Wichita ยท South Central: Wichita
Drury Plaza Broadview
George Siedhoff's eight-story 1922 hotel on the Arkansas River; Drury lists 200 rooms and says it hosted Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- Built
- 1922Built 1922 as a hotel; two bays were added to the north end of the east facade in 1929.
- Style
- Commercial
- Architect
- Ed Forsblom (builder George Siedhoff)
- Type
- Grand hotel
- Rooms
- 200
- Area
- South Central: Wichita
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
George Siedhoff developed the eight-story hotel, designed by Ed Forsblom, on the east bank of the Arkansas River, completing it in 1922. A two-bay addition followed in 1929. KSHS places it in a line of well-known Wichita hotels with the Occidental, the Eaton and the Allis. Drury says the hotel hosted Franklin D. Roosevelt and that its renovation kept a mosaic mural by Blackbear Bosin.
Good to know
- Breakfast: included
- Parking: on-site paid
- Pets welcome
- Address: 400 West Douglas Avenue, Wichita, KS 67202
Sources (3)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.