https://d28dhd8eubcyz4.cloudfront.net/iiif/2/curtis-production2-cache%2F6210%2F0%2Fc%2F5c3d94-c175-47ce-8c9f-3ed3c50eb60d%2Fresize_master_b3d55e8062e6673413c958f6c1d28005.jpg/full/!880,1024/0/default.jpg?sig=57b5138587cde008517789ae8767ddcb75d0a383&ver=1580150703Grand Hotel description 31 Oct 1912
- Description
The Evening Post of 31 October 1912 described the Grand Hotel in Levin:
This palatial caravansery of fifty rooms is, without exaggeration, as fine an establishment of the kind as can be found in New Zealand to-day outside the main centres. The illustration above gives a graphic description of the external appearance, but it is when one enters that the tone of comfort and elaborate appointments is manifested. The bedrooms are all well lighted and ventilated, while the numerous drawing, reading, and sitting rooms afford an object-lesson in artistic furnishing and ornamentation. Hot and cold water baths are numerous and located in convenient parts of the house. There is every possible convenience for commercial travellers, who now make this house their headquarters for Levin. The dining room is capable of seating a large number of guests, and one very special feature of this fine house is that the living portion is entirely separate from the bars. No one staying there need even pass the bar. The tariff is exceedingly low for such a high-class house, and Mrs. Higgins, the proprietress, is sparing no effort to cater for the best class of trade. Ample stable accommodation is provided, and, taking it in a general way, this hotel is replete with every possible convenience.