Major Hotel

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Major Hotel
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Location 112 E. Franklin St., Liberty, Missouri
Coordinates 39°14′50″N94°25′6″W / 39.24722°N 94.41833°W / 39.24722; -94.41833 Coordinates: 39°14′50″N94°25′6″W / 39.24722°N 94.41833°W / 39.24722; -94.41833
Area less than one acre
Built 1912 (1912), 1934, 1987
Built by Huggins Construction
Architect Keene & Simpson
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Prairie School
MPS Liberty MPS
NRHP reference # 92001678 [1]
Added to NRHP December 28, 1992

Major Hotel, also known as Colonial Hotel and Franklin House Apartments, is a historic hotel located at Liberty, Clay County, Missouri. It was designed by the architectural firm Keene & Simpson and built in 1912. It is a three-story, rectangular brick building with Colonial Revival and Prairie School style design elements. It features a low-pitched, hipped roof with wide, overhanging eaves and shed-roof dormers and one-story/ full-length verandah porch. It was rebuilt after a fire in 1934 and converted to a 21-unit apartment building in 1987. [2] :5–7

Hotel Establishment that provides lodging paid on a short-term basis

A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a refrigerator and other kitchen facilities, upholstered chairs, a flat screen television, and en-suite bathrooms. Small, lower-priced hotels may offer only the most basic guest services and facilities. Larger, higher-priced hotels may provide additional guest facilities such as a swimming pool, business centre, childcare, conference and event facilities, tennis or basketball courts, gymnasium, restaurants, day spa, and social function services. Hotel rooms are usually numbered to allow guests to identify their room. Some boutique, high-end hotels have custom decorated rooms. Some hotels offer meals as part of a room and board arrangement. In the United Kingdom, a hotel is required by law to serve food and drinks to all guests within certain stated hours. In Japan, capsule hotels provide a tiny room suitable only for sleeping and shared bathroom facilities.

Liberty, Missouri City in Missouri, United States

Liberty is a city in Clay County, Missouri, United States and is a suburb of Kansas City, located in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 United States Census the population was 29,149. Liberty is the county seat of Clay County. Liberty is home to William Jewell College.

Clay County, Missouri County in the United States

Clay County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the county had a population of 221,939, making it the fifth-most populous county in Missouri. Its county seat is Liberty. The county was organized January 2, 1822, and named in honor of U.S. Representative Henry Clay from Kentucky, later member of the United States Senate and United States Secretary of State.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. Deon K. Wolfenbarqer (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Major Hotel" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-11-01.