Located in the heart of Kansas City's downtown convention and business district, Hotel Savoy offers more than just a room. We offer beautifully appointed guest suites filled with antiques and personal amenities.
With Kansas City's building boom, population growth, and prosperity of the late 1800's, luxury hotels became very popular. The Hotel Savoy was built on the corner of Ninth and Central streets in 1888 by the Arbuckle Brothers of the Arbuckle Coffee Company. It offered turn-of-the-century elegance to political and stage personalities as well as cattlemen, grain merchants and travelers heading west. Architects for the building were S.E. Chamberlain and Van Brunt & Howe. The original east wing was constructed in 1888. In 1903, it was remodeled and the west wing was added along with The Savoy Grill dining room. Imported marble and tile, brass fixtures and stained glass are some of the original features of the hotel decor. Art Nouveau style stained glass in the skylight was designed in Kansas City by Frank Anderson for the hotel lobby.
Is she haunted?
As you can imagine, the history and mysteries surrounding passers through and hotel guests of years past yield to plenty of ghost stories. The Savoy went through a renovation process in the late 1980's and legend has it that the process extremely upset it's resident ghosts. Two resident ghosts are said to live in the Savoy. One, Betsy Ward died in a bathtub in the 1800's and is said to turn the water on and off and close the shower curtains in the room in which she died. The other, Fred Lightner, is said to haunt his former apartment. Hotel guests and staff are also said to have seen mysterious shadows, heard strange voices and have doors open and close on their own.
Overlooking the historic Garment District
Two Blocks from Bartle Hall Convention Center
Ten Minutes from Crown Center
Five minutes from Kansas City Downtown Airport
Twenty minutes from Kansas City International Airport
Fifteen minutes from the Country Club Plaza
Hotel Savoy - 219 West 9th - Kansas City, MO 64105
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Phone: 816-842-3575
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For a romantic hotel stay there's nothing quite like an elegant canopy bed next to a $6,000 fireplace. Or sleeping in a balcony atop a three-story castle. Or setting your drink on a 450-pound gold nightstand carved to look like an ancient Egyptian water carrier. 
