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| General Description | The Cornwallis Inn 325 Main Street, Kentville The first Cornwallis Inn was demolished in 1930, when the new Cornwallis Inn was built on Main Street. It opened on December 9, 1930, offering accommodations and services equal to the best hotels on the continent. The new Cornwallis Inn was built in two hundred and eight days, and was operated as a hotel from 1930 until 1973. The Cornwallis Inn was considered one of the most architecturally beautiful hotels in Canada, a fire-proof building of Tudoresque design, of concrete and masonry construction. It contained ninety guest rooms (including four luxury suites) and ten sample rooms for commercial travellers. The Rotunda was a beautiful room extending across the front of the building. To the right was the main dining room and on the left the main lounge. Occupying the entire ground floor of the central wing was the Assembly Room (or Ballroom), and the Cornwallis Room where local groups including service clubs met. In an act of wanton destruction..."In 1963 the attractive grounds, well kept flower beds, shade trees, shrubbery and walks disappeared. The ivy was torn from the walls. A half million dollar renovation job was started. Steps and verandas were demolished. In its place a shopping arcade was built". In 1973 the Cornwallis Inn was closed. In 1976 extensive renovations to the main hotel and conversion of the existing rooms to an arrangement of high standard apartments took place. Between 1930 and 1973 the Cornwallis Inn was a mecca for social events in the County. As a Canadian Pacific hotel it represented the glory days of railway travel in Canada. Today, it houses businesses and apartments, and still retains most of the structural dignity of when it was first built. |
| Front Description | Cornwallis Inn, Kentville, Nova Scotia shown in the era when its grounds and beauty were intact. |
| Height | 89.00 mm |
| Width | 140.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
