Visit this hot property on the Scarritt Renaissance homes tour

Feeling only a thimbleful of the Christmas spirit? This Sunday’s Scarritt Renaissance Holiday Homes Tour is going to feel like a holiday beer bong to the DOME, son!

Historic mansions like the one pictured here, at 3223 Gladstone Boulevard, have been painstakingly decorated until they resemble real-life scenes from The Nutcracker. The histories of each are just as enchanting.

For instance, the home at 3223 Gladstone was built for $25,000 in 1902 for lawyer Edward A. Stevens and his family. The best means of travel in those days was by horse and carriage, but the carriage house behind the Stevens’ 7-bedroom mansion was built with a basement to store the family’s white steamer car (the Stevens are rumored to be among the first to own such a luxury in Kansas City). One of the two stables for horses is still standing.