History
Mack Barnabas Nelson was born in Arkansas in 1872. He came to Kansas City in 1894, where he worked for the Long-Bell Lumber Company. At the time of construction, Nelson was vice-president of the lumber company, but he later came to the top position in the company after Long suffered financial reverses early in the Great Depression. Construction took place during the same time as construction of the Bernard Corrigan House, which is located directly across 55th Street.
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