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| A prior attempt at construction of a grand railway hotel for Regina, the ], failed when the ] went bankrupt. The partially constructed Chateau Qu'Appelle—now the site of the ] on the corner of Albert Street and College Avenue—remained derelict for some years on the corner of College Avenue and Albert Street until the CPR purchased the disused girders for use in the construction of the Hotel Saskatchewan and the large excavation was finally filled in. | |||
| The foundations remained in the ground, however, substantially accounting for the positioning of the Provincial Museum (now renamed ]) at the corner of College Avenue and Albert Street but diagonally and substantially back from the streets. It is of course uncertain that if the Chateau Qu'Appelle had successfully been completed it would remain standing, but comparable palatial railway hotels in Quebec City, Montreal, Toronto, Saskatoon, Banff Springs, Vancouver, Victoria BC and elsewhere remain standing and thriving. | |||
| Its opening in 1927 caused ] to cease being needed to accommodate official visitors as it had previously done for such people as the future ] and ], then Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, to the then-Territories, 1901, ], his wife and their daughter ] in 1912, the Prince of Wales in 1927, 17 years before its closure in 1944. | |||
| The City of Regina Archives website describes the Hotel Saskatchewan in the following terms: | |||
| {{quotation |After the embarrassing fiasco that was the Chateau Qu'Appelle, Regina's aldermen felt that a first-class hotel was needed for the city. They began to lobby the ] to build an appropriate establishment in order to attract more tourists to the ]. The CPR responded in 1927 by building the Hotel Saskatchewan, the fourteenth of the CPR's national chain of hotels. The hotel was built on the site of F.N. Darke's first residence, to the south of Victoria Park. Construction took less than a year and incorporated many of the girders that had stood for so long as the skeleton of Regina 's ill-fated first railroad hotel, the Chateau Qu'Appelle. The building itself was a ] Classical design that incorporated the use of ] ] on the outside façade (the same material used for the façade of the ] and the ]), as well as brick. The building was as lavish inside as out, featuring vaulted ceilings and marble thresholds. Although construction was an epic undertaking that, at its height, involved a thousand men working shifts 24 hours a day, the results were worth it. The building, like the McCallum Hill Building on the north end of the park, generated its own power and water. The site became a favourite of royalty and political dignitaries alike, and strives to retain its grand reputation - the hotel was once Saskatchewan's only ] Four Diamond property in international tourist guides. However in 2009, the hotel was demoted to a Three Diamond property, and has yet to regain its previous ranking. | |||
| Declared a municipal ] in 1993, it is first choice for any member of the ] when staying in Regina, and between 1945 and 1984, was the official residence and office of ].<ref>City of Regina Archives. Regina: The Early Years. http://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/regina/north/railways_b_295.html. Retrieved 17 May 2007.</ref>}} | |||
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| Hotel Saskatchewan | |
|---|---|
 Radisson Plaza Hotel Saskatchewan | |
| General information | |
| Location | Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Coordinates | 50°26′48″N 104°36′41″W / 50.44667°N 104.61139°W / 50.44667; -104.61139 |
| Opening | 1927 |
| Management | Radisson Hotels |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 10 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Ross and Macdonald |
| Developer | Canadian Pacific Railway |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 224 |
| Number of suites | 27 |
| Number of restaurants | 1 |
The Radisson Plaza Hotel Saskatchewan is a historic hotel, one of Canada's grand railway hotels located in downtown Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, overlooking Victoria Park.
The Hotel Saskatchewan was the fourteenth hotel in a nationwide chain constructed and owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway The railway's earlier hotels, such as the Château Frontenac in Quebec City, the Chateau Lake Louise and the Banff Springs Hotel were designed in a distinctive château style, but by the late 1920s this had been abandoned in favor of a much simpler and less expensive style although the Canadian National Railway's Bessborough hotel in Saskatoon was built from 1928 to 1932. The Hotel Saskatchewan was the hub of the city's social life, and today operates as part of the Radisson Hotels chain.
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| Preceded bySaskatchewan Legislative Building | Tallest Building in Regina 1927-1969 53 m |
Succeeded byAvord Tower |
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