Chateau Frontenac, Quebec Canadian Pacific Hotels
Quebec: c.1923. Notes: Charming large scale early photograph of Chateau Frontenac with the Champlain Monument to the left.
The Château Frontenac was designed by American architect Bruce Price, as one of a series of \\\\\\\"château\\\\\\\" style hotels built for the Canadian Pacific Railway company (aka CPR) during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; the newer portions of the hotel—including the central tower—were designed by William Sutherland Maxwell..Prior to the building of the hotel, the site was occupied by the Chateau Haldimand, residence of the British colonial governors of Lower Canada and Quebec. The Château Frontenac opened in 1893.The Château Frontenac was named after Louis de Buade, Count of Frontenac, who was governor of the colony of New France from 1672 to 1682 and 1689 to 1698. The Château was built near the historic Citadelle, the construction of which Frontenac had begun at the end of the 17th century. The Quebec Conference of 1943, at which Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt discussed strategy for World War II, was held at the Château Frontenac while much of the staff stayed nearby at the Citadel.
, Image Size : 749x1003 (mm), 29.50x39.50 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : , Coloring: Black & White, Medium: Photograph, Categories: Views Canada Quebec; Advertising; Architectural General;. Very Good. Item #P3473
Price: $750.00