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A PALACE HOTEL
Niagara Falls to Have a New Hotel-To Be Called “Le Premier”-
A Magnificent Site Selected.
[Welland Tribune, 1 July 1898]
The recent destruction of the celebrated Clifton House at Niagara Falls lends additional interest to a plan and prospectus of a palatial hotel at Niagara Falls which some of the railway companies have been discussing for some time and which must now come into prominence. The American side, hitherto the active hotel centre, is without any hotel suitable to the demands of modern travel and for this cause has ceased to retain the fashionable patronage which formerly centred there. Owing to the utilization of the water-power the town has become a bustling manufacturing place, seriously impairing its value as a summer resort. The Canadian side in contrast presents by far the best views of the Falls, with exceptionally attractive surroundings and soil.
The suggested name of the new hotel is “Le Premier.” The site chosen is on the bluff midway between the late Clifton house and Table Rock, with a full view of the Falls, Goat Island, Table Rock, etc. It comprises ten acres of admirable soil, has its frontage on the Queen’s Park of over 900 feet, and in the rear are the Michigan Central Railway and connections, in a cut 30 feet deep, both effectual barriers against objectionable neighbors. Peculiar value is claimed for this site in contrast with all the adjacent river frontage in its freedom from spray and consequent dampness which was often objectionable at the old Clifton. The completion of the steel arch bridge in a few months will open up facilities for electric street cars between the two sides of the river and effectually amalgamate the American and Canadian sides of the river.
The designs of the “Le Premier” appear worthy of its name. They are by Bruce Pride of New York, the distinguished architect of the celebrated Frontenac at Quebec, the “Banff” and other prominent hotels too numerous to mention. The projected building is to be 200 feet long, four storeys high, to contain 400 rooms and every improvement and luxury of the day, with simple space for ornamental grounds and games.
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