Bournemouth Town Hall – when it was a hotel
The present Bournemouth Town Hall on Bourne Ave was originally built in 1885 as a hotel named the Mont Dore.
The hotel was requisitioned by the War Office in 1914 and became a Military Hospital until 1918.
The hotel closed in 1919 and was became the Town Hall in 1921.
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