Treasury Hotel
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Treasury Hotel, 2009
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| Location | 175 George Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°28′17″S 153°01′28″E / 27.4715°S 153.0244°ECoordinates: 27°28′17″S 153°01′28″E / 27.4715°S 153.0244°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1887 - 1888 |
| Architect | John Hall & Son |
| Architectural style(s) | Classicism |
| Official name: Treasury Hotel | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 4 November 1993 |
| Reference no. | 600115 |
| Significant period | 1887-1888 (fabric) |
| Builders | Abraham James |
 Location of Treasury Hotel in Queensland
Location of Treasury Hotel in Queensland
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Treasury Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 175 George Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by John Hall & Son and built from 1887 to 1888 by Abraham James. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 4 November 1993.
The Treasury Hotel was built in 1887-88, replacing an earlier hotel, the Dunmore Arms (1865).
In 1885 James Hunter took a 25-year lease from William Cribb on several adjoining allotments on the corner of George and Elizabeth Streets from William Cribb.
Hunter planned a major commercial development on the site, and in 1886 erected office buildings with Treasury Chambers fronting George St and Francis House on Elizabeth Street (Hunters Buildings). The choice of location was astute, for the new Treasury Building opposite was being erected and enhanced the prestige of the area. Financial problems prevented Hunter from completing the project and in 1887 he sub-let the Dunmore Arms site to well-known Brisbane publican, Denis O'Connor.
O'Connor engaged architects John Hall & Son to design a new hotel for the site. The contractor was Abraham James and the contract sum £3,999. Borrowing its name from the partially finished new government offices opposite, the hotel offered "tastefully furnished and decorated" accommodation to "Families and Commercial Gentlemen". In May 1889 O'Connor transferred his sub-lease to George Back Cutbush who remained the lessee until 1910. In 1906 William Cribb donated both allotments 18 & 19 to the YMCA in return for an annuity of £400.
Over the next few years the YMCA sold most of this property and the new owner of the Treasury Hotel in 1908 was William Denis O'Connor. The hotel remained linked with the O'Connor family till the late 1950s.
During the late 1880s the Treasury Hotel was one of a large number of hotels in the city. In 1889 there were 9 hotels in George Street. The Treasury Hotel and the Transcontinental Hotel are the only George Street buildings from this period that remain in use as hotels.
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