Alma ยท Flint Hills: Alma
Brandt House
Joseph and Christena Brandt's 1887 limestone hotel, empty for decades; it reopened as a boutique hotel in February 2025 and lists six rooms.
- Built
- 1887Built 1887 as a hotel by Joseph and Christena Brandt; opened December 1887.
- Style
- Italianate
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Rooms
- 6
- Price
- $
- Area
- Flint Hills: Alma
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
Joseph and Christena Brandt built the two-story limestone hotel in anticipation of a boom from the Rock Island Railway, opening it with 17 rooms in December 1887. It passed in 1896 to Joseph’s brother-in-law Jacob Horne, whose family renamed it the Alma Hotel. The Bute family owned it from 1962 to 1989, when it was known for a French restaurant. It later closed and stood empty for decades. A new ownership group bought it in November 2023, renovated it through 2024 and reopened it as a six-room boutique hotel in February 2025.
Good to know
- Breakfast: available
- Parking: street
- No elevator
- No pets
- Address: 402 Missouri Avenue, Alma, KS 66401
Sources (3)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.