Walt Disney Residence and Garage
- Also Known As: Booker T Youngel Residence
- Address: 3028 Bellefontaine Ave
The Walt Disney Residence and Garage in Kansas City, Missouri is significant for its association as the adolescent home and studio of internationally renowned motion picture producer and film animator Walt Disney, during his residence in Kansas City from circa 1914-1917, 1919-1921. The Disney residence, erected in 1905 and designed in the Builder's Vernacular style, was acquired by Walt Disney's parents, Elias and Flora Disney, in circa 1914. It served as home for various members of the Disney family until November, 1921. The garage, erected in 1917 by Elias Disney, served as a makeshift studio for Walt Disney from 1919-1921. Within this studio, Disney "experimented with incandescent lights called 'inkies' until he achieved the best exposures for his drawings", and it is strongly believed that it was here Disney was inspired to create one of the greatest characters in film animation, Mickey Mouse. These early cartoon efforts by Disney would contribute to the refinement in subject matter and technological advances of his later award-winning films and animations. - NRHP Nomination