Excelsior Springs Hall of Waters Commercial West Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located at Excelsior Springs, Clay County, Missouri. It encompasses 20

contributing buildings In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...

in the

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...

of Excelsior Springs. The district developed between about 1894 and 1948, and includes representative examples of

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, Classical Revival, and Art Deco style architecture. Notable buildings include the Excelsior Springs Post Office (1914), McCleary Thornton-Minor Hospital (c. 1910), Montgomery Ward Building (1929), J.J. Newberry Company Building (c. 1929), J.C. Penney Company Building (c. 1929), Elks Lodge No. 1001 (c. 1913-1926), Washington Hotel and Orpheus Theatre (c. 1900-1905), I.O.O.F. Building (1913-1917), Arlington Hotel (1899-1900), and Ideal Hotel (c. 1900-1905). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Victorian architecture in Missouri Neoclassical architecture in Missouri Art Deco architecture in Missouri Buildings and structures in Clay County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Clay County, Missouri {{ClayCountyMO-NRHP-stub