Local Register
Former York Hotel
Edmundston, New Brunswick
Also known as Hôtel Geo. (Georges) Ringuette, Hôtel National, Hôtel Parker
Photo of the Former York Hotel, taken in 1940 when the hotel was managed by Charles and Edmund Parker.
Photo: Town of Edmunston
- Built
- 1913–1914
- Recognized
- 2006
- By
- Local government
The register’s text, word for word
Description
The Former York Hotel, located across from the Canadian National Railways station on St-François Street in Edmundston, is a 3-story Neoclassical commercial building with a rectangular plan and flat roof.
Heritage value
The Former York Hotel is designated a Local Historic Place for its location and for its architecture.
The Former York Hotel is recognized as one of the few old hotels in the city of Edmundston. It is located across from the CNR station. It is a symbol of the importance of the railroad in the region’s demographic and economic growth. At the time, it was built mainly to accommodate the CNR workers, as well as visitors to the region.
Georges Ringuette built this hotel in 1913-1914. It is Neoclassical in style with its rectangular plan and flat roof, the simplicity of its forms, and the symmetry of the openings. Completely transformed over the years, it lost two stories following a fire in 1975. The hotel closed and was eventually converted into an apartment building in the 1980s. The dimensions of its foundation remain the same, along with the original openings on the façade and its rectangular plan. It is one of the few old hotels in the city that still survive either in part or in full.
SourcePatrimoine Madawaska: groupe Hôtels anciens (pp. 105-114).
Character‑defining elements
The character-defining elements that describe the site of the Former York Hotel include:
- location across from the CNR station;
- original foundation;
- rectangular plan;
- flat roof;
- original openings on façade.
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Location
181 St-François Street, Edmundston, New Brunswick, E3V, Canada
47.36193° N, 68.33433° W
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From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, as last updated on December 12, 2025. The register’s text is shown word for word.