Hotel Bothwell is a historic hotel building located at Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri. It was designed by H.L. Stevens & Company and built in 1927. It is a seven-story, Classical Revival style reinforced concrete building faced with tan brick and stone trim. The basement, first, and second floors occupy the full rectangular parcel, whereas the upper stories have an L-shaped plan.[2]: 2
The Hotel Bothwell was opened June 10, 1927 by John H. Bothwell.[3] The hotel cost $400,000 to build and originally had 109 rooms, the modern hotel has 53 expanded rooms.[4] The hotel has had a number of prominent guests including Harry S. Truman who was in the hotel in 1934 when he learned that he had been selected to run for US Senate.[5] Actors Clint Eastwood and Eric Fleming promoted the TV series Rawhide at the hotel in 1959.[3]
The hotel was converted to a senior living facility in 1988 known as the Kensington Bothwell.
In 1998, a former Hotel Bothwell bell boy, Doyle Furnell bought and restored the hotel.[6] The hotel joined the Clarion Collection of hotels in 2004.[5]
