The Hobbs (Event Space)

The Hobbs is an event space in Kansas City’s historic West Bottoms, occupying the five-story red-brick Hobbs Building (1905, architect John McKecknie) at 1427 W. 9th Street. Reborn from an early-1900s warehouse into a wedding-and-events venue — with a 7,500-sq-ft grand room, a 5,200-sq-ft outdoor garden, and original wood floors, posts, and exposed brick — it also houses studios and offices. Owned by Jeff A. Krum, a West Bottoms property owner/developer.

Description

The Hobbs is a Kansas City event and wedding venue in the West Bottoms, set inside the historic Hobbs Building at 1427 W. 9th Street.¹² The five-story red-brick warehouse — built in 1905 to a design by Kansas City architect John McKecknie — has been adapted into an event space that pairs a roughly 7,500-square-foot interior grand room with a 5,200-square-foot private outdoor garden, seating about 300 guests at rounds and up to 500 in mixed indoor/outdoor layouts.¹ The renovation preserves the building’s original wood floors, posts, and exposed brick while adding bridal suites and a custom bar; upper floors house studios and offices, part of the broader creative reuse of the West Bottoms’ warehouse stock.¹

Ownership and history

The Hobbs Building was constructed in 1905 as a warehouse/distribution building in the West Bottoms industrial district, designed by prolific Kansas City architect John McKecknie.² The event space is owned by **Jeff A. The Krum family is associated with the ongoing preservation and adaptive reuse of West Bottoms warehouse buildings.

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