Raphael Hotel is a hotel in Kansas City, the United States.[1] Wikidata describes it as “Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri”. It stands about 1.3 km from the centre of Kansas City.[3]

Overview

The Raphael Hotel is a historic nine-story hotel located at 325 Ward Parkway in the Country Club Plaza district in Kansas City, Missouri. It is a locally significant landmark that originally opened in 1928 as Villa Serena Apartments, a block of luxury apartments. Its Italian Renaissance Revival style architecture was designed to complement the Spanish style of the nascent Country Club Plaza developed in the early 1920s.

From “Raphael Hotel” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]

History and building

Its architecture is described as Renaissance Revival architecture. It is listed as a National Register of Historic Places listed place. [1]

Location

Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 1.3 km from the centre of Kansas City. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Kansas City International Airport (MCI), about 30 km from the centre of Kansas City.[4]

It is one of 27 hotels in and around Kansas City recorded in Wikidata, 19 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Of the 7 with a recorded opening date, the earliest is Savoy Hotel and Grill, opened in 1888. See Hotels in Kansas City.

Other hotels within 1.5 km:

  • InterContinental Kansas City at The Plaza — 0.1 km
  • Sheraton Suites Country Club Plaza — 0.5 km
  • The Fontaine — 0.5 km

See also

References

  1. ^ Raphael Hotel (Q55075379). Wikidata. CC0.
  2. ^ Raphael Hotel. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2025-04-17.
  3. ^ Kansas City (Q41819). Wikidata. CC0.
  4. ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
  5. ^ Hotels in Kansas City. Wikidata. CC0.

Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.

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