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The Rattenbury Wing of Chateau Lake Louise, one of Canada’s grand railway hotels. Designed by Francis Rattenbury 1900-1912, it was destroyed by fire in 1924 and replaced by the Barrot Wing a year later

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Comments

  1. NoDrinksBefore12 says

    What an interesting style this is.

  2. Viscount1881 says

    The hotel nowadays.

    Photo of the Rattenbury Wing next to the newer additions sometime in the 1920s.

    The architect, Francis Rattenbury, who was famously murdered in 1935.

    More info about the railway hotels.

  3. jollygreenscott91 says

    “Destroyed by fire.”

    Destroyed by arson. No record of construction. Anomalous architecture.

  4. Jazoua says

    I know it’s one of mans most important discovery but in cases of old buildings fuck fire

  5. Bandamals says

    I stayed here on a trip to northwestern Canada as a teen, it was beautiful 😊

  6. Sip_py says

    That’s just one wing?

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