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Nickelodeon Museum Building
When built
in 1911, our building was
McKinnon’s Pool Hall, one of the
finest buildings in the interior
of British Columbia at that
time.
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The
main floor included a
tobacconist store at the
back of which was a barber’s
shop as well as a number of
pool and billiards tables.
In the basement were three
full-length Balke Callender bowling alleys
and the upper floor contained
seven apartments which were
rented out.
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The
McKinnon Block has had a
chequered history, having
been used as a dance hall, a
disco, a mini-shopping mall,
a dental surgery and now a
museum! |
We have
restored the original tin
ceiling on the main floor
(Revelstoke’s largest tin
ceiling by a great margin!) and
the City of Revelstoke and the
Heritage group have been
generous enough to present us
with the 2006 Commercial
Renovation Award for our
efforts.
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We are
proud to show you our heritage
building in a form almost the
same as it was when originally
constructed, though we have
bowed to the 21st century and
installed a modern heating
system. The building forms a
most beautiful setting for our
collection and the acoustics
complement the musical
presentation perfectly…few
modern buildings have ceilings
16 feet high (5 metres) !!
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