Kansas City Club Building

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Kansas City Club Building
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The Kansas City Club Building
Location1228 Baltimore Ave., Kansas City, Missouri
Arealess than one acre
Built1918-1922
ArchitectSmith, Rea and Lovitt
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 02001401 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 19, 2002

The Kansas City Club Building is a 14-story building in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, built from 1918 to 1922. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2002. [1]

It was built as the clubhouse of the Kansas City Club, a private club. It remained the clubhouse until 2001, when the club merged with a nearby smaller club. In 2002, a developer bought and renovated the building. The first six floors were a banquet facility called The Clubhouse on Baltimore. The remaining nine floors were converted to loft apartments called The Clubhouse Lofts.

In 2020 it was converted to the Hotel Kansas City.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Kansas City Club Building" (PDF). 2002. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-03-31. Retrieved 2024-04-06.

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