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.
In 1974, the J.C. Nichols Company purchased the structure, remodeled and re-opened it 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
- ^ Boos, Kathy (March 2016). "Kansas City's 10 Best Hotels". 435 Magazine. Archived from the original on 2018-04-04. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
- ^ Drummond, Ree (November 9, 2015). "Hotel Room Tour: The Raphael, Kansas City". The Pioneer Woman. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ Morton, LaDene (2015). The Country Club District of Kansas City. Arcadia Publishing. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-62619-914-9.
- ^ Pistorius, Nancy (2017). "The Raphael Hotel". The Daily Telegraph. London. 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.
- ^ Humphrey, Michael (December 21, 2004). "Creating An Enduring Legacy". meetmags.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
- ^ Eckert, Dave (August 1, 2018), "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 978-0-7627-4554-8.