Transcontinental Hotel
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Transcontinental Hotel from North-East, 2016
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| Location | 462-468 George Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°28′02″S 153°01′10″E / 27.4671°S 153.0194°ECoordinates: 27°28′02″S 153°01′10″E / 27.4671°S 153.0194°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1883 - 1884 |
| Architect | Francis Drummond Greville Stanley |
| Official name: Transcontinental Hotel | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600122 |
| Significant period | 1881-1884 (fabric) 1884-1935 (historical) |
 Location of Transcontinental Hotel in Queensland
Location of Transcontinental Hotel in Queensland
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Transcontinental Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 462-468 George Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Francis Drummond Greville Stanley and built from 1883 to 1884. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
The Transcontinental Hotel was constructed in 1883-4. In 1879 Peter Murphy, wine and spirit merchant, leased premises in George Street from Francois Boudin. In 1881 he acquired the adjoining vacant land. On 28 August 1883 Peter Murphy, then publican and lessee of the Burgundy Hotel, businessman, financier of MacDonnell & East (1901) and Member of the Queensland Legislative Council (MLC, 1904-1922), announced by public notice in The Telegraph his intention to apply for a new publican's license and to build a new hotel on this site. Intended to accommodate passengers from the nearby railway, the Transcontinental Hotel was to comprise "16 bedrooms, 1 dining room, 1 luncheon room, 1 billiard room, 4 sitting rooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, store, pantry, cellar and outhouses".
On 22 September 1883 renowned architect Francis Drummond Greville (FDG) Stanley called tenders for the erection of a first class hotel for Peter Murphy. The new hotel, with a frontage of 74 feet and a depth of 40 feet, was four storeys high, one of which was below street level. The Brisbane Courier reported that the Transcontinental Hotel contained 27 bedrooms, seven public rooms, billiard room and a private bar. A sunshade of "ornamental design" was attached to the front and the two upper storeys had balconies four feet, six inches wide, with "ornamental iron columns, brackets, frieze and railings". The hotel offered comfortable accommodation, a first class table, with "all the delicacies of the season being provided". The bar trade was one of the largest in Brisbane, with only the best liquor carried.
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