City of Regina Archives Photograph Collection, CORA-A-1332

Title: Scarth Street and King's Hotel, Regina , Sask.
Date: 1920
Retrieval Number: CORA-A-1332
Extent: 1 B&W print; 12 cm x 8 cm
Scope and Content Note: Scarth Street and King's Hotel
Access Restrictions: None
Photographer: Unknown
Parent fonds/collection: CORA Photograph Collection
Historical Note: The King's Hotel was built in 1907 for J.H. Haslam, and was expanded in 1911. In 1925 it was purchased by Thomas and Jack Boyle. The Boyles ran the King's Hotel until 1971, when the building became the Royal International Inn. The hotel was demolished in 1978 - the Cornwall Centre stands where the King's Hotel used to stand. The Boyle brothers were very involved with both hockey and Liberal politics. On the hockey side, the Chicago Black Hawks of the NHL used to stay at the King's Hotel when they held their annual fall training camps during the 1930s. The Regina Pats used the King's Hotel to billet players during tryouts, and Jack Boyle owned part of the Regina Capitals, the senior pro hockey team, during the team's glory years. On the political side, the Boyles were integral members of the Liberal party, and their well-connected Liberal guests included Ross Thatcher, Hamilton MacDonald and Hazen Argue.