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Ambassador Hotel Wichita
Wichita, Kansas, United States · Autograph Collection · Accessible Luxury
The Ambassador Hotel Wichita is housed in the city's 1926 Union National Bank Building, a 14-story Chicago School tower that was the tallest in downtown at completion, financed by the Edith Rockefeller McCormick Trust. Its ground floor was the Dockum Drug Store, site of a pioneering July 1958 civil rights sit-in. Coury Hospitality reopened the building as a 117-room hotel around 2012 after a roughly $23 million conversion.
- 117 rooms
- Opened 2012
- Neighborhood: Downtown
- Rooms from 489 sq ft (45 m²)
About Ambassador Hotel Wichita
- The 1926 Union National Bank Building was downtown Wichita's tallest at completion, a 14-story Chicago School tower at 104 South Broadway.
- Its ground-floor Dockum Drug Store was the site of the July 1958 lunch-counter sit-in that helped desegregate Wichita stores, nearly two years before Greensboro.
- Construction was financed through the Edith Rockefeller McCormick Trust. Coury Hospitality converted the tower into 117 rooms, including 12 suites, around 2012.
- Entry-level rooms start at 489 sq ft (45 m²).
History
The Ambassador Hotel Wichita occupies the Union National Bank Building at 104 South Broadway, a 14-story Chicago-School tower built in 1926 that was the tallest building in downtown Wichita at its completion. Its ground floor housed the Dockum Drug Store, site of the pioneering July 1958 civil rights sit-in. The project was financed via the Edith Rockefeller McCormick Trust.
After years of vacancy and a 1970s remodel, Coury Hospitality redeveloped the building into a hotel in a roughly $23 million project, opening it as the Ambassador Hotel around 2012. The hotel has 117 rooms, including 12 suites.
The setting
At 104 South Broadway in downtown Wichita, in the 1926 Union National Bank. Century II is a short walk.
Restaurants and bars
- Siena Steakhouse — Restaurant · Steak house
Amenities
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- AAA Four Diamond (2026)
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