Zimmermann House Hotel, Waterloo, Ontario
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Drawing of the exterior of the Zimmermann House Hotel, Henry Zimmermann Proprietor. Crowds of people on the street in front of the hotel and on the balcony above and sitting at the windows. "1890" can be seen on the stone work at the top of the hotel. Note the horse-drawn streetcar, telephone poles, the sign for the Canadian Bank of Commerce and the advertising on the streetcar.
- Notes
- 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.
Spelled Zimmerman in some directories.
See Detail photographs for closer view of image.
- Date of Original
- [between 1889 and 1904]
- Date Of Event
- [between 1889 and 1904]
- Dimensions
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Width: 51 cm
Height: 41 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 51cm
Image Height: 41cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- J-12-16 Oversize
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.465278 Longitude: -80.522624
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:35 Albert Street, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 5E2
