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Monroe Hotel

Crossroads, Kansas CityEconomy of Kansas City, MissouriHotel buildings completed in 1920Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in MissouriHotels in Kansas City, Missouri
National Register of Historic Places in Kansas City, MissouriResidential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in MissouriWorking-class culture in the United States
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The Monroe Hotel was a hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. It was built in the early 1920s and soon afterward bought by Tom Pendergast, a local political boss, who arranged for connecting access between his office and the hotel. The hotel closed in 1971, and the building was later converted to condominium use.

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Monroe Hotel
West 18th Street, Downtown Kansas City

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64108 Downtown Kansas City
Missouri, United States
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