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Updated: May 24, 2025

Turning into Chowringhee we are faced by the Bristol Hotel, formerly known as the Hotel D'Europe, the proprietress of which latter was the late Mrs. Scott of the Park Hotel, Darjeeling, formerly known as Madame Fienberg, and who was highly respected and greatly esteemed by the older generation of Calcuttaites, of whom she had quite a large clientele.

Montague Massey - Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century

I think there was also at a later period an entrance from Wellesley Place to the house in question. Formerly covered the site of the Treasury and Imperial Secretariat Buildings, and was considered a first-class residence for old Calcuttaites as well as for casual visitors.

Montague Massey - Recollections of Calcutta for over Half a Century