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P5513

ID Number: P5513
Item Name: Image
Title: Crown Inn / Auberge Crown
Title (Fre): Auberge Crown
Date: 1892
Description: Faded black and white photograph of the Crown Inn on the corner of 2nd (now Devonshire Rd.) and Assumption Streets; the building is a tall, four-storey brick structure with three dormers and two chimneys on the roof; the main floor has arched windows and doorways and the second and third storeys have bay windows at each end; written below the photograph is "Erected 1892" and beside the photograph is: "Hotel + stores cost $18,000. To be erected Cor. 2nd + Assumption Sts. Property covered by mortgage."
History: The Crown Inn (located at 378 - 396 Devonshire Rd.) was Walkerville's earliest hotel. It was constructed in 1892-1893 to house travellers who had business meetings with Hiram Walker or his associates. The thirty-three guest rooms were located on the second and third floors while employees lived in attic accommodations. Wine and vegetable cellars, a laundry, billiards hall and barber shop were all found in the basement and a generous lobby, restaurant and pub occupied the ground floor. A trace of Second Empire French architecture is seen in the steeply-sloped slate roof.
Place made: Canada - Ontario - Walkerville
Collection Name: Museum Windsor

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Assumption St. / Rue Assomption

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