Montreal Hotel

City of Rossland Heritage Register Plaque

City of Rossland Heritage Register Plaque

 

The Montreal Hotel

Historical Name: Montreal Hotel
Common Name: O.K. Store 
Address: 2167 Columbia Avenue 
Date of Construction: 1896

Found in Collection - Montreal Hotel Building in 1997.

 

The Montreal Hotel is characteristic of the boomtown architectural style, with a modified false-front façade. The two-storey building has an enclosed set of stairs on the west side of the building leading up to an open porch that runs the length of the second floor. The hotel had nine bedrooms, seven of which were in the attic, and a license to operate a bar room (that was essentially used as a Saloon), along with a separate space for the kitchen and dining area.

The smallest hotel on record for Rossland, it is one of the most recognizable landmarks in Rossland. When first built, the property was owned by Mr. Morin, also the liquor license holder. In 1900, the building was sold to Mr. Rumball, and not much was known about the building for three decades until the 1930s when it became the Okanagan Fruit Store (O.K. Store), which sold fruit exported from the Okanagan.

Found in Collection - Montreal Hotel in 1984.

 
 

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