Major Hotel

Major Hotel
Location 112 E. Franklin St., Liberty, Missouri
Coordinates 39°14′50″N 94°25′6″W / 39.24722°N 94.41833°W / 39.24722; -94.41833Coordinates: 39°14′50″N 94°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 noted 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

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

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.


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