The Bothwell opened in 1927 as Sedalia's flagship hotel, financed in part by the lawyer and gentleman farmer John Homer Bothwell whose country estate lies a few miles north. Eight storeys of brick and limestone in a restrained Renaissance Revival style, it was for decades the tallest building in town and the social heart of downtown. After a long decline it was restored in the 2000s and now operates as a Marriott Tapestry property.
You don't need to stay the night to see the lobby — the original marble, ornamental plaster ceiling and mezzanine are intact and the ground-floor restaurant Ivory Grille is one of the better dinner options in town. The building sits at the corner of 4th and Ohio, the natural starting point for a walk through the Commercial Historic District.