The Hotel Vancouver was a hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia that operated between 1888 and 1913. The hotel was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway and was designed by Thomas Charles Sorby. Originally the railway had planned a much larger hotel, but would up scaling back its plans and built a reduced design. An addition was built in 1893, however, by the turn of the century, the hotel was deemed inadequate.
Hotel Victoria (New York City)
Hotel Victoria was built by Paran Stevens in 1877 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Occupying the entire block on 27th Street, Broadway and Fifth Avenue, it was the only hotel in the city with entrances on both the latter thoroughfares. The hotel was owned by the American Hotel Victoria Company. George W. Sweeney served as president and Angus Gordon was manager. In 1911, it was announced that the hotel had been redecorated, renovated, and refurnished at a cost of $250,000. Room options included without bath, with bath, and suites with rates ranging between $1.50 and $6.00 per day.
Hotel zum Schwan (Frankfurt am Main)
The Hotel [zum] Schwan was a famous hotel in Frankfurt am Main . It existed from 1592 to 1919. Its building, dating from 1791 on Steinweg , was destroyed by aerial bombs during the 1944 air raids on Frankfurt am Main . A cinema later stood in its place, and today it houses the Hugendubel bookstore .
Especially in the 19th century, the Schwan was a luxury hotel of European renown. It held particular historical significance as the site of the signing of the Treaty of Frankfurt , which ended the Franco-Prussian War on May 10, 1871 .
Imperial Hotel, Pietermaritzburg
International Hotel (Virginia City)
The International Hotel was a hotel located in Virginia City, Nevada. The hotel initially opened as a wooden one-story building in 1860. Two years later, a three-story brick addition was added to the hotel. The wooden portion was dismantled in 1863, and was used to construct a new International Hotel in Austin, Nevada, where it remained operational as of 2025. A four-story brick addition took the place of the wooden building.
The Ithaca Hotel at North Aurora and East State Streets was the second structure of that name to occupy the site. The original Ithaca Hotel was built in 1809 by Luther Gere. When it burned down in 1871, it was quickly replaced by a four-story brick hotel in then-contemporary style, which opened in 1872. Designed by Ithaca architect A. B. Dale, the hotel could accommodate 200 guests and 175 diners. The building was demolished in 1967.
Joplin’s Commercial Hotel, Queenstown
Out of the first hotels of Jaipur or as the advertisement claims, the “only” hotel in Jaipur, this pretty structure stood on what is now Motilal Atal Road, opposite the Rajputana Sheraton but was sadly demolished many years back.
The baroque styled hotel was recommended or “patronised” by the royals and nobles in India and Europe, and much like hotels in the west, boasted luxury amenities (ventilated fireplaces, warm mattress beds amongst others) and services.
The Langham, London, is one of the largest and best known traditional-style grand hotels in London, England. It is situated in the district of Marylebone on Langham Place and faces up Portland Place towards Regent's Park.
The Lick House was one of San Francisco's first luxury hotels, built by the piano maker/real estate investor James Lick, who was one of California's wealthiest men of his day. It was one of a cluster of luxury hotels erected in San Francisco during the early-to-mid-1860s, the others being the Russ House (completed in 1862), Occidental Hotel. and Cosmopolitan Hotel (1865). These hotels reflected the city's less rambunctious and more affluent character brought about by Gold Rush prosperity.
Lucas’ White Hart Hotel, Horsham
“The Manitoba was one of Winnipeg’s show buildings,” according to a February 9, 1899, editorial in the Telegram. “Its imposing dimensions testified to the importance of the prairie capital, as well as the enterprise of the corporation which erected it; and the comfort and luxury which it afforded to the travelling public, predisposed strangers favourably towards the city and made Winnipeg a welcome stopping-off place in the itinerary of tourists.”
View of The Masonic Hotel on the corner of Hardy and Trafalgar Streets. A group of people are outside on the footpath. A horse drawn passenger vehicle is parked outside.
The long gone Menzies Hotel once stood on the se corner of Bourke & William Streets, and was the hotel of choice of the elite from its opening in 1867 into the 1950s. It went through many additions over the years : the original hotel was 3 floors, designed by Reed & Barnes with curious but distinctive square bell cast corner roofs, and it was the first proper grand hotel in Melbourne, immediately popular with the better off country and international visitors.
Metropolitan Hotel, New York City
The Metropolitan Hotel in Manhattan, New York City, opened September 1, 1852, and was demolished in 1895. It was built at a time of a "hotel boom" in response to the opening of the New York Crystal Palace exhibition of 1853.
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Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third Street in St. Paul. On June 27, 1870, proprietor Gilbert Dutcher opened the hotel in grand style and for many years the Metropolitan was identified as St. Paul's premier hotel. Prominent local businessmen and out-of-town movers and shakers would meet at the hotel to discuss business and politics.
The Monongahela House was located on Smithfield Street between First Avenue and Water Streets (now Fort Pitt Boulevard) in downtown Pittsburgh. The Monongahela House was built between 1839 and 1840 as Pittsburgh's premier hotel. It was destroyed in the 1845 Great Fire and subsequently rebuilt. It was five stories high and had over 200 rooms, and a banquet hall that could accommodate 1500 persons. Among its famous guests were President Jackson, President Lincoln, President Teddy Roosevelt, Charles Dickens, and King Edward VII. The Monongahela House was razed in the early 1920s.
Opened in 1867 by William Bryan, the Montowese House was a very popular destination and included stables, a pier, tennis courts, a summer theater and bath houses on the beach. Many notable people visited the Montowese, including Mark Twain, Dean Acheson, Dorothy Parker, Thorne Smith, James Sherman (Vice President to William Howard Taft) and Agnes DeMille. Four generations of the Bryan family ran the hotel before it closed in 1963. The Montowese was sold at auction and demolished in 1965.
The Morton House, a multi-storied hotel at the corner of Monroe and Ionia, has shops at street level, all with their awnings unfurled. At the corner the awning of White & White Druggists advertises that they are open all night, sell surgical instruments as well as soda water and Key West imported cigars. A large blackboard on the side of the building possibly lists items for sale. Horses and carriages line Ionia Ave. Most of the hotel's windows have individual awnings, and the top floor shows three wrought iron balconies with awnings over them.