| | LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds | | No.: | PR2109 | | TITLE: | Edmonton Transit Hotel Fonds | | CREATOR: | Edmton Transit Hotel | | DATE RANGE: | 1925-1990 | | EXTENT: | 0.02 m of textual records. -- 4 photographs. | | ADMINISTRATIVE | | HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | In 1908, the Edmonton Transit Hotel opened in the Packington area of Edmonton, Alberta at Fort Trail and Norton Street, now 66th Street. The owner, Patrick Dwyer, paid $50,000 for its construction. The Transit Hotel offered alcoholic beverages, forty rooms, hot and cold water, lavatories, and electricity. Dwyer hired James A. Murphy and James Ryan to operate the hotel. In 1924, Dwyer sold the hotel to Sveinn Swanson for $10,500. Swanson sold the hotel for the same price to Jennie and Frank E. Goode. The Goodes kept the hotel until 1949. Ownership of the hotel changed frequently until 1986, when Bob Ruzycki purchased it. The Transit Hotel continues to operate.
| | SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The fonds consists of clippings related to the Transit Hotel and photographs of the Transit Hotel dating from 1925-1990. | | ARRANGEMENT NOTE: | Fonds arranged according to original order. | | GENERAL NOTE: | Information in the administrative history sourced from:
Lawrence Herzog, “Historical Resources in Edmonton,” It’s Our Heritage 22.1. (Feb. 5, 2004). http://www.rewedmonton.ca/content_view2?CONTENT_ID=612 (Accessed May 8, 2007).
The images can be located in the A file of the Provincial Archives of Alberta reference prints under the numbers A18850 through A18853.
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