By Michael Boriero – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Georgian Hotel was a longstanding Lennoxville landmark. It also had a reputation for late night tomfoolery, drunken debauchery and the occasional fisticuffs, but to the people who frequented the bar once upon a time in Lennoxville, the building meant so much more.
Built in the 1870s, the hotel eventually became the go-to drinking establishment in the area. It was a space where both locals and students at the nearby Bishop’s University campus would mingle and decompress after a long day.
“It was kind of a neat place to gather. There was no bar on campus. You couldn’t go to Sherbrooke after five o’clock because the bus stopped running, so The Georgian was basically the social centre,” explained Tim Belford.