Wornall House
Wornall Majors House Museum
SITE
6115 Wornall Rd,
Kansas City, MO 64113
Wed-Sun 10am-12pm, 1pm-4pm
HISTORY
Built 1858. During the American Civil War, the Wornalls' home was used as a field hospital for both the Union and Confederate forces after the Battle of Westport. Built in 1858, the Wornall House is one of the few surviving pre-Civil War homes in Kansas City. Notably, it was used as a field hospital during the Battle of Westport. The Museum is designed to resemble how it may have looked in 1858 and includes many items that belonged to the Wornall family in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The house also contains artifacts from the Civil War and Battle of Westport. In addition, the Wornall House interprets the lives of the enslaved residents of the Wornall farmstead through extensive signs located throughout the home.