Palace Hotel
251 Main Street, Penticton, Colombie-Britannique, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
2007/04/16
Autre nom(s)
Palace Hotel
251 Main Street
Reid Coates Hardware
Audio Visions
Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2020/01/10
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Palace Hotel is a two-storey, wood-frame building with a steeply pitched front gabled roof. It is fronted by a wooden false front on the upper level and a single-storey brick storefront on the lower level on Main Street in Penticton, British Columbia.
Valeur patrimoniale
The Palace Hotel is valued for its unique identity as the only remaining wood-framed commercial building on Main Street. Constructed in 1902, it is an important reminder of the era of false-fronted wooden buildings that pre-dated fireproof brick and concrete construction. At the end of World War I it was converted to a hardware store; later the single-storey brick front was added.
The Palace Hotel has historic value related to its original use as a hotel and as a landmark structure that reflects the importance of Penticton as a staging area for the trade between the South Okanagan and Similkameen mining towns and the Okanagan Lake transportation system. The hotel was an important meeting place for commercial visitors and for local boarders, as it was considered a clean, well-run establishment without a saloon, and also hosted a veranda where local news could be heard. In later years it served as a retail outlet for the Reid-Coates Hardware and more recently as a stereo outlet. The brick addition (c. 1919) has served as an office for the City Deputy of Public Works and as a doctor's office. These uses reflect the changing landscape of one of the core blocks of downtown Penticton.
The hotel is also important because it is a reminder of the original broad dimensions of Main Street before 1911.
SOURCE: City of Penticton Civic File
Éléments caractéristiques
Key elements that define the heritage character of the Palace Hotel include its:
-large two-storey, wood-frame structure
-original features including its: board cladding, false front, double hung windows and flagpole
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
2007/04/16
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
1902/01/01 à 1902/01/01
Thème - catégorie et type
- Économies en développement
- Commerce et affaires
- Un territoire à peupler
- Les établissements
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
Historique
- Commerce / Services commerciaux
- Hôtel, motel ou auberge
- Commerce / Services commerciaux
- Magasin ou commerce de vente au détail
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
Tom Hudon
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
City of Penticton Civic File
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Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
DiQv-70
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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