Revenue Hotel - 1874

John and Francis Revenue, built the historic Revenue Hotel in 1874. It was Sandy’s first hotel, another Revenue first, and built right at the center of activity. He also built the Revenue Store up the road a bit. In the early 1900s Percy and Blanche Shelley bought the hotel. Percy moved the hotel one block north to Proctor Boulevard. There he and his wife Blanche turned the historic hotel into their home.

In this location, where the hotel once stood, Percy built the Shelley Building. It had Ron Esson’s Drug Store on the bottom floor and a dance hall on the second floor. The dancehall would host dances would often last until 3 or 4am. The Shelley Building was lost in the 1918 fire following a benefit for the American Red Cross.

Also lost in that fire was St. Michael’s Catholic church and a furniture store. In the photo at left is the Shelley Building in foreground and St. Michael’s Catholic Church, circa 1916. Beaverbrooke Dental Clinic occupies the original hotel site.