A project to build a luxury hotel in Québec City was launched toward the end of the 19th century. Québec City architect Eugène-Étienne Taché submitted a proposal to the Fortress Hotel Company for a building that had an opera house. However, it was the Chateau Frontenac Company that obtained the land on which the emblematic building now stands, and American architect Bruce Price was chosen to design its plans. The Château Frontenac was built in several phases, over almost a century. Learn about the stages of building the world’s most photographed hotel!
Thaddée Lebel
Construction of the Château Frontenac began in 1892, launched by William Van Horne, director of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The company wanted a series of luxury hotels to be built along its rails in order to popularize train travel. The first phase of the Château was completed in 1893. Its architecture combines ancestral stone masonry techniques with modern steel structures.
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