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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Leland Hotel (218 William Avenue, Winnipeg)Built between 1883 and 1884 on a design by local architects Charles A. Barber and Earle W. Barber, the Leland was one of Winnipeg’s most luxurious hotels, featuring 100 rooms, hot and cold running water, billiard room, barber shop, and reading rooms. Its brick facade concealed a wooden structure, one of the last such buildings from the city’s early days. Through the years its proprietors included W. D. Douglas, J. C. Kavanagh, E. J. Rochon, and A. F. Wright. Four storeys added in 1892 were destroyed in a fire in 1913. After many years of neglect and use as a “flop house hotel,” the building sat empty and was purchased by the City of Winnipeg in 1995. Designated in May 1985 as a municipal historic site, the structure was de-listed in May 1998, and was subsequently destroyed by an arson fire in January 1999.
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Sources:“Historic hotel torched?,” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 January 1999, page 1. This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 27 April 2020
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