Montana Hotel - Trail, BC - British Columbia Heritage Markers on Waymarking.com

The hotel was built by Italian immigrant Issaco Georgetti in 1902 on the south side of Rossland Avenue. In 1905 the Colombo Hall was built beside it. He ran the hotel until 1913 when he sold it to August Mueller. During its heyday the hotel was a popular hangout for smelter workers.

In 2007 the Piazza Colombo was built on the east side of the site by a large group of community volunteers, average age 74. In 2009 the project won the Best Land Reclamation Award, presented by The Butchart Gardens of Victoria, BC.

Text from the Plaque:
For-over 100 years, this site has been remembered as the long-established property of Issaco Georgetti, Trail's earliest Italian immigrant. One of the Societa M.S. Cristoforo Colombo's charter members, Issaco attended the inaugural meeting on April 5, 1905.

Not long after his arrival in Trail, Georgetti built his Montana Hotel in 1902, adjacent to the current Colombo Hall. A popular, all-hours watering hole for thirsty men coming off a long shift at the smelter, Georgetti operated the Montana until 1913,- with partner, Dominic Priore. After many a year in operation and Several physical alterations, the building burned to the ground in 1990.

Appropriately constructed here, the Piazza Colombo and the Colombo Hall flank this historically important site, influential to both our city's Italian community and indeed Trail's-cultural identity.

Type of Marker: Cultural Type of Sign: Historic Site or Building Marker Describe the parking that is available nearby: The site is a parking lot What Agency placed the marker?: City of Trail Historical Society

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