Occidental Family Hotel, corner of Fitzherbert Street and The Square

Description

The Occidental Hotel was erected c.1887 and was destroyed by fire in 1891. A second Occidental Hotel erected on the same site, was also burnt down in 1927. On the far left is the Club Hotel. The four two-storey buildings in the centre of the photograph were also destroyed by fire in 1891. Fitzherbert Street was renamed to Fitzherbert Avenue in 1926.

Identification

Relation

Public Photograph Collection Sq 69

Date

circa 1890

Digitisation id

2014N_Sq69_008585

Held in

Coolstore