On June 27, 2014, the historic Town House Hotel at 1011 North 7th Street in Kansas City, Kansas was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The 15-story building later became the Crossline Towers, a senior living facility. Today, it’s known as the Town House Apartments.
From 1951 to 1969, this building was the tallest in Kansas City, Kansas. It’s now one of the city’s three tallest buildings.
During the 1950s and 1960s, the building was a 250-room hotel. It was often visited by American Football League teams.
Interestingly, the hotel building was the last place Patsy Cline stayed before she died in a plane crash while flying back to Nashville. She was in town on March 3, 1963, performing at a benefit concert at the Memorial Hall.
The site of the hotel building used to be home to the Wyandotte County, Kansas jail that was constructed in 1880. It was used until 1931 and later, razed in 1949.
Eugene J. Stern designed the Town House Hotel which opened for business on August 6, 1951. It was later renamed the Town House Motor Hotel in 1961, to sound more contemporary.