St Georges Hotel

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The St George Hotel is a very important link with the early history of Geelong. It served as a meeting place for the citizens of Geelong West while commercial development and religious establishments grew up around it. It is particularly significant as the oldest, most intact hotel still operating in Geelong West. It has retained its original name and continued to be used as a hotel for 132 years. It is a key building in the Pakington Street commercial area.

It is of Regional Significance.

POLICY/RECOMMENDATIONS:

National Estate Register.

G.R.P.S.

Restoration of the facade of this building is considered to be a high priority in order to reinforce the hotel's status as an important historic building in Pakington Street.

REFERENCES

Villamanta Ward Rate Books 1854, 1855-6, 1860-61.

Taylor's 1854 map of Little Scotland, Ashby and Portion of Kildare.

Building Register, City of Geelong West, 1922-26.

State Library of Victoria, SPF.

Buchan, Laird and Buchan. Architects; Drawings and Specification. Alterations to the St George Hotel, 1925.

I, Wynd, Hotels of Geelong West, Investigator, Vol 10, No. 1, p6.

Photograph File No. 966. GHR.

Group

Commercial

Category

Hotel