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The Albert Hotel

Black-and-white photograph of a four-story building with several signs, including one on the roof that reads, Hotel Albert. On the left, you can see a two-story building.

Date: between 1939 and 1956.

Credits: BAnQ Rouyn-Noranda, Joseph Hermann Bolduc funds, hotels series. P124,S26,D2,P387-1-10.

Located on Principale Street in Rouyn, Albert Hotel was administered by Albert Coutu and his wife Elisa for a long time. On November 11, 1938, a fire broke out in the hotel, killing 7 people and demolishing 7 buildings. In 1945, a few years after the fire, the owners increased the number of rooms in their hotel, building two other floors.