Great Western Hotel

The Great Western Hotel, built in 1902, with a 1911 addition extending down Cambie Street, illustrates the rapid growth in Gastown during the pre-First World War era. Hotels such as this provided both short and long-term lodging, serving primarily those who worked in the seasonal resource trades such as fishing and logging.

Architect W.T. Dalton (1854-1931) designed the original portion of the building, which was built by prominent local contractors Baynes and Horie. Architect Thomas Hooper (1857-1935) designed the 1911 addition for owner and contractor, K.K. Bjerkness.

The Great Western Hotel is an example of the turn-of-the nineteenth century transition between the Victorian era styles and the new, simpler classically-inspired styles of the Edwardian era.

Source

Canada's Historic Places

More information

http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=2508