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

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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. (includes 6 photographs from 1988) It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It is located in the Sedalia Commercial Historic District.

History

The Hotel Bothwell was opened June 10, 1927 by John H. Bothwell. The hotel cost $400,000 to build and originally had 109 rooms, the modern hotel has 53 expanded rooms. The hotel has had a number of prominent guests including

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who was in the hotel in 1934 when he learned that he had been selected to run for US Senate. Actors

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and Eric Fleming promoted the TV series Rawhide at the hotel in 1959. 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. The hotel joined the

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of hotels in 2004.

References

External links

Hotel Bothwell website
Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Missouri Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Neoclassical architecture in Missouri Hotel buildings completed in 1927 Buildings and structures in Pettis County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Pettis County, Missouri {{PettisCountyMO-NRHP-stub