The Hotel Senator is a landmark building located in downtown

Saskatoon Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway, and has served as th ...

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...

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. The building was built as the ''Flanagan Hotel'' by James Flanagan, an early settler in Saskatoon, and designed by

Walter William LaChance Walter William LaChance (1870–1951) was a Canadian architect best known for his designs of rural schools, although he also designed numerous buildings of other types. His commissions were concentrated in Cleveland, Ohio, Hamilton, Ontario, Well ...

, an architect who designed many local Saskatoon buildings at the turn of the century. 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. James Flanagan died in 1909; the hotel was subsequently sold in 1910 for $150,000 by his estate. Today the property is designated a protected building. It houses a European-style boutique hotel with 38 rooms.

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* Buildings and structures in Saskatoon Hotel buildings completed in 1907 Hotels in Saskatchewan {{Saskatchewan-struct-stub