Hotel Senator (Saskatoon) Explained

Hotel Name:	Hotel Senator
Opening Date:	1907
Developer:	James Flanagan
Number Of Restaurants:	2
Number Of Rooms:	38
Location:	243 21st Street East Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

The Hotel Senator is a landmark building located in downtown Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The building was built as the Flanagan Hotel by James Flanagan, an early settler in Saskatoon, and designed by Walter William LaChance,^[1] an architect who designed many local Saskatoon buildings at the turn of the century.^[2] When originally built, the hotel included many luxury features for 1907, including steam heating, hot and cold running water, telephones in each room and extensive use of marble and wood paneling.^[3] James Flanagan died in 1909; the hotel was subsequently sold in 1910 for $150,000 by his estate.^[4]

Today the property is designated a protected building.^[5] It houses a European-style boutique hotel with 38 rooms.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: Lerner , Loren R. . Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature. April 1991. 959. 978-0-8020-5856-0. University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division. Mary F. Williamson.
2. Web site: Hotel Senator History . Hotel Senator . 2011-02-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101222122829/http://www.hotelsenator.ca/about-hotel-senator.html . 2010-12-22.
3. Book: Whyte , David . Landmark Scotland. 2. July 1, 1998. Hunter Publishing. 1-901522-18-0.
4. News: Saskatoon bank account unclaimed since 1929 . . . August 17, 2006 . 2011-02-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121109233521/http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=b0aa6606-01b6-4977-9a0d-7dda9fa40d52 . November 9, 2012.
5. Web site: Protected Downtown Buildings. Saskatoon Historic Society. 2011-02-08.
6. Web site: Guest Rooms . Hotel Senator . 2011-02-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101206004828/http://www.hotelsenator.ca/guest-rooms.html . 2010-12-06.