{"id":3960,"date":"2014-11-19T16:30:28","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T21:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vivanext.com\/blog\/?p=3960"},"modified":"2014-11-19T19:33:02","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T00:33:02","slug":"newmarket%e2%80%99s-union-hotel-has-a-new-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/2014\/11\/19\/newmarket%e2%80%99s-union-hotel-has-a-new-home\/","title":{"rendered":"newmarket\u2019s union hotel has a new home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vivanext.com\/davis-drive-newmarket\/related\/gallery\/12301\/\"><a title=\"click here to see the video\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vivanext.com\/davis-drive-newmarket\/related\/gallery\/12301\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3961\" title=\"newmarket\u2019s union hotel has a new home\" src=\"http:\/\/vivanext.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/blog_unionhotel_move_11_19_2014.png\" alt=\"newmarket\u2019s union hotel has a new home\" width=\"450\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/vivanext.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/blog_unionhotel_move_11_19_2014.png 450w, https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/vivanext.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/blog_unionhotel_move_11_19_2014-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rapidways are on the way to Davis Drive and to make room, the Union Hotel on the northeast corner of Davis Drive and Main Street has been moved to its new location at the back of the original property. It took careful precision and planning to move this old building to its permanent foundation and now it\u2019s finally settled in. We captured the preservation of this important piece of history on video. Check out the full <a title=\"click here to see the behind-the-scenes-video\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vivanext.com\/davis-drive-newmarket\/related\/gallery\/\/\" target=\"_blank\">behind-the-scenes video<\/a> to see how it was done.<\/p>\n<p>Built in 1881, the Union Hotel is one of Newmarket\u2019s many distinctive heritage buildings. Designed by local architect John Ough, it still has many of its original features, including mouldings, staircases and woodwork. Although it\u2019s known as the \u201cUnion Hotel,\u201d past owners include James Burke, who manufactured soda water here, Patrick Hodgins Sr., who used it as a store and residence, and more recently Robert Armstrong with a real estate business.<\/p>\n<p>Relocating the Union Hotel ensures the gateway to Newmarket\u2019s downtown heritage area is preserved.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rapidways are on the way to Davis Drive and to make room, the Union Hotel on the northeast corner of Davis Drive and Main Street has been moved to its new location at the back of the original property. It took careful precision and planning to move this old building to its permanent foundation and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[943,92,49,451,7],"class_list":["post-3960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction","tag-construction","tag-davis-drive","tag-newmarket","tag-union-hotel","tag-vivanext"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3960"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3965,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960\/revisions\/3965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}