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FORMER MURRAY HOTEL

Location

9-11 MURRAY ESPLANADE ECHUCA, CAMPASPE SHIRE

File Number

605553

Level

Registered

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Statement of Significance

The former Murray Hotel, built in 1879 by publican William Lawson to replace an earlier timber structure, is a small two storey building of red brick construction with unpainted stuccoed plinth, pilasters, string course and cornice. It was delicensed around 1906.

The building has historic and architectural significance to the state of Victoria.

The former Murray Hotel is important for its association with the early social life of Echuca and as a rare intact example of a modest hotel. The utilitarian style of the building reflects its role of offering accommodation and refreshment to the passing river traffic during the period when Echuca was Victoria's principal inland port. The building has little embellishment, the predominant features being the round arched openings at street level and slightly segmentally arched upper level windows. The original small bar room of the Murray Hotel and the other small rooms presumably used for dining and accommodation offer a rare and essentially intact example of the original layout.

[Source: Report to the Minister]

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