The Sedalia Commercial 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 Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri. It encompasses 102 contributing buildings 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 Sedalia. The district developed between about 1870 and 1959, and includes representative examples of Italianate, Romanesque Revival, and Art Deco architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed

Hotel Bothwell 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 reinforced concrete building faced with tan b ...

, Building at 217 West Main Street, and Missouri/Sedalia Trust Company. Other notable buildings include the First United Methodist Church (1888-1891), Pettis County Courthouse (1924), Anheuser Busch Bottling Works (c. 1883, 1892), the New Lona Theater (1920), Citizens National Bank Building (c. 1908), Third National Bank (1929), Federal Building (1930), Montgomery Ward Building (1936), the Uptown Theatre (1936), Missouri Pacific Depot (c. 1952), and Central Presbyterian Church (New Creation Bible Church, c. 1910). (includes 19 photographs) an
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/ref> (includes 23 photographs from 2009) (includes 29 photographs from 2016) It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001, with a boundary increase in 2010 and amendment in 2016.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Romanesque Revival architecture in Missouri Italianate architecture in Missouri Art Deco architecture in Missouri Buildings and structures in Pettis County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Pettis County, Missouri {{PettisCountyMO-NRHP-stub