Keen Kutter Building is a hotel in Wichita, the United States.[1] It opened in 1906. It is part of Wichita Historic Warehouse and Jobbers District. The building has 4 floors. It stands about 0.7 km from the centre of Wichita.[3]
Overview
The Keen Kutter Building is a former hardware warehouse located in Wichita, Kansas, that was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. The four-story building has a free standing water tower that powered a water sprinkler system. The tower is an important landmark on the city's skyline.
From “Keen Kutter Building” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
History and building
The hotel opened in 1906. Its architecture is described as Italianate architecture. The building has 4 floors. It is listed as a National Register of Historic Places contributing property and a Register of Historic Kansas Places contributing property. [1]
Location
Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 0.7 km from the centre of Wichita. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (ICT), about 9 km from the centre of Wichita.[4]
It is one of 10 hotels in and around Wichita recorded in Wikidata, 3 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Of the 3 with a recorded opening date, the earliest is Occidental Hotel, opened in 1874. See Hotels in Wichita.
Other hotels within 1.5 km:
- Ambassador Hotel Wichita, Autograph Collection — 0.7 km
- Occidental Hotel — 0.9 km, opened 1874
- Hyatt Regency Wichita — 1.3 km
- Drury Plaza Hotel Broadview Wichita — 1.3 km, opened 1922
See also
- Hotels in Wichita
- Hotels in the United States
- Hotels in the Italianate style
- List of heritage-listed hotels in the United States
- List of hotels opened in the 1900s
References
- ^ Keen Kutter Building (Q14689731). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Keen Kutter Building. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-08-25.
- ^ Wichita (Q49266). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
- ^ Hotels in Wichita. Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.
External links
- Keen Kutter Building on Wikipedia
- Keen Kutter Building on Wikidata
- Keen Kutter Building on Wikimedia Commons — photographs