Montreal; the Canadian metropolis and its picturesque environments . pioneers. The Place Viger Hotel is built in the quaint style of the P^ench Renaissance,partaking of the type of the old chateaux found on the banks of the Loire. Thegeneral outline and effect of the five-story building is one of great solidity coml)inedwith gracefulness. It is constructed of grey limestone and Scotch buff fire brick, allin complete harmony with and emphasizing the beauties of its architectural design,and crowned by a massive tower rising from a graceful sweep into a great circle,withits numerous turrets and g
Montreal; the Canadian metropolis and its picturesque environments . pioneers. The Place Viger Hotel is built in the quaint style of the P^ench Renaissance,partaking of the type of the old chateaux found on the banks of the Loire. Thegeneral outline and effect of the five-story building is one of great solidity coml)inedwith gracefulness. It is constructed of grey limestone and Scotch buff fire brick, allin complete harmony with and emphasizing the beauties of its architectural design,and crowned by a massive tower rising from a graceful sweep into a great circle,withits numerous turrets and gables, forms a striking picture. The total length of thebuilding is 300 feet, with a depth of 66 feet. The main facade has a magnificentarcade of twenty-one arches, which abuts the two projecting gables,with broad gran-olithic steps leading up to it from the street, and facing Place Viger, affords a delight-ful resort for guests in the pleasant hours of a summer evening. Reached directlyfrom the arcade is the general waiting-room, off which are offices and ladies. In Place Hotel MONTREAL II waiting-rooms, and from which it is but a step to the covered railway tracksof the Canadian Pacific, immediately in the rear. On the right of this mainwaiting-room is the hotel department, and all the upper floors are exclusivelydevoted to hotel purposes on plans arranged on the most modern ideas. Theground floor is laid in marble mosaic, the rotunda and waiting-room beingof magnificent proportions, with supporting columns, wainscoting and otherwood finishing of quartered oak, and walls and ceilings laid in gold leaf with
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