World’s FairsFound, not built?
Old WorldChâteau Frontenac
Château Frontenac
Château Frontenac: La Terasse, Dufferin St., Chateau Frontenac, Quebec, P. Q (NYPL b12647398-62450)
Château Frontenac: Band of the Royal 22e Regiment on the parade square of the Citadelle of Quebec

Photo: Gadmer Frédéric · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Hotel · Quebec City, Canada

Château Frontenac

On the globe
Dated
Opened 1893
Declared purpose
Railway hotel
Today
Survives, hotel
Build time
Opened 1893
Region
Canada
Architect of record
Bruce Price, architect: about 47 when credited (1892, born 1845). Build time on record: opened 1893.All architects of record →
On the list as
Documented

Hidden history

Found, Not Built

A castle hotel on the cliff above the St. Lawrence, inside the walls of a fortified city.

  1. A castle hotel

    A railway hotel built as a medieval castle with turrets.

  2. In a walled city

    It stands inside the walls of Old Quebec, beside the star-shaped Citadelle.

  3. Grows and grows

    It was expanded three times, the last in 1993.

  4. Architect of record

    Bruce Price (born 1845) was about 47 when credited with the design in 1892. The Architects of Record page asks how often a young or little-known name delivers a landmark.

Questions worth asking

  • Why dress a railway hotel as a castle?

Possible original uses

  • Hotel

What the photos show

Sources

Further viewing

Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.

Compare with

City hallPhiladelphia City HallPhiladelphia · USADated 1871–1901 · Survives, still the city hallCity hallMilwaukee City HallMilwaukee · USADated 1893–95 · SurvivesCity hallBuffalo City HallBuffalo · USADated 1929–31 · SurvivesCity hallSan Francisco City HallSan Francisco · USADated 1913–15 · Survives