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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Beaubier Hotel (201 Eighth Street, Brandon)A three-storey brick building at the intersection of Princess Avenue and Eighth Street in Brandon dated from 1893 when it replaced an earlier structure built in 1882 as one of the city’s first boarding houses. Named for its first proprietor Thomas Jefferous Beaubier, the hotel offered 37 rooms for weary travellers. In the early 20th century, it hosted a fine-dining establishment and opened a men-only beer parlour in the 1920s. In 1958, it was renovated with modernized rooms and a new licensed restaurant and beverage room. By the early 2000s, the Beaubier still rented rooms to the city’s less affluent residents but it was most well known (or notorious) for its beverage room, Thirsty’s. The Beaubier closed and was demolished in August 2008.
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Sources:“Beaubier: end of the line,” Brandon Sun, 15 August 2008, page 1. “Renovated Beaubier Hotel has grand opening,” Brandon Sun, 9 September 2008, page 7. This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 9 October 2020
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