The Heritage Hotel Rockhampton
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Heritage Hotel (formerly Commercial Hotel and Chambers), 2009
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| Location | 230 Quay Street, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 23°22′47″S 150°30′56″E / 23.3797°S 150.5155°ECoordinates: 23°22′47″S 150°30′56″E / 23.3797°S 150.5155°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1898 |
| Architect | John William Wilson |
| Official name: Commercial Hotel and Chambers (former) | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600810 |
| Significant period | 1890s (fabric) 1898-ongoing (historical use) |
| Significant components | roof deck/terrace/promenade |
| Builders | John Kerslake Evans |
 Location of Heritage Hotel in Queensland
Heritage Hotel (Australia)
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The Heritage Hotel is a heritage-listed former hotel at 230 Quay Street, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by John William Wilson and built in 1898 by John Kerslake Evans. It is also known as the Old Colonial Hotel and the Commercial Hotel. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
The Heritage Hotel, formerly the Old Colonial Hotel and originally the Commercial Hotel and Chambers, was erected in 1898 for Leah Johnson. Designed by prominent Rockhampton architect John William Wilson, the three-storey, concrete-rendered brick building featuring decorative iron-lace verandah balustrading was constructed by John Kerslake Evans at a cost of £6,500.
The Heritage Hotel is situated immediately opposite the wharves of the Fitzroy River, in the heart of Rockhampton's premier commercial district. From the 1850s, and especially in the latter part of the 19th century, the area around Quay Street attracted solid development, impressive new construction, which was fostered by the commercial activity the wharves brought to the quayside.
The Port of Rockhampton was proclaimed in 1868 with the discovery of gold at Canoona and became influential in establishing Rockhampton as the premier commercial city of central Queensland, handling the pastoral and mineral products, which came increasingly from the hinterland. The Commercial Hotel and Chambers building was a part of the confident commercial pattern of development that distinguished Quay Street in this period.
The substantial nature of development around the Quay Street precinct was also influenced by the immense wealth injected into Rockhampton from the Mount Morgan Gold Mine, discovered in 1882. Mount Morgan was the single richest gold mine in the world and its economic impact on the port city of Rockhampton was expressed through the confident and stylistic character of its principal business district on Quay Street. The period of development was also distinguished by the separation movement, which agitated for Rockhampton to be made the capital of a separate northern state. The erection of prestigious buildings, such as the Commercial Hotel and Chambers, reflected the notion of rivalry with the capital of Brisbane and was held as a great boon to the cause of separation.
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