This five-storey hotel
building was named after the vice-President
of the Canadian Pacific Railway. It
was designed by the architect Richard
Bunyard who was born in Maidstone in the UK
but emigrated to Canada and arrived in Moose
Jaw in 1906. During his career Bunyard
was responsible for a large number of
buildings in the city including schools and
hospitals.
The brick clad building has a limestone base
and window surrounds. The heritage
property website says that,
"... Romanesque
window elements on the mezzanine level are
repeated in the ornately decorated and
restored interior mezzanine with its blind
Romanesque windows. This focal gathering
space also includes ornate decoration such
as an iron and oak hand rail, a mezzanine
handrail with marble balusters, marble
spindle door surrounds, black marble
pilasters topped with capitals in painted
gold leaf and a decorative fireplace which
speak to the quality of service and
prestige of the hotel."
Over the years the building has changed names
on a number of occasions including being know
as The Westward Motor Inn but eventually it
returned to its original title.
