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Victoria Guesthouse

Other Name Former Family Hotel Location 5-7 Tyers Street PORTLAND, GLENELG SHIRE Level Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

The Victoria Guest House at 5 - 7 Tyers Street, Portland, was erected in 1853 for James Kitson who subsequently sold to John Harris. In 1854, Kenneth McKenzie acquired the property and, after Obtaining a publican's licence in 1856, opened this substantial two storey Colonial Georgian style building as the "Family Hotel". In 1864 this bluestone structure became a boarding house. The history of the Victoria Guest House remaihs largely undocumented. The structure is one of Portland's earliest constructed hotels and a typical Colonial Georgian style desigo of the first years of settlement in Victoria. The regularly fenestrated axial composition, with modest string course and central entrance, is virtually without adornment. The guest house has functioned in the original role, providing accommodation since 1864.