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Menzies at Malvern, Melbourne Australia CKA Caulfield Krivanek Architecture
The Menzies Hotel, built on the corner of Bourke and William Streets in 1867, was one of the city's few grand and elegant Victorian hotels, pitched at the high end of the market - appealing to both local and international guests. But like all but one of its peers (the Windsor Hotel), this dignified 'grand dame' became a casualty of its times. Menzies Hotel, on the corner of Bourke and William Streets, was the first of Melbourne's grand Victorian-era hotels. For many years it was regarded as the finest hotel in Melbourne and boasted many famous guests. It was extended and remodelled many times, but in 1969 was demolished to make way for an office building. Situated at the south-east corner of Bourke and William streets, Menzies Hotel was the first of Melbourne's grand hotels and certainly one of the finest. In 1872 English author Anthony Trollope noted that he had never stayed 'at a better inn in any part of the world'. Walking through the CBD now, few Melbournians realise that high rises stand where the Menzies Hotel or the Eastern Market were only 50 or so years ago. It's unheard of that such buildings could be destroyed under the Heritage legislation in place now. Eastern Market, Bourke Street East circa 1876-1894.
Menzies Hotel, Melbourne, 1870s Albumen print photograph o… Flickr
1984 - The Menzies at Rialto hotel opened 2006 - Hotel management taken over by InterContinental Hotels Group and an extensive $50 million luxury refurbishment took place 2008 - InterContinental Melbourne The Rialto opens Our Story The stretch of Little Lon between Swanston and Elizabeth was more industrial than naughty—home to an Indian rubber clothing manufacturer, a confectioner, cigarette makers, the St Francis Church School and the Hibernian Hotel. One of the show places of Melbourne is Menzies, which may claim to be not only the best managed hotel in Australia, but one of the best managed in the empire. To meet the ever- increasing run upon its accommodation, large additions have. Monochrome photograph of Menzies Hotel, Melbourne, taken by the studio of Nettleton & Arnest circa 1890. This photograph is part of a collection of 47 photographs of Melbourne taken in the late nineteenth century by the commercial photographic studio of Nettleton and Arnest.
Menzies Hotel on Bourke and Williams Streets,Melbourne in Victoria in the 1890s. •National
Menzies Hotel was the first of Melbourne's grand Victorian era hotels. For many years it was regarded as the finest hotel in Melbourne and boasted many famous guests. It was extended and remodelled many times. Scottish immigrants Archibald and Catherine Menzies opened the first Menzies Hotel in 1853 in Latrobe Street, near Elizabeth Street. Melbourne's hotels - or 'pubs' as they are commonly known - have been community centres for the consumption and sale of drink, and providers of accommodation (most typically, but not always, for travellers) since foundation and early settlement.
Menzies Hotel, Melbourne 1939. Menzies Hotel was established at the corner of Bourke and William Streets in 1867, and was to become one of the leading hotels in Melbourne. A series of works occurred to the hotel in the 1920s and 30s, to upgrade its facilities to modern standards in order to compete with newer hotels such as the Hotel Alexander. Menzies Hotel was one of Melbourne's grandest hotels, but by the 1960s it was unable to compete with the newer international hotel chains; one of these being the Intercontinental group's Southern Cross Hotel opened in 1962. Menzies was closed in 1969 and demolished,.
Wolfgang Sievers, b. 1913, Interior, Cocktail Lounge, Menzies Hotel, Melbourne. Type C
Menzies Hotel, on the corner of Bourke and William Streets , was the first of Melbourne's grand Victorian-era hotels. For many years it was regarded as the finest hotel in Melbourne and boasted many famous guests. It was extended and remodelled many times, but in 1969 was demolished to make way for an office building. THE FEDERAL HOTEL AND COFFEE PALACE 555 Collins Street Built in 1888 to coincide with the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition (marking 100 years of Australian settlement), this was once one of the largest and most opulent hotels in the world.
