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Property Name	Commodore Apartment Hotel
Reference Number	13000218
State	Kansas
County	Sedgwick
Town	Wichita
Street Address	222 E. Elm Street; 601 N. Broadway Avenue, Wichita, KS
Multiple Property Submission Name	Residential Resources of Wichita MPS
Status	Listed 05/01/2013
Link to full file	http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13000218.pdf

"The Commodore Apartment Hotel is nominated to the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion Cas an excellent example of the Apartment Hotel Building subtype of the Multi-Family Residence/Apartment Building property type identified in the Multiple Property Documentation Form (MPDF) entitled ""Residential Resources of Wichita."" The building was designed by Kansas City-based architect Nelle Elizabeth Peters, who specialized in the design of apartment buildings and hotels, and developed by American diplomat and Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley."

 

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