This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EQC.2ACI/785.1 Message Board Post: This is what is written in "Yarmouth Reminiscences" by J. Murray Lawson: "The Grand Hotel - The contract for the erection of the Grand Hotel was awarded to Rhodes, Curry & Co. of Amherst, and work on the cellar begun on the 11th July, 1893. The lot is 113 feet front by 300 deep. The building is 113 feet front on Main Street, 140 feet on Grand Street and 155 feet on the south side. It is of brick, three stories high with a Mansard roof. It was opened on the 2 July, 1894. A reception and ball were given by the Directors at its formal opening on the evening of the 19th July, which was an unqualified success, and was, without doubt, the most brillant social event of its character ever attempted in Yarmouth. Upwards of 400 guests were present, including many strangers from different parts of the United States; also from Halifax, St. John, Windsor, Kentville and other provincial towns. The Hotel was looking its best, being most beautifully and tastefully decorated with a profusion of flowers and shrubbery. Under the radiant electric lights the scene was enchanting. From that date this fine Hotel has held its position as one of the leading and most interesting institutions of the Province, and sustains its reputation as being second to none of its class in Canada." Possibly if you write to the Yarmouth County Museum Archives you may be able to obtain more information. I am sure they must have alot of pictures.