Hotel Senator (Saskatoon)

{{Infobox hotel

| hotel_name = Hotel Senator

| image = Senator Hotel.jpg

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| caption = Hotel Senator

| coordinates = {{Coord|52|07|36|N|106|39|48|W|type:landmark_region:CA|display=inline,title}}

| opening_date = 1907

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| developer = James Flanagan

| architect = Walter William LaChance

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| number_of_restaurants = 2

| number_of_rooms = 38

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| location = 243 21st Street East
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

| website = {{URL|http://www.hotelsenator.ca/}}

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The Hotel Senator is a landmark building located in downtown Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The building was built as the Flanagan Hotel by James Flanagan, an early settler in Saskatoon, and designed by Walter William LaChance,{{cite book

|title = Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature

|date = April 1991

|page = 959

|isbn = 978-0-8020-5856-0

|publisher = University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division

|last = Lerner

|first = Loren R.

|author2=Mary F. Williamson

|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=gquqnLOBH9gC&q=Flanagan+Hotel+Saskatoon&pg=PA959}} an architect who designed many local Saskatoon buildings at the turn of the century.{{cite web

|url = http://www.hotelsenator.ca/about-hotel-senator.html

|title = Hotel Senator History

|publisher = Hotel Senator

|accessdate = 2011-02-08

|url-status = dead

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101222122829/http://www.hotelsenator.ca/about-hotel-senator.html

|archivedate = 2010-12-22

}} When originally built, the hotel included many luxury features for 1907, including steam heating, hot and cold running water, telephones in each room and extensive use of marble and wood paneling.{{cite book

|title = Landmark Scotland

|last = Whyte

|first = David

|edition = 2

|date = July 1, 1998

|publisher = Hunter Publishing

|isbn = 1-901522-18-0

|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=dXNSkrPn_dQC&q=History+of+Hotel+Senator+Saskatoon&pg=PA492

}} James Flanagan died in 1909; the hotel was subsequently sold in 1910 for $150,000 by his estate.{{cite news

|url = http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=b0aa6606-01b6-4977-9a0d-7dda9fa40d52

|title = Saskatoon bank account unclaimed since 1929

|work = National Post

|publisher = CanWest

|date = August 17, 2006

|accessdate = 2011-02-08

|url-status = dead

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121109233521/http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=b0aa6606-01b6-4977-9a0d-7dda9fa40d52

|archivedate = November 9, 2012

}}

Today the property is designated a protected building.{{cite web

|url = http://www.saskatoonheritage.ca/protect/downtown.html

|title = Protected Downtown Buildings

|publisher = Saskatoon Historic Society

|accessdate = 2011-02-08}} It houses a European-style boutique hotel with 38 rooms.{{cite web

|url = http://www.hotelsenator.ca/guest-rooms.html

|title = Guest Rooms

|publisher = Hotel Senator

|accessdate = 2011-02-08

|url-status = dead

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101206004828/http://www.hotelsenator.ca/guest-rooms.html

|archivedate = 2010-12-06

}}