The Roma Hotel
![A group of men standing in front of the Roma Hotel in winter.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/fernie-community_communaute-fernie/wp-content/uploads/sites/48/2016/11/FMP06837-stitched.jpg)
Photographer: Unknown
Fernie Museum
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The Roma Hotel was built by Philip Carosella in 1903 and was destroyed in the 1904 and 1908 fires. It was leased and later purchased by Al Rizutto, who operated a small bank on the premises to serve Italian immigrants.