Orient Hotel, formerly
Green Man Hotel, Nugget Hotel, Albion Hotel
and Garfield Hotel 1870 - 1913
Clarendon Street, corner Alfred Place, South Melbourne
MEL: 2K C1
Formerly a produce store managed by John M Hill, a license for
the two-bedroom wood house with bath and plasters divisions, was granted to
George Bottriel in 1870. Named the Green Man Hotel, an auction of the hotel took
place on 18 January 1873. That year architect Charles Boykett called for tenders
for alterations and additions to the hotel. Vacant, briefly, in 1874, it was
renamed the Nugget Hotel by licensee Mrs E Adam in 1876, but its original name
was restored by Mrs Cowlson in 1881. The following year William Riggs changed
its name to the Albion; in 1885, it became the Garfield Hotel, and in 1891 it
was renamed the Orient – a name that would remain until it was de-licensed on 31
December 1913.
