kansas City Conservatory of Music. Uriah and Elizabeth Epperson brought Barse with them when they moved into the house. They referred to her as their adopted daughter, An adoption was never formalized. Soon after moving into the home, Barse died at age 47 before construction of the organ in the house was completed. She had designed the custom organ for the loft space of the 48-foot living room. In the 1970s, UMKC students reported seeing Barse dressed in an evening gown as though ready for a recital. Campus security guards have also reported strange lights and the sounds of organ music at night.[4]
In 1978, weekend guards began to hear footsteps in the empty building. The most well known account of strange activity documented by security guards came in May 1979. A patrol officer was parked near the house when he felt another vehicle hit his from behind, followed by the sound of shattered glass. The officer got out of the car to investigate the situation, but he found no other car, no damage, and no broken glass. His car, however, had moved eight inches, as verified by a pair of skid marks.[5]
Another legend involves Epperson's daughter-in-law, who supposedly hanged herself in the attic when she was barred from dating a man who worked on the docks.
**Uriah & Mary Elizabeth had no children**
Some even believe that Epperson himself walks the halls. In 1978, a campus policeman reported seeing an arm in a blue suit coat materialize and turn off a light. Two officers were doing a regularly scheduled patrol of the building at 2am. As they patrolled, they turned on the lights on and off in the house as they walked through the various areas. One light remained lit, and then the patrolman saw an arm clothed in a blue suit reach out and claw at the switch. The arm and hand then disappeared into the darkness as the light went out.[6]
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