The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver in Vancouver

• Construction start: 1929
• Construction finish: 1939
• Designed by: Archibald & Schofield
• Cost: CAN$12,000,000
• Renovated: 1995-1999 at a cost of CAN$70,000,000
• Type: Skyscraper
• Stories: 20
• Maximum Height: 337 feet / 103 meters

• Hotel rooms: 556
• Height to roof: 336.95 feet
• Floors above ground: 20
• Floors below ground: 2

• May 25, 1939: This building opened to the public.

• Architect: John S. Archibald
• Architect: John Schofield
• Construction of this building was started by the Canadian National Railway, but finished under a partnership with the Canadian Pacific Railway.
• Construction of this hotel was halted for five years because of the Great Depression.
• This building was opened just in time for the Royal visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
• At the time of its completion, this was the tallest building in Vancouver.

• This is the third "Hotel Vancouver" in this city.
• The first Hotel Vancouver was open from 1887 to 1916. It was a five-story brick building that looked like a farm house.
• The second Hotel Vancouver was built from 1912 to 1916 and open from 1916 to 1939. It became a government building after 1939, and was torn down in 1949.

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