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House of Rocks is a natural-stone and landscape-materials yard on Merriam Lane in Kansas City, Kansas. It opened in the late 1970s as a small fossil shop and turned in 1984 into a stone supplier, which is the date it now counts from — decorative gravel, river rock, flagstone, boulders, topsoil, mulch and masonry materials, sold by the bag or by the ton to homeowners, landscapers and contractors across the metro.

Description

House of Rocks occupies 1725 Merriam Lane in Kansas City, Kansas, on the Merriam Lane trade corridor at the Rosedale edge of Wyandotte County.12 It is a stone yard: stock is sold in any quantity, from bagged gravel and river rock up to bulk tonnage and boulders, and the company describes itself as one of the largest natural-stone suppliers in the Kansas City area.13

The customer base spans homeowners doing a single bed of decorative gravel and the landscaping and construction firms buying by the truckload; the company publishes its pricing online, which reviewers single out as unusual for the trade.1 Deliveries reach well outside Wyandotte County — the site names Overland Park, Olathe, Shawnee, Lenexa, Leawood, Stilwell, Lee’s Summit, Blue Springs, Liberty, North Kansas City, Belton, Lawrence and Topeka as common delivery zones — but the yard itself is a single Kansas City, Kansas site.1

The business began as something else entirely. In its own words: “House of Rocks opened in the late 1970s as an unassuming fossil shop in Kansas City, but our story really began in 1984, when we began specializing in natural rock and stone.”1 The fossil-and-mineral shop had modest success; the 1984 pivot into decorative gravel and landscape supply is what the present company is built on, and 1984 is the year it counts from in all its own copy.13 The company’s social channel of record is the Facebook page linked from its own site’s structured data.4

Goods and services

  • Natural stone — flagstone, wall and boulder stock; described as one of the largest stone selections in the metro13
  • Decorative gravels and river rock, sold in bags or in bulk1
  • Hardscape supplies and masonry materials1
  • Topsoil and mulch1
  • Delivery across the Kansas City metro and out to Lawrence and Topeka1
  • Published online pricing and an online product catalogue1

History

The shop opened in the late 1970s in Kansas City as a small fossil and mineral-specimen store.13 It moved to its present premises and, in 1984, began branching out into landscape supply and decorative gravel; customers followed the new focus and the product range widened from there.3 The company has since described itself as “built up stone by stone over more than 40 years.”1

No source found in this pass names a founder or a current owner, and no local press coverage of the business surfaced. A search-surfaced directory summary describes it as a family business since 1984, but that line could not be located on any first-party page and is treated as unconfirmed.5 “

Sources

Footnotes

  1. House of Rocks — official site — asserts: “House of Rocks opened in the late 1970s as an unassuming fossil shop in Kansas City, but our story really began in 1984, when we began specializing in natural rock and stone”; “Since 1984, we have been Kansas City’s trusted source for premium hardscape supplies, decorative gravels, topsoil, mulch, and masonry materials”; “built up stone by stone over more than 40 years”; most stock items sold in any amount including bagged gravel and river rock; address 1725 Merriam Ln, Kansas City, Kansas 66106; phone 913.432.5990; site entity name “House of Rocks, Inc.”; opening hours Mon–Fri 7:30am–5:30pm, Sat 9:00am–3:00pm, Sun closed; named common delivery zones (Overland Park, Olathe, Shawnee, Lenexa, Leawood, Stilwell, Lee’s Summit, Blue Springs, Liberty, North Kansas City, Belton, Lawrence, Topeka); published online pricing. Read directly 2026-08-14 — this is also the freshest currently-operating evidence. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14

  2. Yelp — House of Rocks, 1725 Merriam Ln, Kansas City, Kansas, Building Supplies — asserts: the yard is listed and reviewed as operating at 1725 Merriam Ln, with the listing updated August 2026. (Search-surfaced; yelp.com refused a direct fetch this pass.) ↩

  3. House of Rocks — “Rock Supplier in Kansas City” and “Rocks for Sale in Kansas City” pages and houseofrocks.com — asserts: the shop had modest success as a fossil store, and in 1984 the business was transformed by expanding the selection of rocks for sale in Kansas City; “Today, House of Rocks stands tall as one of the largest stone suppliers in Kansas City.” (Read directly 2026-08-14.) ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  4. House of Rocks — official Facebook page — asserts: the company’s social channel of record, linked from its own site’s structured data. Not read directly. ↩

  5. House of Rocks — LinkedIn company page — asserts: a search-surfaced summary of this page describes House of Rocks as a family business since 1984 with a reputation for low cost and customer service. Not read directly, and the family-ownership claim appears on no first-party page found in this pass — treat as unconfirmed. ↩

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On the record — ks.city/registry/house-of-rocks · record updated 2026-08-14