The Rice-Tremonti Home in Raytown is decked out for the holidays and ready for visitors. The historic house will be open for the Christmas season three weekends before Christmas, Dec. 3-4, Dec. 10-11 and Dec. 17-18. Hours are 1-5 p.m. Admission is $4 for adults. The house will be available for private rentals and for group tours at any other times.
Planning a Christmas party? Need a great location for it? Why not have your party at the historic Rice-Tremonti Home?
This Christmas season the Rice-Tremonti Home is available for your families’ or office holiday party. The dining room is spacious and the downstairs parlors will be festively decorated for the season. Kitchen facilities are available. Call 816-333-3586 for details.
“The Rice-Tremonti Home is a great community asset and is available for the community to utilize for small social occasions,” says Leigh Elmore, president of the Friends of the Rice-Tremonti Home. “We’re offering discounted user fees to not-for-profit organizations as well.”
During public hours the Rice-Tremonti Christmas Country Store will be a must-stop for those shopping for unique gift items and Christmas delicacies. Homemade candies and baked goods will be available on the public open dates. “If you haven’t tried our members’ chocolate covered coconut candies, peanut brittle or banana bread, well then, you just haven’t lived large enough yet,” Elmore said.
The house is decked out for the season with old-fashioned Christmas trees and garlands. The aroma of cinnamon infused cider will fill the air. Drop by and soak in the atmosphere, it will set the mood for your holiday.
The Rice-Tremonti Home is located at 8801 E. 66th St. in Raytown. The Friends of the Rice-Tremonti Home, an all-volunteer not-for-profit organization, use all funds collected for upkeep and preservation of the home.
Rice-Tremonti Lawn party: Ice cream, live music, Buffalo Soldiers and crafts
The Friends of the Rice-Tremonti Home will hold an old-fashioned lawn party on the grounds of the Rice-Tremonti Home on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2-6 p.m. The 1844 era farmhouse is located at 8801 E. 66st St. in Raytown. Admission is free for the afternoon event and ice cream will be served and homemade jams and bread will be for sale.
Three Americana/Folk music acts are on the schedule. The Shortleaf Band will play at 2 p.m.; the duo of Betse & Clarke will perform at 3:30 p.m. and Kelly Hunt will play at 4:30 p.m. Each group will evoke the sounds of yesteryear in contemporary stylings. Attendees are encouraged to bring a lawn chair, sit back and enjoy the entertainment.
In addition, historic re-enactors of the Kansas City-Leavenworth area chapter of the National 9th and 10th (Horse) Cavalry Association, or Buffalo Soldiers, will be present to explain how African-American cavalry soldiers played a big role in “taming the West” in the 19th century. The Buffalo Soldiers were members of the 10th Cavalry formed at Fort Leavenworth in 1866. They protected settlers during the westward expansion. Members of the group will be present throughout the afternoon and will give a talk at 3:30 p.m.
A talented group of crafters will sell their hand-made wares to attendees. Participating crafters include: Beyond Scentsations, soy candles and wax melts; Serendipity Dish, unique towel sets for kids; Revamp By Lady Dunn, one of a kind jewelry; Hum-A-Long Ranch, alpaca wool goods; Cassie’s K-9 Bakery, homemade dog treats; Designs By Downing, quilts, children’s bibs and aprons; Soapnotica, handmade soaps and lotions made to pamper you and your skin and Ailina Jewelry, handmade jewelry of stones, crystal, glass and metal beads. More are expected to sign up. No fees for crafters!
Of course, the Friends of Rice-Tremonti will serve homemade ice cream to cap off a fun afternoon outdoors. Yes, it’s all free, but donations are always welcome as the not-for-profit group is responsible for all upkeep and preservation costs of maintaining this 172-year-old westward trails and Civil War landmark. Tours of the house and Aunt Sophie’s cabin will be held during the afternoon.
For more information contact Leigh Elmore, president of the Friends of the Rice-Tremonti Home Assn., 816-510-8179.
Being held at Raytown REAP
9300 East 75th Street
June 4 and 5 from 8-5
June 6 from 8-12
If you have items to donate they may be dropped off the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday prior to the sale.
If you have donations and are unable to drop them off please call:
Leigh Elmore 816-333-3586
Phyllis Miller 816-353-2338
All proceeds from this event will go towards the ongoing preservation of this 1844 homestead.
Canned goods would also be appreciated for REAP for allowing us to use the facility. See you there!
ADDRESS: 8801 E. 66TH ST. , RAYTOWN
DATES: DECEMBER 6/7 13/14 20)21
COST: $ 5.00 PER PERSON
TIME: 1-5 EACH DAY
GROUPS: FOR INFORMATION AND RESERVATIONS
CALL 356-2338. GROUP RATE: $4.00 PER PERSON
PHONE: 816-358-7423
WEBSITE: www.ricetremonti.com
Tour the Rice-Tremonti Home and Cabin built in 1844 on the Santa Fe Trail. Enjoy refreshments~ shop the Christmas Store & Bake Shop. Step back in time to an era before TV and the Internet! Stand in a house that has been through the Civil War and 167 years of history right here in Raytown~ Missouri. Put this special treat on your calendar. Groups Welcome.
Plan to join us for a wonderful meal of Soup, cornbread, homemade pie and a beverage for only $7.00. After eating you can also browse the great selection of craft booths, for a little early holiday shopping.
All proceeds will be used by the Friends of Rice-Tremonti for the ongoing preservation of the 1844 home.
The Friends of the Rice-Tremonti Home will hold “A Day on the Trail” open house on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2-6 p.m. Visitors can enjoy an afternoon of old-fashioned fun on the lawn of the 1844 farmhouse and landmark on the Santa Fe Trail including an ice-cream social, which will begin at 4 p.m. Genuine homemade ice cream will be scooped up during the afternoon, along with beverages and other goodies.
“We want our neighbors and friends to come out for a sociable time with each other and to enjoy this historic treasure that has been preserved in our community,” said Barb Schlapia, president of the Friends of Rice-Tremonti.
In addition to desserts and snacks, a group of historic re-enactors will attend and show how life on the 19th century frontier was really lived. Live music is planned along with activities for kids. Some seating is available but attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs.
“We want to show the public how our group has advanced in preserving this historic home and to challenge them to help us with our ongoing projects,” Schlapia said.
Currently, the Friends are in the process of having all the wood-frame sash windows restored or rebuilt as necessary. The first phase of the three-phase project is tentatively scheduled to be completed by the end of September. And as with any 170-year-old wooden house, there are plenty of projects ahead including replacing rotted wood on the exterior.
Tours of the historic home will be conducted at times throughout the day.
There is no charge for admittance to the property, however, donations are greatly appreciated. The Friends of the Rice-Tremonti Home is a not-for-profit, 501 (c) 3 organization dedicated to the preservation of the house. All money raised goes toward that process.
Friends of the Rice-Tremonti Home are looking for individuals or groups who would be interested in helping repaint this Historic old home In Raytown. We will provide the paint if you help us with the labor.
8801 East 66th Street Raytown, MO 64133 April 26th 4:30 and 7:30 pm seatings
Turn back the hands of time to the 1920’s when the Rice-Tremonti Home was as Chicken Dinner Restaurant, ran by Edna Paschal. Many changes to the interior took place during this time period to accommodate large serving areas.
Join The Friends of Rice-Tremonti, to honor the history of this home with an old-fashioned chicken dinner, with mashed potatoes, green beans and fruit cobbler. Tickets are $25.00 per person, reservations are required.
All of the profits from this event go towards to upkeep and maintenance of this Historic home, please mark your calendar and join us April 26th.
For Tickets and Reservations call Phyllis Miller 356-2338
The Jackson County Historical honored Friends of Rice-Tremonti Home January 16, 2014 at its 55th Annual Meeting and Awards Program. Leigh Elmore, past President along with other members were there to accept the Award which was given for:
Bringing Living History to Life
Partnership with JCHS for “Blood & Ashes”
150th Anniversary Re-enactment of General Order No. 11
The event was held last year at the Pre-Civil was home in Raytown, and was attended by many local residents.
Also honored at the same event was Raytown’s own Ralph Monaco II, for Historical Book of the Year
Scattered to the Four Winds: General Order No. 11 and Martial Law in Jackson County, Missouri, 1863.
8801 East 66th Street Raytown, MO 64133 December 7,8 14,15 21,22 1:00-5:00 p.m.
Admission $4.00 ea or $3.00 for group tours with advance booking
Come visit us at this historical landmark and see all of the wonderful , Christmas decorations. Each room has been decorated by area volunteers. And as always we have the General Store open so you may purchase goodies to take home.
The fundraiser continues from 11am to 4pm Today. The soup and deserts are great and the cause is good. Here are some photos and a short video taken yesterday.
The Rice-Tremonti Home will observe the 150th anniversary of the issuance of General Order No. 11 by hosting an all day series of dramatic re-enactments on Saturday, Sept. 14 that will explain how martial law depopulated Jackson County in 1863.
In cooperation with the Jackson County Historical Society, a large group of living historians will recreate several scenarios depicting actual accounts of those who experienced the draconian events and aftermath of General Order No. 11. The order resulted in the complete depopulation of all citizens regardless of their political support for the south or the north from the western border counties of Missouri located within the District of the Border (the Counties affected were Jackson, Cass, Bates & Vernon County, north of the Osage River).
This will be an all-day event at the Rice-Tremonti Home (10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
Admission to will be free during the day, but parking on the grounds will cost $2 per car. A candlelight tour during the evening scheduled from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in which groups will be led to several sites where living historians will “bring history alive.”
Cost for the candlelight tour is $10 per person.
Many of Jackson County’s homes and farms were destroyed during this time period in the Civil War. Many say the area had a burnt appearance for years after the war and took on the moniker of The Burnt District.” The Rice family had evacuated to Texas in 1861, prior to issuance of the order. For reasons unknown their 1844 farmhouse survived that dangerous episode of local history. The Rice family returned and reclaimed their property in 1866.
The Rice-Tremonti Home is located at 8801 E. 66th St. (the corner of 66th Street and Blue Ridge Boulevard).
For more information and to order tickets for the candlelight tours go to the website: www.ordernumber11.org. For more Rice-Tremonti history go to www.rice-tremonti.org.
The Rice-Tremonti Home will be open for tours Saturdays and Sundays from 11-4 from now through October 13th. This Antebellum House was built in 1844, survived the Civil War and still proudly stands right here in Raytown. There is a $3.00 per person donation with children being free. Guided tours will be given with stories of the Rice Family and Aunt Sophie from 1844-until the late 1800’s. This home also served as a chicken dinner restaurant and finally was owned by Dr. and Gloria Tremonti who remodeled it in 1935 and mate it their country home. The Friends of Rice Tremonti currently own the property and are charged with the up keeping of the home and property. Won’t you stop by and let us show this wonderful home to you?
The bi-annual Rice-Tremonti Home Garage Sale will be conducted June 6-8, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. each day. The big twist this year, however, is that the sale won’t be held in the house or on the grounds. The Raytown Emergency Assistance Program (REAP) management has graciously allowed Rice-Tremonti to utilize their great facilities to hold the sale at the REAP building, which is located at 9300 E. 75th St. in Raytown.
Because REAP is the primary food bank for residents of the Raytown area, we encourage all contributors and attendees to bring canned goods with them to the sale to help restock the food bank shelves.
Rice-Tremonti is looking for donations of your “good junk” including furniture, knick-knacks, decorative items, children’s clothing, toys, usable tools, books and functional household items. Please, no tires or obsolete computer equipment.
So it is important to remember then not to drop off your donations for the sale at the house. Drop off your items at the REAP building beginning on Monday, June 3. Rice-Tremonti will have volunteers working at the REAP building in the week before the sale to accept your contributions and to store them safely out of the weather.
Because of the wear and tear that the garage sale puts on the historic home, the Rice-Tremonti board decided that the sale could no longer be held inside the house. And we can’t hold it outside because it might rain. So REAP has come to the rescue with the use of their large facility.
If you are unable to drop off your donations at REAP, please call Leigh Elmore, 816-333-3586 or Phyllis Miller, 816-353-2338 and they will make arrangements to acquire your donations.
Proceeds of the sale will go toward necessary repairs to the Rice-Tremonti Home, which dates from 1844 and was a staging area for travelers heading west on the Santa Fe, Oregon and California Trails in the mid-1800s. The Friends of the Rice-Tremonti Home is a 501 (c) 3 charitable organization dedicated to the preservation of the historic home. The Rice-Tremonti Home is located at 8801 E. 66th St. in Raytown.
Visit the Rice-Tremonti Home at Soup & Craft Days, March 23-24
Treat yourself and your family to a wholesome lunch of homemade soup, fresh hot cornbread, homemade pie and a beverage all for the low, low price of $6 for adults, at Spring Soup and Craft Days, March 23 & 24 at the historic Rice-Tremonti Home, 8801 E. 66th St. in Raytown.
In addition, visitors to the home will be able to shop for seasonal craft items, perfect for Easter gifts, from the expert crafters who will sell their wares in the two front parlors.
The activity runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.
Bring your family and friends to this fun semi-annual get-together at the 1844 Rice-Tremonti Home, a landmark on the Santa Fe, California and Oregon Trails, and believed to be the oldest standing residence in Jackson County. The cabin where the slave Sophie White lived has been reconstructed on its original site.
Spring Soup and Craft days is one of a regular series of fund-raisers that are sponsored by the Friends of the Rice-Tremonti Home, the not-for-profit organization that is charged with the preservation, upkeep and restoration of Raytown’s most historic structure. The home is operated as a historic house museum that interprets the westward trail era of American history, as well as its role in the Civil War. The Archibald Rice family who immigrated to Missouri from North Carolina in the 1830s built the wood-frame Gothic-Revival style farmhouse in 1844. The Rice family owned the property until 1903. Roger Lowe and his family owned and resided in the house into the 1920s. It served as a country inn restaurant for a few years prior to being purchased by Dr. Louis Tremonti and his wife, Gloria in 1935. Dr. Tremonti died in 1949 and Gloria Tremonti lived in the old house until 1987.
The Friends of the Rice-Tremonti Home have been preserving the property since the group purchased the property in 1988.
Please support the Friends’ efforts to maintain this historic structure for future generations. More details are available at www.rice-tremonti.org.
The Rice-Tremonti Home at Soup & Craft Days has been canceled due to weather conditions and the adverse effect on providing safe parking. The event was scheduled for March 2-3.
Visit the Rice-Tremonti Home at Soup & Craft Days, March 2-3
Treat yourself and your family to a wholesome lunch of homemade soup, fresh hot cornbread, homemade pie and a beverage all for the low, low price of $6 for adults, at Spring Soup and Craft Days, March 2 & 3 at the historic Rice-Tremonti Home, 8801 E. 66th St. in Raytown.
In addition, visitors to the home will be able to shop for seasonal craft items, perfect for Easter gifts, from the expert crafters who will sell their wares in the two front parlors.
The activity runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.
Bring your family and friends to this fun semi-annual get-together at the 1844 Rice-Tremonti Home, a landmark on the Santa Fe, California and Oregon Trails, and believed to be the oldest standing residence in Jackson County. The cabin where the slave Sophie White lived has been reconstructed on its original site.
Spring Soup and Craft days is one of a regular series of fund-raisers that are sponsored by the Friends of the Rice-Tremonti Home, the not-for-profit organization that is charged with the preservation, upkeep and restoration of Raytown’s most historic structure. The home is operated as a historic house museum that interprets the westward trail era of American history, as well as its role in the Civil War. The Archibald Rice family who immigrated to Missouri from North Carolina in the 1830s built the wood-frame Gothic-Revival style farmhouse in 1844. The Rice family owned the property until 1903. Roger Lowe and his family owned and resided in the house into the 1920s. It served as a country inn restaurant for a few years prior to being purchased by Dr. Louis Tremonti and his wife, Gloria in 1935. Dr. Tremonti died in 1949 and Gloria Tremonti lived in the old house until 1987.
The Friends of the Rice-Tremonti Home have been preserving the property since the group purchased the property in 1988.
Please support the Friends’ efforts to maintain this historic structure for future generations. More details are available at www.rice-tremonti.org.
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