Jo has the best historical Soo content! Here's his New A post from a while back, check out more linked below 🏚️
“First from the dock at Bay & Brock” The establishment we know as the New A today started out as the Hiawatha Hotel and was built shortly before the turn of the century. Designed by J.B. Sweatts, the same architect of the Algonquin Hotel, it is one of the three original hotels (behind the Algonquin and the original section of the Windsor) still standing from the days of the Sault going from a small town in the middle of the wilderness to the city we know today. Originally known as the Hiawatha until 1930, it would then become The American Hotel until 1935. Afterwards it became the New American Hotel until 1953 and finally the New American Public House Ltd. before being known as the New A in present times. The steel coated exterior we see today was installed in the summer of 1993 at the same time the Bay/Brock doors on the southwest corner were sealed off and removed to provide more space inside. The New A remains one of the only survivors of urban renewal and expansion on this section of Bay St. Residential and commercial structures both where the Tim Hortons now stands as well as the rear parking lot of the Windsor have long been gone and forgotten. Original photo is dated sometime in 1973 with present day comparison taken by Jo Bumbacco in December 2022. #oldsoo 🏚️
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Jo has the best historical Soo content! Here's his New A post from a while back, check out more linked below 🏚️
“First from the dock at Bay & Brock” The establishment we know as the New A today started out as the Hiawatha Hotel and was built shortly before the turn of the century. Designed by J.B. Sweatts, the same architect of the Algonquin Hotel, it is one of the three original hotels (behind the Algonquin and the original section of the Windsor) still standing from the days of the Sault going from a small town in the middle of the wilderness to the city we know today.
Originally known as the Hiawatha until 1930, it would then become The American Hotel until 1935. Afterwards it became the New American Hotel until 1953 and finally the New American Public House Ltd. before being known as the New A in present times.
The steel coated exterior we see today was installed in the summer of 1993 at the same time the Bay/Brock doors on the southwest corner were sealed off and removed to provide more space inside.
The New A remains one of the only survivors of urban renewal and expansion on this section of Bay St. Residential and commercial structures both where the Tim Hortons now stands as well as the rear parking lot of the Windsor have long been gone and forgotten.
Original photo is dated sometime in 1973 with present day comparison taken by Jo Bumbacco in December 2022.
#oldsoo 🏚️