Waterloo Public Library Digital Collections

King Street, Waterloo, Ontario

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Creator

E.W. Edwards, Waterloo, Ontario, Photographer

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

View of the north east corner of King and Erb streets. Bowman House hotel and Bricker and Diebel Mercantile can be seen as well as several elaborate horse-drawn carriages. Men appear to be dressed quite formally in top hats and gloves, perhaps for a funeral procession.

Notes

Bricker and Diebel established in 1886. Name changed to Bricker and Company in 1905.
Bowman House built in 1840 by Henry Bowman on the north east corner of King and Erb Streets and was initially known as the Farmer's Hotel. In 1867 directory lists William L. Bowman as the proprietor. In 1882 it was bought by Henry Zimmerman and eventually the name was changed to Zimmerman House. A fire in 1889 destroyed a major part of the front facing King Street. It was rebuilt and a third floor added. In 1889 the Canadian Bank of Commerce opened an office on the main floor.
In 1904 it was bought by Mark Lewis and was renamed the Lewis Hotel. In 1935 it was opened as the Hotel Waterloo by Stanley Chadder.
E.W. Edwards was a photographer in Waterloo between 1888 and 1891.

Date of Original

[ca.1889]

Date Of Event

[ca.1889]

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