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Lake view from Toronto Hotel, Toronto, NSW, 15 September 1900
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CreatorSnowball, Ralph, 1849-1925
InformationToronto Hotel was built on the ruins of Rev L Threlkeld's Ebenezer Mission in 1887 by the Excelsior Land Investment and Building Company and Bank Ltd. The Hotel consisted of 40 rooms with the ability to accommodate 100 guests. The ground floor contained a dining room for 100 people, a billiard room, two bars and parlours. There was a cinder track for foot races. Other activities enjoyed by visitors were lawn tennis, croquet, bathing, boating, shooting, and fishing. In 1973 the accommodation wings and winter garden was demolished and the staircase and four marble fireplaces removed. Visitors to the hotel included the following: 1899 Governor of New South Wales, Earl Beauchamp 1928 Opera singer, Toti dal Monte 1929 Governor-General Baron Stonehaven.
Source: Lake Macquarie Memories by Dulcie Hartley, 1998Threlkeld, L, 1788-1859Excelsior Land Investment and Building CompanyDate15th September 1900
InformationToronto Hotel was built on the ruins of Rev L Threlkeld's Ebenezer Mission in 1887 by the Excelsior Land Investment and Building Company and Bank Ltd. The Hotel consisted of 40 rooms with the ability to accommodate 100 guests. The ground floor contained a dining room for 100 people, a billiard room, two bars and parlours. There was a cinder track for foot races. Other activities enjoyed by visitors were lawn tennis, croquet, bathing, boating, shooting, and fishing. In 1973 the accommodation wings and winter garden was demolished and the staircase and four marble fireplaces removed. Visitors to the hotel included the following: 1899 Governor of New South Wales, Earl Beauchamp 1928 Opera singer, Toti dal Monte 1929 Governor-General Baron Stonehaven. Source: Lake Macquarie Memories by Dulcie Hartley, 1998
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Snowball, Ralph, 1849-1925, Lake view from Toronto Hotel, Toronto, NSW, 15 September 1900 (15th September 1900), [ASGN0012-B1]. Living Histories, accessed 31/05/2023, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/46599