Hotel baltimore



The Hotel Baltimore was a crown jewel of Kansas City culture that was built to last. Architect Louis Curtiss used “indestructible” materials of brick and iron, and designed with the elegance of a European charm. When it opened in 1899, the Baltimore was one of the biggest and best hotels in the West, and conspicuously expanded throughout the early 20th Century. By 1939, its opulence was off-putting to upper crest, and it was razed and demolished. The hotel shined briefly and brightly as the purveyor of Midwestern luxury for just 40 years.