OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Kirkpatrick’s and Royal Hotels, Mornington

DATE1920 to 1940

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.1277

HISTORY

The Royal Hotel was built in the late 1850s and is still in use as a hotel with bar, dining rooms and accommodation today. Its facade and verandas were extensively restored c1984. It’s stables at the rear (demolished c1970) were once the depot for Cobb and Co. Coaches. Kirkpatrick’s Hotel, built in the early 1870s, still functions as a hotel. It was renovated in Spanish Mission style in the 1920s. It’s original roof line is still discernible. Both hotels were popular holiday destinations.

DESCRIPTION

A wide street in Mornington with a Spanish styled double storied building on a corner(Kirkpatrick’s Hotel) and another two storied building with ‘Royal Hotel’ clearly marked on a side wall. Several cars of about the 1930s vintage are parked on the street. A couple and a single man are walking in front of Kirkpatrick’s Hotel. A line of trees on the right marks parkland, out of the photo to the right. The names of the hotels are printed at bottom left and ‘No. 10 appears at bottom left. Perhaps one of a postcard series or a series of personal photos.

SUBJECTS

Accommodation, Buildings, structures and establishments, Historic buildings, Hotels, Streetscapes

KEYWORDS

Accommodation, Buildings, structures and establishments, Historic buildings, Hotels, Kirkpatrick's Hotel, Mornington, Royal Hotel, Streetscapes