Terminal Hotel
63 Victoria Crescent, Nanaimo, Colombie-Britannique, V9R, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
2002/10/07
Autre nom(s)
s/o
Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1912/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2004/08/25
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Terminal Hotel is a three storey Edwardian Commercial style building located on a main thoroughfare in the downtown core. The historic place is confined to the building footprint.
Valeur patrimoniale
The Terminal Hotel, built in 1912, is a handsome, very good example of vernacular Edwardian Commercial style. This restrained and symmetrical style was a reaction to the exuberant eclecticism of the Victorian architecture that preceded it. The building's storefront has been modified over time, most extensively in 1951, but the upper storey and essential form remain intact.
The three-storey Terminal Hotel is very prominent on the street and is part of a continuous line of historic buildings on one of Nanaimo's oldest commercial strips.
The Terminal Hotel is a tangible reminder of the social and economic importance of hotels in Nanaimo history. Like most mining communities, early Nanaimo had a large population of single, often transient, men. The City's many hotels functioned as affordable living quarters and, in the saloons and restaurants typically located on the ground floor, as social centres.
The Terminal Hotel has been in continuous use as a hotel or similar function for almost 100 years.
Source: City of Nanaimo, Development Services Department, file #6800-20-H01-02/63 Victoria Crescent
Éléments caractéristiques
Character defining elements of the Terminal Hotel include:
-all of the elements of the Edwardian Commercial style as expressed in the overall restrained appearance, simple form and massing, symmetrical facade, brick cladding, double hung wooden sash windows, corbelled cornice and segmental arched window openings on the upper stories.
-the building's location on a main thoroughfare within a grouping of historic buildings.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Colombie-Britannique
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (C.-B.)
Loi habilitante
Local Government Act, art.954
Type de reconnaissance
Répertoire du patrimoine communautaire
Date de reconnaissance
2002/10/07
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
1951/01/01 à 1951/01/01
Thème - catégorie et type
- Économies en développement
- Commerce et affaires
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
Historique
- Commerce / Services commerciaux
- Hôtel, motel ou auberge
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
City of Nanaimo, Development Services Department, file #6800-20-H01-02/63 Victoria Crescent.
See also Nanaimo Community Archives Building Plans Collection.
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
DgRx-80
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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