Description of Historic Place

Quesnel Hotel is a two-and-a-half storey building constructed in 1914 located on the east side of Front Street in Downtown Quesnel, BC. The historic place includes the building and the parcel of land it occupies.

Heritage Value

The hotel has cultural and social value as it was a social center of Quesnel and considered important places of business. Local people used the saloon, dining room, dance hall, display rooms, and the lavish bedrooms on many occasions. The building is a physical reminder of the people and events that shaped the development of Quesnel, for example the new gold rush in Wells in the early 1930s brought increased business to the hotel. To accommodate the additional visitors, the beer parlour and restaurant were expanded, and new rooms were made available in the basement of the hotel.

The hotel also holds historical significance as there has been a hotel on this property since the 1860s. The current iteration was and Anglican church constructed in 1914, moved to the site in 1922 and renovated the structure to hotel standards and in 1930 it was renamed the Quesnel Hotel. John Lindbergh added a beer parlour to the south end of the building in 1933.

Character-Defining Elements

The character-defining elements of the Quesnel Hotel include the:

- location
- original form and massing
- two-and-a-half storey square wood frame structure with six dormers
- façade with a projection entrance way
- six-over-six windows
- flower boxes
- eave
- stucco exterior
- Mansard style roof