National Register of Historic Places

Villa Serena Apartment Hotel

Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Listed
April 14, 2009
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
09000207

About this property

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. 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 since 2001 and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. Raphael Hotel is affiliated with the Marriott Autograph Collection. As of 2017, Raphael hotel had a restaurant named Chaz.

Location

325 Ward Pkwy.
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
39.04158, -94.59164

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Villa Serena Apartment Hotel listed on the National Register?

Villa Serena Apartment Hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 14, 2009.

What type of historic resource is Villa Serena Apartment Hotel?

Villa Serena Apartment Hotel is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Villa Serena Apartment Hotel is recorded as the industrial era.

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