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Title
Date(s)
- 1887-1920 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
8 architectural plans. -- 1 photograph
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Alberta Hotel, located at 808 - 1st Street SW in Calgary, Alberta, was built by T.S.C. Lee and Alfred Brealey. The building, in a Romanesque Revival style, opened in January 1890. It was a popular place for southern Alberta ranchers to stay, and future Prime Mininster R.B. Bennett lived on the 3rd floor. Charles Dangerfield, the last owner, closed the hotel during Prohibition (1916-1924), and the building later became an office and retail complex called Alberta Corner.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Unknown donor (plans), and Deborah Dalton (photo), 2010.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of architectural floor plans and elevations for the Alberta Hotel, plus a survey of the lot to determine it the hotel encroached onto a neighbouring lot. Also consists of a photograph of hotel boiler man, Harry Dalton, behind the hotel (1911).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
The material is in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
No finding aid.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Digital content is available: https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/Package/2R3BF1S3CDGQF
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Note
Title based on contents of records.