Casino Ross ( Spanish Casino Agustín Ross Edwards ) is a historic casino building located on Augustine Ross Avenue, in front of Ross Park in Pichillemu , Chile . The building was built in the late 1800s and in 1906 it was the first open Chilean casino. It was closed in 1932 and turned into a hotel , which worked through the 1980s . Currently, the building houses the Pichilemu Cultural Center.
History
Historical Finds
During the restoration of the casino, many items of historical value were found here. These included newspapers, in particular copies of Las Últimas Noticias from February 1941 , when the building was a hotel; American telephone battery from 1909 and fragments of tiles from the casino ceiling, painted and painted by workers during the reconstruction of the building in 1904 . [one]
Notes
- ↑ Beatriz Valenzuela. Hallazgos históricos en la obra de restauración del ex casino Ross de Pichilemu . El Rancahuaso (October 29, 2007). Archived on April 16, 2012. (Spanish) (Retrieved February 3, 2010)
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