Yesterday I wrote about the former Balman Bros workshop but it was this hotel that drew me to Bega in the first place.
In the mid 1870s the Occidental Hotel was built at the intersection of Carp & Auckland Street but it closed in 1908 and later became the Phillip's Temperance Hotel, also known as the Bega Hostel and the Occidental Guest House. Now that's a concept, a temperance hotel. That structure was demolished in 1937 and this wonderful Art Deco pub constructed.
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Perfect symmetry, until someone put in aluminium windows.
ReplyDeleteYes the wooden ones look much better.
DeleteA temperance hotel is an interesting concept indeed. I viewed your first photo in Flickr and this is a building I certainly would have noticed. The corner piece, columns and writing give it away.
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting what Andrew said about the windows. We're so used to double-glazing in UK that only listed properties don't have aluminium frames these days.
Too often the aluminium windows are just an easier option here.
DeleteEmm, I noticed many UK buildings quite spoilt by double glazed windows, but I guess they are essential.
ReplyDeleteGreat building David love the symmetry on both street frontages.
ReplyDeleteTemperance Hotels were generally residential hotels without liquor licences, and were sometimes called Coffee Palaces. The Windsor started out as such a beast. Probably weren't any in Port Melbourne!
I think there was a coffee palace in Port but obviously it was far outnumbered by the pubs.
Deletehave you seen the Bega hospital, it's impressive.
ReplyDeleteNo I missed out on the Hospital. Bega seems to be quite a hotbed of early to mid 20th century architecture.
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