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Sandon buildings
and institutions
Notes on the Reco Hotels that Johnny Harris owned. The first, built by Ira Black in 1897, was purchased by Johnny in 1898, and burned in 1900. The second was built in 1900 and demolished in 1956.
Click here for a blog post enumerating the surviving Reco Hotel guest books and an analysis of the 1905-08 book.
Excerpt concerning Reco Hotel from unpublished Elsie Turnbull manuscript, Miners' Rest and Travellers' Ease, held by Selkirk College Regional Archives
Notes on the Harris Block, built in 1895-96 and burned in 1900.
Notes on the two Virginia Blocks. The first was built in 1898 and burned in 1900. The second was built in 1900 and collapsed in 1973, although its remains lingered for many years afterward.
Notes on early Sandon hotels
Notes on Sandon hospitals
Notes on Sandon power plants
Notes on the Sandon water works
Notes on the Sandon steam heat plant
Notes on the Sandon ice rink and hockey team
Notes on brick buildings in Sandon
Leases in Sandon during Japanese-Canadian internment, from Library and Archives Canada