North-Western Hotel, Livingstone
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The Northwestern Hotel is located in Livingstone, Zambia
and was built in 1907 by Mrs and Mr Freddie Mills. It was actually the second hotel of that name; the previous North Western Hotel built in 1906 by railway contractors Pauling and Co was converted into government offices.
Activities such as dances and public meetings took place there and the hotel is said to have opened the first multi-racial bar in the town in 1961.
Northwestern Hotel, in Livingstone, Zambia
is now defunct. It has been owned outright by the Hitchins family since 1947, and was run as a successful business by the family Matriarch until the 1990s.
Since then it has been through several transformations, from hotel
to trading centre, to shops and offices. The Hitchins family still owns the building, which is listed as a national monument
, a status which prohibits substantial modernisation.
Livingstone, Zambia
Livingstone or Maramba is a historic colonial city and present capital of the Southern Province of Zambia, a tourism centre for the Victoria Falls lying north of the Zambezi River, and a border town with road and rail connections to Zimbabwe on the other side of the Falls...
and was built in 1907 by Mrs and Mr Freddie Mills. It was actually the second hotel of that name; the previous North Western Hotel built in 1906 by railway contractors Pauling and Co was converted into government offices.
Activities such as dances and public meetings took place there and the hotel is said to have opened the first multi-racial bar in the town in 1961.
Northwestern Hotel, in Livingstone, Zambia
Livingstone, Zambia
Livingstone or Maramba is a historic colonial city and present capital of the Southern Province of Zambia, a tourism centre for the Victoria Falls lying north of the Zambezi River, and a border town with road and rail connections to Zimbabwe on the other side of the Falls...
is now defunct. It has been owned outright by the Hitchins family since 1947, and was run as a successful business by the family Matriarch until the 1990s.
Since then it has been through several transformations, from hotel
Hotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms...
to trading centre, to shops and offices. The Hitchins family still owns the building, which is listed as a national monument
National monument
A National monument is a monument constructed in order to commemorate something of national importance such as a war or the country's founding. The term may also refer to a specific monument status, such as a National Heritage Site, which most national monuments are by reason of their cultural...
, a status which prohibits substantial modernisation.