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i é +9 ~ .. . . , The SeaVIew Hotel was owned and operated for many years by the Tourists outside the Seaview Hotel. Wealthy vacationers patronized Cox family. It is still in business, although exterior renovations have this establishment, which had its own private bathing house on the obscured the architectural charm evident in the old photograph. waterfront.

The Stone Hotel was named after its proprietor, not its method of con- Before the invention-of snow removal equipment heavy falls of snow, struction - which was timber frame. The building is no longer standing. such as we see here in Main Street, Souris, were removed by gangs of men working with shovels.

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Matthew & MacLean operated a large general store in Souris in this Or are the streetscapes somehow community property, giving the handsome building. It is now owned by a chain store, which altered public a right to intervene to protect the character and appearance of the architectural character of the ground floor facade. Should individuals their town?

be free to do as they please with the exteriors of downtown premises?