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Broadway Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 93 Logan Road, Woolloongabba, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by John Hall & Son and built from 1889 to by Wooley & Whyte. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. The building now lies in significant disrepair and neglect, covered in graffiti and broken panelling. == History == The Broadway Hotel was built in 1889-90 for Brisbane publican Michael McKenna, formerly of the nearby Woolloongabba Hotel. The Brisbane architectural firm John Hall & Son executed the design and the builders were Wooley & Whyte, who won the contract with a tender price of £4,820. Tenders were called in July and August 1889, and McKenna was advertising for custom by mid-October 1890.〔 John Hall & Son were an established Brisbane architectural practice, whose late 1880s Brisbane hotels included the Oriental Hotel, corner of Albert and Mary Streets (1885–86), the Pineapple Hotel, Main Street, Kangaroo Point (1886–87), the Brisbane Bridge Hotel, Stanley Street, South Brisbane (1886–87), the Treasury Hotel, corner of George and Elizabeth Streets (1887–88), the Junction Hotel, corner of Logan and Cleveland Roads, Stones Corner (1887–88), Graham's Hotel, Stanley Street, South Brisbane (1887–88), the Edinburgh Castle Hotel, Gympie Road, Kedron (1888), the Broadway Hotel, corner of Logan Road and Balaclava (Short) Street, Woolloongabba (1889–90) and Burke's Hotel at the intersection of Annerley and Stephens Roads, South Brisbane (1889–90). In 1890 they were also the successful competition winners for the South Brisbane Municipal Chambers. Architect John Smith Murdoch, Chief Architect of the Commonwealth 1926-30, worked in John Hall & Son's office from the late 1880s to 1893, and according to architect JVD Coutts, was responsible for the design of the South Brisbane Municipal Chambers and the Broadway and Burke's hotels.〔 The site at the corner of Logan Road and Balaclava (Short) Street had been transferred to McKenna in January 1889. The location was a prominent one, close to the intersection of Wellington and Logan roads, the latter being a major Brisbane arterial road. In the second half of the 1880s, the East Brisbane-Woolloongabba-Buranda-Stones Corner-Coorparoo areas experienced a population and housing boom, largely associated with the expansion of Brisbane's railway and tramway systems. The first section of the tramway along Logan Road extended to Maynard Street, Buranda and opened in 1887. The new Broadway Hotel, located prominently to take advantage of the increased traffic flow between Brisbane and the eastern suburbs, was an imposing structure designed to attract attention, and rapidly became a well-known local landmark.〔 The substantial three-storeyed hotel was designed to cater for country visitors as well. When opened in 1890, the attendant advertising in The Southern World of 22 October emphasised the proximity of the new hotel to the Woolloongabba Fiveways, and that country visitors would be well catered for with superior accommodation. This included single and double bedrooms, bathrooms, and drawing rooms, with luxurious and comfortable appointments throughout. The hotel offered Extensive and Superior Stabling and trams and buses passed the hotel every five minutes.〔 McKenna remained the proprietor and licensee until 1903, when he leased the hotel to a succession of licensees. In 1917 he sold the property to the Castlemaine Brewery of Quinlan Gray & Co. From 1949 until the early 1980s the licensees were Ron and Ivy Hogarth. In the mid-1980s the hotel was bought by Quetel Pty Ltd and in 1987 was leased to Pub Revive Pty Ltd who undertook a program of refurbishment.〔 In 1998, Malcolm Nyst, a Brisbane doctor and brother of lawyer and author Chris Nyst bought the hotel for $700,000. Carl Ditterich, a former football player, and his family took over the management of the hotel in early 2010. They established a farmers' market in the car park. In July 2010, a fire extensively damaged the hotel which was under-insured. Basic repairs were undertaken but the hotel has remained closed since. In May 2014 the property was for sale. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Broadway Hotel, Woolloongabba」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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