Located at the corner of St. Pierre and St. Paul streets and first known as the "City Tavern," kept by Robert Tesseyman, this 19th-century hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was a popular meeting place of the Beaver Club before later becoming the Exchange Coffee House.
In 1805, Samuel Gerrard proposed building Nelson's Column, Montreal here.
The hotel was a common place of rest for transient travellers and Upper Canada merchants.
It became the location of the first stock transactions in Montreal.
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