Manufacturer: Wood & Sons, Burslem, England
User: General Brock Hotel
Date of soup plate: Circa 1950s

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Notes: From the website niagrafallsinfo.com, In 1927, William Manley German along with a group of Niagara Falls businessmen with the financial assistance of Sir Harry Oakes, formed a company to build the General Brock Hotel, and German secured the incorporation of the General Brock Hotel Company.

The hotel was planned as early as 1927, and construction began in January 1929. The hotel was built by Pigott Construction Company of Hamilton, Ontario.

The General Brock Hotel was the first high rise hotel built in Niagara Falls. At 11 floors, it towered above the landscape and boasted 20,000 square feet. It contained 247 bedrooms, 50 cots, 16 stores, 290 telephones and two elevators. The top floor was reserved as the "Rainbow Room," a glass- enclosed banquet room that provided an unparalleled view of the Falls and the Niagara Gorge.

The hotel,  named after the War of 1812 British General Sir Isaac Brock, was officially opened on July 1, 1929. John B. Robinson was the first manager.

Two additional floors were later added to the hotel by the then owners, the Sheraton Hotel chain. The Sheraton Brock Hotel was sold to Arthur White in the early 1970s. White owned the hotel until he sold it to the York Hanover Company.