Hotel Charlottetown Explained

Hotel Name:Rodd Charlottetown
Address:75 Kent Street

C1A 7K4
Chain:Rodd Hotels & Resorts
Coordinates:46.2347°N -63.1308°W
Opening Date:1931
Operator:Rodd Hotels and Resorts
Owner:Rodd Hotels and Resorts
Number Of Restaurants:Chambers Restaurant & Bar
Number Of Rooms:115
Number Of Suites:7
Floors:5
Parking:yes
Footnotes:[1] [2] [3]

The Rodd Charlottetown is a historic hotel built in 1931 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

History

After Charlottetown's main hotel, the Victoria Hotel, was destroyed by fire in 1929, the business leaders of the town appealed to the Canadian National Railway to construct a replacement. The Charlottetown Hotel was constructed by the CNR (through their lodging division, Canadian National Hotels) and opened on April 14, 1931.

Its most notable guests were Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who stayed at the hotel during Prince Edward Island's centennial Confederation celebrations in July 1973.

Canadian National Hotels sold the property and there were several owners prior to the current one including Carl Burke (of airlines fame) and The Dale Corporation. The Dale Corporation went into Receivership in 1984 and the Hotel was sold to David Rodd's Rodd Hotels and Resorts .[4] He operated it for many years as The Charlottetown, A Rodd Classic Hotel. Rodd funded a renovation and restoration project in 1999. The hotel was eventually renamed Rodd Charlottetown.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Emporis building ID 383153 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170301092838/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/383153/rodd-charlottetown-charlottetown-canada . dead . 2017-03-01 . Emporis.
  2. Web site: Rodd Charlottetown. Northumberland Ferries Limited and Bay Ferries Limited. 25 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130307092857/http://www.ferries.ca/accommodations/rodd-charlottetown/. 7 March 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: Rodd Charlottetown. Canada Select. 25 June 2013.
  4. Web site: Rodd History | Rodd Hotels & Resorts. roddvacations.com. Sep 24, 2020.