The Eldorado Arms was originally built as the type of place that genteel society would patronize. The Eldorado Arms was constructed in 1926-27 by the Countess Bubna of Austria. She was born in Scotland as Irene Blair and later married Count Franz Bubna of Austria. The Countess came to Canada shortly after the outbreak of World War I. In 1919 the Countess arrived in Kelowna. She resided in a house built for her on Eldorado Ranch. The house burned down in the 1930's. The Countess wished to build a genteel, sophisticated hotel of European standards and finer than any hotel in Kelowna at that time. In 1926 she purchased lakeshore property from Mrs. W.D. Walker for her luxury hotel. It is believed that the architect was Colonel C.J. Cullin of Vernon and that the garden was designed by Mrs. W.D. Walker. The hotel was done in the English style, half timbered and gabled.;The Eldorado Arms was originally located at 4519 Eldorado Road in the Mission area of Kelowna. It was moved by barge to Cook Road, five kilometres down the lake, on March 12 1989. The hotel burned down April 19, 1989 and was rebuilt in 1990.