Donnelly-Reed Estate, a bed and breakfast in Kansas City, Missouri is located within one minute of the famous Country Club Plaza shopping & restaurant district and sits on 2.3 beautiful acres. This wonderfully restored 100-year-old Georgian Revival estate is an inviting alternative to a hotel for an event location in Kansas City, MO.

Beautiful and unique events of almost any size can be accommodated. Rehearsal dinners and intimate weddings in the great room and sun room provide an elegant and sophisticated setting for your guests. The dining room and bar room with excellent traffic flow add life to your event. The huge kitchen is perfect for creative caterers. For seasonal weddings and events outside on the patio, your guests can be comfortably seated. The south lawn shaded by mature trees and an arbored gazebo with rose garden is set under the shade of the century “wedding” oak.

The well-manicured estate, with over 40 mature trees, has an romantic history as the home of famous three-term U.S. Senator James A. Reed (“Fightin’ Jim Reed) and famous woman entrepreneur Nell Donnelly-Reed (better known as “Nelly Don”). Before becoming the famous 3-term U.S. Senator, James A. Reed was the mayor of Kansas City at the turn of the 19th century. The estate is steeped in 1920-1940 "Pendergast" era political history and was host to many notable Kansas City political and business leaders. Nell Donnelly built an apparel manufacturing empire from a small dress making business. The “Nelly Don” line of women’s apparel was the largest apparel manufacturing firm in the world during the 1930s and 40s. The famous story of Nell Donnelly’s kidnapping and James A. Reed’s efforts to free Nell Donnelly from kidnappers and then prosecute them before the couple’s subsequent marriage is detailed at http://www.nellydon.com/story.html.

Donnelly-Reed Estate will serve as the Kansas City Symphony Alliance's 40th Anniversary Designer Show House. To accommodate the designers' remodel of the estate and tours open to the public, we will close from January 5, 2009, reopening May 25, 2009. For more information on the Symphony Show House 2009 Tour, click here. Upon re-opening, our primary mission will be to lease the estate for events and gatherings. Please view information on meeting, gathering, and wedding/rehearsal packages at this site, or contacting at 816-444-6021.