Central Vancouver in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia — Canada’s West Coast (North America)

Hotel Georgia

Photographed by Adam Margolis, October 10, 2023

1. Hotel Georgia Marker

Inscription. This distinguished hovel designed in the Georgian Revival style was opened in 1927 by Edward Prince of Vale, who later became King Edward VII. Though the 1920s prominent buildings such as this were quickly replacing the area's early houses and apartments. For decades it was a social centre at the heart of the city's downtown, home to the Newsman's Club, the ladies’ Georgian Club and generations of UBC students in the downstairs 'George V' pub. The hotel has hosted many diplomats and distinguished guests, including celebrities such as John Wayne, Nat King Cole, Elvis Presley and the Rolling Stones. An extensive rehabilitation completed in 2011 included installing a corner blade sign similar to one from the 1930s, and restoring its richly-detailed wood-paneled lobby, terrazzo, flooring, ballroom, plasterwork, curved staircase, and second floor meeting rooms.

The hotel reopened its doors in the summer of 2011 as the Rosewood Hotel Georgia. In 2007 Hotel Georgia Development Ltd., in association with Delta Land Development Ltd., began extensive exterior and interior rehabilitation and restoration of the hotel. The project

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team under the leadership of renowned architectural firm Endall Elliot Associates in conjunction with international interior designer Munge Leung Associates was dedicated to restoring this heritage Ceorgian Revival hotel to its original grandeur.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Vancouver, City of Vancouver Heritage Buildings series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1927.

Location. 49° 16.997′ N, 123° 7.146′ W. Marker is in Vancouver, British Columbia, in Metro Vancouver. It is in Central Vancouver. It is at the intersection of West Georgia Street and Howe Street, on the right when traveling north on West Georgia Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 800-1030 W Georgia Street, Vancouver BC V6Z 2H7, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Lower Mainland

and in Coast & Mountains.

Globally, it is in North America,

in the Cascade Range,

in the Inside Passage,

on the Ring of Fire,

on the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and

Photographed by Adam Margolis, October 10, 2023

2. Hotel Georgia Marker

in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Hotel Vancouver (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Power Block (about 240 meters away); Deutschesland Café (about 240 meters away); St. Regis Hotel (approx. 0.2 kilometers away); Randall Building (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Orpheum Theatre (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Ceperley Rounsefell Building (approx. 0.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vancouver.

Photographed by Adam Margolis, October 10, 2023

3. Hotel Georgia Marker

Hotel Georgia image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Leonard Frank, circa 1928

4. Hotel Georgia

Credits. This page was last revised on November 17, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 17, 2023, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. This page has been viewed 267 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 17, 2023, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. 4. submitted on November 17, 2023. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.