Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-12-02 | Page 1 | Famous Hotel to Close Doors

FAMOUS IOUS F HOTEL I TO CLOSE DOORS MONTREAL Dec Dee 2 By 2 By The Associated Press St. Press St St. Lawrence hall one ono of ot the most famous ho ho- hotels hotels hotels on the North orth American con con- continent continent continent will close its It doors on New Years Year's eve The building will be bere rebuilt re t for office purposes u sf rL fa ie I Ithe Old St. St Lawrence hall hail once nce was the gathering place of ot princes and I politicians statesmen and actors singers artists and visitors from Great Britain and the th United States met there The late King I Edward when Prince of ot Wales ales was once a guest Jefferson Davis tho the Confederate president of oC the south twice was wasa a guest John Wilkes Booth who shot Abraham Lincoln president of ot the tho United States stayed at the hostelry when playing in Montreal Charles Dickens Adelina Patti Paul Field Marshal Buffalo Bill BUI and a 0 host of ot generals and out out- outstanding outstanding standing citizens of ot three countries wrote their names in the regis regis- tens ten The hotel was the gathering place for fol southern refugees and Confederate workers during tho the American Civil war wan