Byward Market - Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
Martineau Hotel / Hôtel Matineau
1872
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 9, 2019
1. Martineau Hotel / Hôtel Matineau Marker
Built by Ottawa Mayor Eugene Martineau, this limestone building housed four separate hotels with taverns, typical of the establishments that provided lodging to transient lumbermen in 19th century Lowertown. Fire gutted the building in 1979 while it was undergoing restoration. Now re-built, the balanced proportions of the building, its symmetry and quoins suggest Georgian Classicism.
Construit par le maire d’Ottawa, Eugène Martineau, ce bâtiment en pierre calcaire comportait quatre hôtels distincts avec leur taverne, ce qui était typique au XIXe siècle des établissements de la Basse-Ville logeant les bûcherons de passage. Reconstruit après avoir été lourdement endommagé par le feu pendant sa restauration en 1979, l’immeuble fait voir un équilibre des proportions, une symétrie et des pierres d’angle qui rappellent le classicisme géorgien.
Designated Heritage Property 1978 / Bien Désigné Historique 1978
Erected by City of Ottawa.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture.
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Location. 45° 25.766′ N, 75° 41.668′ W. Marker is in Ottawa, Ontario. It is in Byward Market - Parliament Hill. Marker is on Murray Street (Provincial Road 44) just west of Parent Avenue, on the left when traveling east. Marker is mounted at eye-level, directly on the subject building, facing Murray Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 55 Murray Street, Ottawa ON K1N 9M5, Canada. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Site of the First Hospital in Ottawa (within shouting distance of this marker); Alphonse Rochon House / Maison Alphonse Rochon (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Valade House (about 90 meters away); Tin House / La Maison de Fer-Blanc (about 120 meters away); FCM (about 120 meters away); The College of Bytown (about 150 meters away); Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica / Basilique cathédrale Notre-Dame (about 150 meters away); The Historic Notre Dame Cathedral Restoration (about 180 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ottawa.
Regarding Martineau Hotel / Hôtel Matineau. Eugene Martineau, a successful merchant who owned a dry goods store, Mayor of Ottawa in 1872—73 and an alderman for sixteen years, built the hotel in 1871-72. Four stories in height, the building has three stone wings at the rear which were originally
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 9, 2019
2. Martineau Hotel / Hôtel Matineau Marker
Designated by the City of Ottawa under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act as having cultural heritage value or interest (1978).
Also see . . . Lower Town. Wikipedia entry:
Lower Town (also spelled "Lowertown") is a neighborhood in Rideau-Vanier Ward in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to the east of downtown. It is the oldest part of the city. It was historically French Canadian and Irish (as opposed to English and Scottish Upper Town, a term no longer in use) and is to this day home to many Franco-Ontarian families, businesses and institutions. (Submitted on May 2, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 9, 2019
3. Martineau Hotel / Hôtel Matineau
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