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Location5-7 Tyers Street,, PORTLAND VIC 3305 - Property No B0880
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The Victoria Guest House 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 remains largely undocumented. The structure is one of Portland's earliest constructed hotels and a typical Colonial Georgian style design 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.
Classified: 12/05/1958
Transient Accommodation
Boarding/ Guest House