Overview
Address
40-50 W Cordova St, Vancouver BC
Neighbourhood
Gastown
type
Mixed Use
Protection & Recognition
- M: Municipal Protection
Description
Noted architect William Tuff Whiteway designed the Manitoba Hotel in 1909. The building has been in continuous use for accommodation, as the Hotel Manitoba until 1954, and to the present as the Hildon Hotel.
This type of hotel was in high demand not only to provide central, inexpensive housing for workers but also to accommodate travelers and businessmen. The Hotel Manitoba, as did many others in Gastown, served a combined function of providing commercial space on the ground floor for a wide range of tenants, and lodging and residential space on the upper floors.
The value of this designated Edwardian hotel is associated with Gastown’s history in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century as a mixed-use district being the centre for Vancouver’s trade and manufacturing.
Source
Canada's Historic Places
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