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19-581: Opened in 1935, the Châteauesque -styled building is 58.5-metre-tall (192 ft), containing 10 floors. The building is considered one of Canada's grand railway hotels . After its completion, the building was the tallest building in Saskatoon , until the nearby Marquis Tower was completed in 1966. The hotel is owned by Leadon Investment Inc., although it is managed by Delta Hotels , a hotel chain brand of Marriott International . The Delta Bessborough

38-700: A number of social events, most notably the Saskatchewan Jazz Festival . After the Canadian Pacific Railway built a railway hotel in Regina in 1926, the Saskatoon business community lobbied Canadian National Railway to build one in Saskatoon. On December 31, 1928, Sir Henry Thornton, President of the Canadian National Railway, announced that it would build a similar hotel in Saskatoon. In February 1930,

57-589: A revival style, buildings in the châteauesque style do not attempt to completely emulate a French château. Châteauesque buildings are typically built on an asymmetrical plan, with a roof-line broken in several places and a facade composed of advancing and receding planes. The style was popularized in the United States by Richard Morris Hunt . Hunt, the first American architect to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, designed residences, including those for

76-553: A suite located on the third floor of the hotel, facing towards the Central Business District. Several areas in the hotel are occupied by three restaurants and other food-based services. Restaurants located within the Bessborough Hotel include the a Japanese restaurant known as Samurai , and Garden Court Cafe , a restaurant featuring locally sourced food. In addition to food-services and lodgings,

95-570: Is located at 601 Spadina Crescent East at the southeastern end of the Central Business District , the commercial centre of Saskatoon. The hotel property is bounded by a roadway, and a natural waterway, and parkland. To the east of the hotel lies the South Saskatchewan River , a major waterway that runs through the city. The property is bounded to the north and south by Kiwanis Park, with the property bisecting

114-657: The Château Style ) is a revivalist architectural style based on the French Renaissance architecture of the monumental châteaux of the Loire Valley from the late fifteenth century to the early seventeenth century. The term châteauesque (literally, " château -like") is credited (by historian Marcus Whiffen ) to American architectural historian Bainbridge Bunting , although it can be found in publications that pre-date Bunting's birth. As of 2011,

133-522: The Getty Research Institute 's Art & Architecture Thesaurus includes both "Château Style" and "Châteauesque", with the former being the preferred term for North America. The style frequently features buildings heavily ornamented by the elaborate towers, spires, and steeply-pitched roofs of sixteenth century châteaux, themselves influenced by late Gothic and Italian Renaissance architecture. Despite their French ornamentation, as

152-569: The Vanderbilt family , during the 1870s, 1880s and 1890s. A relatively rare style in the United States, its presence was concentrated in the Northeast , although isolated examples can be found in nearly all parts of the country. It was mostly employed for residences of the extremely wealthy, although it was occasionally used for public buildings. The first building in this style in Canada was

171-766: The 1887 Quebec City Armoury (now named the Voltigeurs de Québec Armoury, formerly called the Grande-Allée Armoury (French: Manège militaire Grande-Allée, or simply Manège militaire) designed by Eugène-Étienne Taché . Many of Canada's grand railway hotels , designed by John Smith Archibald , Edward Maxwell , Bruce Price and Ross and Macdonald , were built in the Châteauesque style, with other mainly public or residential buildings. The style may be associated with Canadian architecture because these grand hotels are prominent landmarks in major cities across

190-503: The 1920s. In an effort to capitalize on this sentiment, the designs for the hotel were made to emphasize its Châteauesque features, through the increased use of medieval elements. Châteauesque features found on the hotel include oriel windows , rounded turrets , quoins , string courses , and machicolations on the hotel's walls. The roof of the hotel features Gothic Revival dormers with carved tympana are spread throughout. A variety of different grotesque are also spread throughout

209-785: The Bessborough to Delta Hotels in 1989 and it was renamed Delta Bessborough . The hotel was acquired by the Legacy Hotels Real Estate Investment Trust in 1998, and in 1999, a $ 9,000,000 restoration was completed to return many of its historical features. The hotel underwent a major renovation in 2003. The hotel remains under the Delta Hotels management banner, which was acquired by Marriott International in 2015. Ch%C3%A2teauesque Châteauesque (or Francis I style, or in Canada ,

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228-608: The building. Materials used in construction were of Canadian origin, including Tyndall stone from Manitoba , brick from the Claybank Brick Plant in Claybank, Saskatchewan , and tiles from Estevan , Saskatchewan . The interior of the hotel features ceiling moulds, plaster reliefs , and terrazzo floors. The hotel includes 225 guest rooms and suites . Suites at the hotel includes the Vice Regal Suite ,

247-830: The country and in certain national parks. In Hungary, Arthur Meinig built numerous country houses in the Loire Valley style, the earliest being Andrássy Castle in Tiszadob , 1885–1890, and the grandest being Károlyi Castle in Nagykároly ( Carei ), 1893–1895. The style began to fade after the turn of the 20th century, and it was largely absent from new construction by the 1930s. Many of the Châteauesque-style buildings in Canada were built by railway companies, and their respective hotel divisions. They include Canadian National Railway and Canadian National Hotels , Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian Pacific Hotels , and

266-475: The excavation of the site began using a steam thawer and gasoline excavator. In exchange for building a "chateau" style hotel with a minimum of 200 rooms, the city exempted the railway from property tax on the hotel for 25 years. On May 30, 1931, Walter Pratt, General Manager of Hotels, Sleeping and Dining Cars of the Canadian National Railway, announced that His Excellency The 9th Earl of Bessborough , 14th Governor General of Canada , had given his consent for

285-518: The hotel also includes a fitness centre, pool, and a 167 square metres (1,800 sq ft) spa. The hotel also features 1,672 square metres (17,995 sq ft) of event space, used for conferences, weddings, and other social events. The hotel property also features a 20,000 square metres (4.9 acres) of private waterfront gardens backing into the South Saskatchewan River. The gardens hosts large functions and are commonly used

304-473: The hotel is Midtown Plaza shopping centre, and a convention centre, TCU Place . Broadway Bridge , an arch bridge over the South Saskatchewan River, is located south of the hotel. Saskatoon station , a former railway station and a National Historic Site of Canada is located on the northwest of the hotel, just outside the Central Business District. The Delta Bessborough is one of Canada's grand railway hotels built for Canadian National Railway . The hotel

323-549: The hotel to be formally named "The Bessborough." The Earl and the Countess visited the hotel under construction in 1932. Construction was completed in 1932 but the difficult financial times of the Great Depression prevented the hotel from opening until Horace N. Stovin became the first official registered guest, on December 10, 1935. In 1972, Donald, Dick, and Marc Baltzan purchased the Bessborough. The Baltzans sold

342-532: The park into two areas. To the west, the hotel is bounded by Spadina Crescent East. The hotel is the eastern terminating vista for 21st Street East, and the view terminus on Spadina Crescent from points south of the hotel. The hotel is situated near a number of attractions located within the Central Business District. Southwest of the hotel lies a performing arts centre , the Remai Arts Centre , and an art gallery , Remai Modern . Situated northwest of

361-464: Was initially designed John S. Archibald , although John Schofield would take over after Archibald's death. The building was designed in a Châteauesque -style, with further inspiration drawn from castles in Bavaria . The heavy use of the Châteauesque architectural style on a number of early grand railway hotels in the country eventually led to its recognition as a distinct Canadian architectural style by

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