Hotel Douglas
1450 Douglas Street, Victoria, Colombie-Britannique, V8W, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
1995/01/19
Autre nom(s)
Lim Bang Building
Douglas Hotel
Hotel Douglas
Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1911/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2004/08/17
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
Hotel Douglas is a five-storey Edwardian Commercial Style brick building located on the southwest corner of Pandora and Douglas Streets in the commercial core of Victoria.
Valeur patrimoniale
Hotel Douglas (1911) is valued as an early Victoria hotel, representing the seasonal population of the city in the early twentieth century. Historically, this hotel has played a significant economic role in the urban commercial area, providing both short and long-term lodging for people attracted by Victoria's tourist attractions, as well as for workers en route to logging camps or fisheries. It is significant that this hotel continues to operate at its original function.
This building is an excellent example of a modest hotel built in the period of economic prosperity prior to the First World War. The architecture is a solid representation of the Commercial Style, which was used extensively in western Canada in this time period and contributed to the ideal of the modern imperial city. The juxtaposition of Hotel Douglas with Victoria's City Hall creates a significant counterpoint of the forces that continue to drive the local economy: tourism and government administration. The presence of commercial services on the ground floor provides an important contribution to the functional streetscape in the downtown core.
Source: City of Victoria Planning and Development Department
Éléments caractéristiques
The character-defining elements of the Hotel Douglas include:
-the juxtaposition of the hotel with City Hall;
-the early twentieth-century form and five-storey massing, and its prominent location on the corner of Douglas and Pandora Streets;
-the Commercial Style elements related to its 1911 construction, including the brick cladding, terra cotta decorative elements, the grid-like fenestration pattern, the substantial cornice with dental moulding, and the decorative floral flag pole on the northeast corner;
-the combined functions of commercial space at street level, with lodging in the upper floors.
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
1995/01/19
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
s/o
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
L.W. Hargreaves
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
City of Victoria Planning and Development Department
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
DcRu-765
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
s/o