Booth Hotel

The Booth Hotel located on W. Main St. in Independence, Kansas was built in 1911. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

Booth Hotel
Booth Hotel is located in Kansas
Booth Hotel
Booth Hotel is located in the United States
Booth Hotel
Location201-209 W. Main St., Independence, Kansas
Coordinates37°13′23″N 95°42′30″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1911
ArchitectFrank Bender
NRHP reference No.83000435[1]
Added to NRHPApril 28, 1983

It is a 91 by 111 feet (28 m × 34 m) U-shaped hotel built of reinforced concrete and brick, and was designed to be fireproof. It initially had 108 rooms, including 25 with private bathrooms.[2]

History

In 1870, Thomas J. Booth came to Montgomery County.[3] His education primarily consisted of common schooling in Kansas and Iowa, followed by a career as a cattle buyer and shipper. But it was oil and gas business in which he made conservative and profitable investments. The 108-room project of Booth Hotel was completed on January 1, 1912, after construction began early in 1911.

In the 1960s, the Hotel Booth closed and sat empty for almost two decades. The building was purchased by a company to keep it from being demolished and spent nearly six million dollars on renovations. David and Linda Grice purchased the Booth in December 2007. It has since been restored to its former grandeur after being lightly renovated.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Nora Pat Small (February 28, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hotel Booth / Booth Hotel". National Park Service. Retrieved December 7, 2017. With seven photos, from c.1911 and 1982-83.
  3. "Biography of Thomas Jefferson Booth | Access Genealogy".


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