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The Fairmont Banff Springs

Identification

Name

Alternative name

Banff Springs Hotel, Banff Springs Hotel Central Addition

EBN

126824

Building type

high-rise building

Building status

existing [completed]

Architectural style

neo-gothic

Main usage

hotel

The Sites and Monuments Board of Canada declared the hotel a historical site on March 22, 1992.
Largest hotel with number of rooms west of Toronto.
Construction of the original four-storey wooden structure began in the spring of 1887 and the Hotel was ready to open by early summer 1888.
Original room rates were $3.50 per night.
In 1903 the west wing of the original structure was duplicated with a one-storey wooden bridge connecting the two buildings.
In 1904, the building was expanded again with a tower on the end of each wing.
Walter Painter was the chief designer for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and was the architect of the central tower of the hotel.
A 100 room Tudor annex was built at the end of the 1925 season to accommodate regular guests while the south wing was being replaced.
The north wing was burned down before the 1926 season and reconstructed during the summer.
The building is clad in Rundle Rock quarried at nearby Mount Rundle on the Spray River.
During the winter of 1926/27 the wooden south wing was torn down and reconstructed with a rock-faced, fireproof structure.