Name/TitleFormer Devonshire Arms Hotel, corner of Fitzroy and Princes Street, Fitzroy, c. 1970
About this objectTwo storey building on the corner of Fitzroy and Princes St in Fitzroy. Two cars are parked along Fitzroy Street with parking meters marking the bays.
On the heritage register no. H0528
Built by Francis Clark in the early 1840s and now considered to be Melbourne’s oldest licenced public house and Fitzroy’s oldest surviving building. It is now part of the St Vincent’s Hospital complex.
It operated as a hotel from 1843 to 1920 when it was one of the 27 Melbourne hotels forced to close by the Licensing Reduction Board. It later became a hostel
Inscription and MarksInscribed in black pencil on verso: "Fitzroy St / Fitzroy"
Measurements25.3 x 20.2 cm
Period1970-1980
Object TypePhotograph
Subject and Association KeywordsFitzroy (Vic.)
Subject and Association KeywordsHotels
Named CollectionImages collection
Object numberPH-990015
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