Marble Bar, Sydney

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Marble Bar
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The bar in 2012
Marble Bar, Sydney
General information
TypeBar
Address488 George Street
Town or city Sydney, New South Wales
CountryAustralia
Coordinates 33°52′18″S151°12′28″E / 33.8716299°S 151.207888°E / -33.8716299; 151.207888 Coordinates: 33°52′18″S151°12′28″E / 33.8716299°S 151.207888°E / -33.8716299; 151.207888
Completed1893(130 years ago) (1893)
Design and construction
Architect(s) Varney Parkes
Website
https://www.marblebarsydney.com.au/

Marble Bar is an historic bar in Sydney, Australia. Originally constructed in the George Adams-owned O'Brien Hotel in 1893, [1] it was dismantled in 1969, [1] then moved and rebuilt in the subterranean level of the Hilton Sydney, on George Street, in 1973. It is now a heritage-listed building. [2]

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The bar was designed by Varney Parkes. Its features include plate-glass mirrors, mosaic floors, cedar timbers, a domed roof, stained-glass windows and marble walls and pilasters. Fourteen paintings by Julian Ashton are hung throughout. [3] [4] The only differences to the original bar is the lack of natural light, and the location of the paintings is different. [1]

The bar appears on the front cover of Cold Chisel's 1979 album Breakfast at Sweethearts . [1]

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