Major Hotel Explained

Major Hotel
Coordinates:39.2472°N -94.4183°W
Built:, 1934, 1987
Architect:Keene & Simpson
Builder:Huggins Construction
Architecture:Colonial Revival, Prairie School
Added:December 28, 1992
Area:less than one acre
Mpsub:Liberty MPS
Refnum:92001678

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.[1]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Major Hotel. 2016-11-01. Deon K. Wolfenbarqer. PDF. n.d.. Missouri Department of Natural Resources.