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 The Dominion Hotel has been welcoming visitors to Victoria since the 1800's. The city and hotel have changed a great deal since then, but one thing that hasn't changed is the warm, friendly welcome. Over the years there have been many local newspaper articles and advertisements, and they stand to catalogue some of the history behind the Dominion Grand Hotel. We're sure you'll find this website as entertaining as it is informative.
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 The Best Recommendation of the Dominion is its reputation, ask somebody about the Dominion. You will find its friends and former patrons everywhere - up and down the Coast and scattered over the Globe, for the Dominion has been making friends for over a quarter of a century. So we say once again: Ask somebody about the Dominion!
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 No hotel today can succeed in pleasing its guests without possessing the advantages required for their comfort. The bar is one of these, and the Dominion possesses one of the most excellent to be found in any hotel in the West. The richness of design and completeness of arrangement make it a show place of Victoria. It is presided over by competent and obliging attendants. The Billiard Room is supplied with every necessity. At the rear are the tiled and marble lavatories, with hot and cold water, and adjoining is the barber shop, a feature so greatly appreciated by those who dislike the necessity of leaving their hotel to enjoy the luxuries provided by the modern tonsorial artist. |
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 In the course of a column article, the TIMES says: "Crowds of guests throng the spacious office and corridors of The Dominion Hotel, the addition to which is just completed. The Dominion now ranks as the second largest house in the city, and is exceeded in size by only two other hotels in the province. On Yates Street, it has a frontage of 85 feet, and depth of 117 feet, and presents a very handsome and imposing appearance. The office is a well- appointed apartment 52 feet long and 25 feet wide, and the billiard room adjoining being 48 feet by 24 feet. Both are light, lofty and airy, to a degree rarely found. The tiled and marble lavatories are not surpassed by any in British Columbia. The main entrance, seven feet wide, separates the office from the dining room, and leads by a handsome stairway to the first floor, where are found lofty halls and corridors, the latter twelve feet wide, beautifully lighted, covered with rich carpets and decorated in the latest style of art. Of the rooms - 111 in all - 14 are really imposing suites, and all are furnished throughout with a richness and attention to detail rarely met with, the parlors being especially worthy of mention. Electric lights and return bells are in each corridor and every room. Mr. Jones' enterprise and attention to business have earned for him well-deserved success". Extract from the Victoria Daily Times, May 13th, 1898. |
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