The three-storey Winnipeg Hotel was constructed on the west side of Main Street in Winnipeg by brothers Oswald Montgomery and Thomas Montgomery, and opened for business by September 1881. The facility featured a restaurant and bar on the main floor and 60 beds on the upper two floors. In 1901, the brothers enlarged the property by buying the former Dominion Hotel next door. The property was further enlarged in 1903 when they acquired a 100-foot frontage on Fort Street behind their building. On 10 March 1904, the Montgomerys sold the hotel to Maurice Nokes for about $125,000 and began construction of the Queen’s Hotel on Portage Avenue.
An owner of the Winnipeg Hotel was Percy Douglas Hills.
Winnipeg Hotel (circa 1902)
Source: “The Winnipeg Hotel,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 January 1902, page 6.
Winnipeg Hotel (1960s)
Source: Archives of Manitoba, Architectural Survey - Winnipeg,
Main Street (Additional Photographs) 10
Winnipeg Hotel (October 2014)
Source: George Penner
Winnipeg Hotel (November 2014)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Winnipeg Hotel (January 2022)
Source: George Penner
Aerial view of the Winnipeg Hotel (September 2024)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.89084, W97.13617
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
MHS Centennial Business: Winnipeg Hotel
Memorable Manitobans: Thomas Montgomery (1851-1914)
Memorable Manitobans: Oswald Montgomery (1856-1926)
“City and provincial [Hon. MacKenzie Bowell],” Manitoba Free Press, 13 September 1881, page 1.
“Real estate transactions,” Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 3 June 1901, page 2.
“The Winnipeg Hotel,” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 January 1902, page 6.
“New Winnipeg Hotel,” Manitoba Morning Free Press, 19 April 1902, page 7.
“Old hotel to be enlarged,” Winnipeg Tribune, 3 October 1903, page 11.
“Winnipeg Hotel,” Winnipeg Tribune, 29 September 1903, page 5.
“Winnipeg Hotel sold,” Winnipeg Tribune, 11 March 1904, page 10.
“Now in full swing,” Winnipeg Tribune, 6 April 1904, page 6.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough, Christian Cassidy, George Penner, and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 29 September 2024
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