Construction work, Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City

Preparation for construction work on the front wing of the Chateau Frontenac, photograph, 1920, from the Archives of the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac opened in 1893 and was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. It was extended in 1924 by William Sutherland Maxwell. The building is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Copyright Archives Chateau Frontenac / Manuel Cohen

Picture No

13441422

Media ID

45143970

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5738px x 4389px (4.4MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen