Empress Hotel, Fitzroy North

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Empress Hotel
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Address714 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy North, Victoria
Coordinates 37°46′58″S144°58′40″E / 37.78278°S 144.97778°E / -37.78278; 144.97778 Coordinates: 37°46′58″S144°58′40″E / 37.78278°S 144.97778°E / -37.78278; 144.97778
Opened1873

The Empress Hotel [1] (formerly the Empress of India Hotel) is a pub located at 714 Nicholson Street, in the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy North. The Empress Hotel closed in December 2013, [2] and reopened in its current form in early 2015. [3]

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History

The pub was opened in 1873 by John Bourke, and named in honour of Queen Victoria, who had been proclaimed the Empress of India on 1 January 1877. [4] Until the late 20th century, it was frequented by employees of the nearby North Fitzroy tram depot.

North Fitzroy tram depot was a depot on the Melbourne tram network. Located on Nicholson Street, North Fitzroy, it opened in 1956 when the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board converted part of its North Fitzroy bus depot for tramway operation when the Bourke Street to Brunswick East line reopened. In 1976 it became a sub-unit of East Preston depot. It was the smallest tram depot in Melbourne.

In the late 1980s, it became a live music venue, and played a part in the Melbourne indie rock scene through the 90s and 2000s. In its last decade as a music venue, hotel management had to deal with noise complaints from residents who had moved nearby without realising it was a music venue. In February 2015 the venue reopened with a traditional bar, a dining area and an open air beer garden.

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References

  1. ↑ "theempresshotel.com.au parked with Netfleet.com.au". theempresshotel.com.au. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Fred Siggins. "The Empress Hotel". Time Out Melbourne. Archived from the original on 28 April 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Just Open: Empress Hotel, Fitzroy North, By Hilary McNevin, February 12 2015
  4. ↑ "HOTEL VALUATION CASE". The Age (15, 254). Victoria, Australia. 29 January 1904. p. 6. Retrieved 16 August 2017– via National Library of Australia.
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