Hotel Bothwell

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Hotel Bothwell
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Location103 E. Fourth St., Sedalia, Missouri
Coordinates 38°42′29″N93°13′39″W / 38.70806°N 93.22750°W / 38.70806; -93.22750 Coordinates: 38°42′29″N93°13′39″W / 38.70806°N 93.22750°W / 38.70806; -93.22750
Arealess than one acre
Built1927 (1927)
ArchitectStevens, H.L., Co.
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No. 89001406 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 8, 1989

Hotel Bothwell is a historic hotel building located at Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri. It was designed by H.L. Stevens & Company and built in 1927. It is a seven-story, Classical Revival style reinforced concrete building faced with tan brick and stone trim. The basement, first, and second floors occupy the full rectangular parcel, whereas the upper stories have an L-shaped plan. [2] :2

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1] It is located in the Sedalia Commercial Historic District.

History

The Hotel Bothwell was opened June 10, 1927 by John H. Bothwell. [3] The hotel cost $400,000 to build and originally had 109 rooms, the modern hotel has 53 expanded rooms. [4] The hotel has had a number of prominent guests including Harry S. Truman who was in the hotel in 1934 when he learned that he had been selected to run for US Senate. [5] Actors Clint Eastwood and Eric Fleming promoted the TV series Rawhide at the hotel in 1959. [3]

The hotel was converted to a senior living facility in 1988 known as the Kensington Bothwell.

In 1998, a former Hotel Bothwell bell boy, Doyle Furnell bought and restored the hotel. [6] The hotel joined the Clarion Collection of hotels in 2004. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Dana L. Pratt and Karen Kummer (December 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hotel Bothwell" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2022-09-18. (includes 6 photographs from 1988)
  3. 1 2 "Hotel Bothwell Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  4. "History". Hotel Bothwell. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  5. 1 2 "Built in 1927, the 48 room Hotel Bothwell, Sedalia, MO, Now a Clarion Collection Hotel / January 2004". www.hotel-online.com. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  6. Imhauser, Rebecca Carr (2013). Legendary Locals of Sedalia, Missouri. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   978-1-4671-0040-3.