The Ontario Pioneers and Available Genealogies

Settlers "M"

Queen's Hotel (Cliff House) – Located on River Road at the Upper Bridge, the Queen's Hotel was built by Philip Bender, a fourth generation descendant of the Loyalist Philip Bender. The hotel was known as the Cliff House from 1872 until 1933. In 1927, the site of the hotel was purchased by the Canadian National Railway to be the site of a new terminal. The hotel building was purchased by A. H. Collett, who had it dismantled and transported to a site on the north side of St. Paul Street in Stamford. It was reassembled and opened for business in 1928. The outside of the hotel has undergone only minor alterations, such as the removal of the outside verandas, and as such generally resembles the original structure. A restaurant was added to the structure in 1984.