Castlemaine Hotel, formerly
Commercial Hotel 1882 - 1958
Queensbridge Street, corner City Road, South Melbourne; now part of junction
between City Road, Moray and Queensbridge Streets
MEL: 2F D10
John Phillipson founded the Commercial Hotel in 1882. The
following year, Phillipson would go on to open the Trades Hotel in City Road. It
was situated opposite the Castlemaine Brewery, which was on the western side of
Queensbridge Street, in 1901, and next door to its bottling store. The
Castlemaine Hotel was de-licensed on 7 March 1958 and then demolished to widen
the intersection under the Kings Way overpass.