OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Mornington House, 780-781 Esplanade (Demolished)

DATE1950s

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.1242.18

HISTORY

Mornington House was a large guest house situated between Vancouver Street and Tasma Lane containing 18 bedrooms and a dining room seating 100. The first advertisements for accommodation appear in the late 1850’s and it continued to operate as a guest house for more than one hundred years. The original Victorian villa was substantially altered in the 1920’s. A large dinner bell used to summon guests to meals was donated to the Mornington Museum by a descendant of the Daws family who had owned the guest house in the 1870’s. The property was demolished in the 1970’s. F. Goodman was a proprietor, and the telephone number was Mornington 53.

DESCRIPTION

This shows a large attractive weather board house of one storey. It has a metal roof. The main entrance in the centre has a portico, with brick pillars on either side. It has two chimneys. There is a wire fence along the front, with white wooden posts. There is a black car parked in front of the house to the right, and a woman and child walking along the pavement to the left of the photo.

SUBJECTS

Accommodation, Historic buildings, Hotels

KEYWORDS

Accommodation, Historic buildings, Hotels, Mornington, Mornington House, Tasma Lane, Vancouver Street