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Bremner Hotel

2460 Water Street, Miramichi, New Brunswick, E1N, Canada

Formally Recognized: 2005/06/23

Bremner Hotel, front elevation, 2005.; City of Miramichi
Front elevation
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Other Name(s)

Bremner Hotel
Twin Elms Farm
Ferme Twin Elms

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Construction Date(s)

Listed on the Canadian Register: 2006/07/10

Statement of Significance

Description of Historic Place

Bremner Hotel is located on Water Street in Miramichi, overlooking the Miramichi River and Middle Island. Built circa 1824, this 2 ½ story vernacular house and grounds are surrounded by a mature cedar hedge.

Heritage Value

The Bremner Hotel is designated a Local Historic Place for its significance as home to an original grantholder, Philip Bremner, for its architecture and for its importance as a leisure destination for early trade and commerce industries in the 1830's on the Miramichi.

Philip Bremner was a Nova Scotian that came to the Miramichi as a young man and took out Lot 25 from the Crown in the early 1800's, on which this vernacular house stands. The residence still exhibits such typical Maritime vernacular elements such as the wooden shingle siding. The original large cedar hedge reflects landscaping from this era.

The Bremner Hotel became a meeting place, hotel and tavern for the first sawmill and the fishery established at nearby Middle Island, supplying the local demand of the day.

It is also significant as an operational farm, known as Twin Elms Farm, with its owner holding the position of President of the Canadian Jersey Cattle Association.

Source: City of Miramichi, Heritage Office Site File #05-36

Character-Defining Elements

The character-defining elements associated with this original vernacular home include:
- rectangular two and a half storey massing with ell;
- rubble stone foundation;
- asymmetrical placement of front entrance and windows;
- second level window placement tight to the eaves, typical of early Maritime vernacular style;
- little change to exterior design;
- ell extension as later addition;
- gabled central front porch with double wooden half columns resting on base;
- clad in wooden shingles.

The character-defining elements associated with the grounds include :

- mature cedar hedge.

Recognition

Jurisdiction

New Brunswick

Recognition Authority

Local Governments (NB)

Recognition Statute

Community Planning Act

Recognition Type

Local Register

Recognition Date

2005/06/23

Historical Information

Significant Date(s)

n/a

Theme - Category and Type

Developing Economies
Trade and Commerce
Expressing Intellectual and Cultural Life
Architecture and Design

Function - Category and Type

Current

Historic

Commerce / Commercial Services
Hotel, Motel or Inn
Commerce / Commercial Services
Eating or Drinking Establishment
Food Supply
Farm or Ranch
Residence
Single Dwelling

Architect / Designer

n/a

Builder

n/a

Additional Information

Location of Supporting Documentation

City of Miramichi Heritage Office Beaverbrook House

Cross-Reference to Collection

Fed/Prov/Terr Identifier

474

Status

Published

Related Places

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