A three-storey brick building at the northwest intersection of Princess Avenue and Ninth Street in Brandon, measuring 50 feet by 120 feet, was designed by local architect William Nicholson Lailey and built between 1904 and 1905 by contractor John Forbes for hotelier T. Ed Shore. A basement contained a barber shop, lavatories, wine cellar, beer cellar, laundry, and furnace room. The ground floor had an office, reading room, bar, pool/billiards room, dining room, and kitchen. On the second floor was a ladies parlor, family suite of rooms, bedrooms, and ladies toilet rooms. The third floor was occupied entirely by bedrooms, of which there were 45 altogether in the building.
Opened in March 1905, and known as Shore House, Shore did not own it long, selling it in August 1905 to hotelier James William Tedder (c1846-1912) at a price of $45,000, By 1910, it was known as the Brandon Hotel.
Closed in late 1990s, the hotel reopened in 2005 under new ownership but ultimately closed and the building was demolished in May 2013.
A view of Ninth Street, looking north from Princess Avenue, with the Brandon Hotel at left (no date)
Source: John Everitt Collection, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University, JCE-2295Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.84717, W99.95048
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Memorable Manitobans: William Nicholson Lailey / Marcus O’Dean (1877-1937)
Memorable Manitobans: John Forbes (1845-1912)
Called to the Bar: An Historical Geography of Beverage Rooms in Brandon, 1881-1966 by Doug Ramsey and John Everitt
Manitoba History, Number 56, October 2007
“Local news,” Brandon Weekly Sun, 1 September 1904, page 8.
“Brandon's fine new hotel,” Brandon Weekly Sun, 2 March 1905, page 16.
“Change at Shore House,” Brandon Weekly Sun, 24 August 1905, page 6.
“Liquor license applications,” Brandon Weekly Sun, 7 September 1905, page 1.
Death registration [James William Tedder], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Death of James Tedder,” Brandon Weekly Sun, 4 July 1912, page 2.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 31 May 2026
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