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Hotel Phillips
Kansas City's tallest hotel when it opened in 1931, with Art Deco interiors and Jorgen Dreyer's eleven-foot Goddess of Dawn in the lobby.
- Built
- 1931Constructed 1929-1931; opened February 1931.
- Style
- Jacobethan (Art Deco interiors)
- Architect
- Boillot & Lauck (Elmer R. Boillot and Jesse F. Lauck)
- Type
- Grand hotel
- Area
- Downtown
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Inside a National Register historic district; Local landmark
The story
The 20-story Phillips opened in February 1931 on the site of the Glennon Hotel, where Harry S. Truman had run a haberdashery; at opening it was Kansas City’s tallest hotel. Its lobby holds an eleven-foot Goddess of Dawn sculpture made in 1931 by Kansas City sculptor Jorgen Dreyer. It ran as a Radisson in the 1990s and was bought by Marcus Hotels in 2001. Arbor Lodging Partners bought it in 2015, renovated it, and joined Hilton’s Curio Collection.
Good to know
- Address: 106 W. 12th Street, Kansas City, MO
Sources (2)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.