Cecil Hotel
Cecil Hotel
Umtali
- 1896
Cecil Hotel was originally opened c.1890. In 1897 a new building was erected (as above) by Mssrs Snodgrass and Mitchell in preparation for the railway. The first Cecil Taxi, a 1929 Dodge, was used solely to go from the Cecil Hotel to the railway station and back. The hotel eventually became part of Miekle’s Associated Hotels.
- 01.02.1933
- 05.03.1937
- 01.02.193x
- 15.01.1940
In the 1950’s a third version of the hotel was built and in November, 1974, at a cost of $1.7m.
- 1950’s
- 09.07.1953
- c.1973
- 1974
References
- www.rhodesianadvertisements.blogspot.com.au
- www.classiccarsinrhodesia.co.za
- Rhodesiana Vol. 21 (PDF)
Contributors
- Keith Brodovcky
- James Gavin
- Walter Herdzik