Major Hotel

112 E. Franklin St., Liberty, Missouri. County/parish: Clay.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 28, 1992. NRIS 92001678.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Colonial Hotel
  • Franklin House Apartments

From Wikipedia:

Major Hotel

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.: 5–7 

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

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63817169

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