Fort Garry Hotel
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The Fort Garry Hotel—officially the Fort Garry Hotel, Spa and Conference Centre[1]—is an early-20th-century hotel in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, that opened for the first time on December 11, 1913.[2] Built by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, it is one of Canada's grand railway hotels and the only surviving remnant from that era in Winnipeg.[3][4]
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Fort Garry Hotel | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | Châteauesque |
Location | 222 Broadway Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Coordinates | 49°53′16″N 97°08′12″W |
Opening | December 11, 1913; 110 years ago (1913-12-11) |
Owner | Rick Bel and Ida Albo |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 10 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Ross and Macdonald |
Developer | Fuller Company |
Designations | |
Official name | Fort Garry Hotel National Historic Site of Canada |
Designated | 1981 |
Municipally Designated Site | |
Designation | Winnipeg Landmark Heritage Structure |
Recognized | February 20, 1980 (1980-02-20) |
CRHP listing | May 23, 2006 (2006-05-23) |
Recognition authority | City of Winnipeg |
ID | 5383 |
Other information | |
Number of rooms | 246 |
Website | |
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It was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada in 1981,[5] and as a Manitoba Provincial Heritage Site in 1990.[4] A national heritage park connected to the hotel and to the remains of Upper Fort Garry was completed in 2017-2018.[6]