Municipal Register of Local Historic Places
Praga Hotel
Edmundston, New Brunswick
Also known as Edmundston Hotel, Hôtel Edmundston, Chassé Hotel
Facade of the Praga Hotel as it appeared in 1951, at which time it was called the Edmundston Hotel.
Photo: Town of Edmunston
- Recognized
- 2006
- By
- Local government
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Description
Located on Victoria Street and built around 1922, the Praga Hotel is a 3-story wooden commercial building with a restaurant storefront on the ground level fronting Victoria Street in Edmundston.
Heritage value
Praga Hotel is designated a Local Historic Place for being the only one of the city’s old hotels to have retained its original function. Praga Hotel has welcomed travellers and tourists in the Edmundston region for the past 84 years. Although the hotel has had numerous interior and exterior renovations, including an expansion and a new foundation, the core structure of the original building still exists.
The heritage value of Praga Hotel also lies in the fact that its location near the old Canadian Pacific Railway station shows the importance of the railroad in the region’s demographic and economic growth. Between 1940 and 1950, the clientele of the Praga Hotel consisted primarily of people travelling by train.
SourcePatrimoine Madawaska: groupe Hôtels anciens (pp. 115-118).
Character‑defining elements
The character-defining elements that describe Praga Hotel include:
- building having retained its original functions;
- building having retained its original core structure;
- location near the old CP railway station.
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Location
127 Victoria Street, Edmundston, New Brunswick, E3V, Canada
47.36738° N, 68.32173° 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.