The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel stands within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, built by the Canadian Pacific Railway and opened in 1888 to a design by the architect Bruce Price, part of the same railway hotel-building program that produced the Chateau Frontenac. The hotel was substantially rebuilt and expanded in stone over the following decades, including reconstruction of its central tower in 1928 after fire damage, taking on the turreted, Scottish Baronial styling that gives it the popular nickname Castle in the Rockies. Set against the surrounding mountains and the Bow River valley, it has functioned as both a luxury destination and a symbol of the railway-driven tourism that opened the Canadian Rockies to visitors.
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Completed YearSource gives the year of opening; the completion year is taken to be the same and is not separately stated. Building Type Classification
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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Source Fairmont Banff Springs, Wikipedia
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Source Fairmont Banff Springs, Wikipedia
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Canada, located there.
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1. Fairmont Banff Springs, Wikipedia
Lead, paragraph 1, sentence 1, type of building
The Fairmont Banff Springs, formerly and commonly known as the Banff Springs Hotel, is a historic hotel in western Canada, located in Banff, Alberta.
Lead, paragraph 1, sentence 1, place named
The Fairmont Banff Springs, formerly and commonly known as the Banff Springs Hotel, is a historic hotel in western Canada, located in Banff, Alberta.
Lead, opening year statement
Opened in 1888 by the Canadian Pacific Railway, it is one of the earliest of Canada's grand railway hotels.
Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel stands within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, built by the Canadian Pacific Railway and opened in 1888 to a design by the architect Bruce Price, part of the same railway hotel-building program that produced the Chateau Frontenac. The hotel was substantially rebuilt and expanded in stone over the following decades, including reconstruction of its central tower in 1928 after fire damage, taking on the turreted, Scottish Baronial styling that gives it the popular nickname Castle in the Rockies. Set against the surrounding mountains and the Bow River valley, it has functioned as both a luxury destination and a symbol of the railway-driven tourism that opened the Canadian Rockies to visitors.
In Style: Scottish Baronial Architecture, Wikipedia categories
Category:Scottish baronial architecture in Canada
Uses Element: Timber, Wikipedia lead
The original five-storey wooden hotel was designed by Bruce Price and was able to accommodate 280 guests.
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