Raphael Hotel
The Raphael Hotel is a historic nine-story[1] hotel located at 325 Ward Parkway in the Country Club Plaza district in Kansas City, Missouri.[2] It is a locally significant landmark that originally opened in 1928 as Villa Serena Apartments,[3] a block of luxury apartments.[4] Its Italian Renaissance Revival style architecture was designed to complement the Spanish style of the nascent Country Club Plaza developed in the early 1920s. The nine-story building was purchased by the J.C. Nichols Company in 1974, remodeled and re-opened as The Raphael in 1975. The 126-room hotel is patterned after small European hotels. The property is a member of the Historic Hotels of America[5] since 2001[6] and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[6] Raphael Hotel is affiliated with the Marriott Autograph Collection.[7] As of 2017, Raphael hotel had a restaurant named Chaz.[8]
References
- ^ Kathy Boos (March 2016). "Kansas City's 10 Best Hotels". 435 Magazine. Archived from the original on 2018-04-04. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
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- ^ LaDene Morton (2015). The Country Club District of Kansas City. Arcadia Publishing. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-62619-914-9.
- ^ Nancy Pistorius (2017). "The Raphael Hotel". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
- ^ "The Raphael Hotel". Historic Hotels of America.
- ^ a b "The Raphael Hotel, MO". recreation.gov. 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
- ^ Michael Humphrey (2004-12-21). "Creating An Enduring Legacy". meetmags.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
- ^ Dave Eckert (2018-08-01), "Chaz on the Plaza chef revamps menu with a focus on fresh and local", The Kansas City Star, archived from the original on 2018-04-04, retrieved 2018-04-04
Bibliography
- Van Luchene, Katie (2008). Insiders' Guide to Kansas City (3d ed.). Globe Pequot Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0762745548.