Young and Jackson Hotel

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Young and Jackson
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Young and Jackson Hotel
General information
AddressCorner of Flinders and Swanston Streets, Melbourne
Country Australia
Coordinates 37°49′02″S144°58′00″E / 37.817196°S 144.966702°E / -37.817196; 144.966702
Opened1 July 1861 (The Princes Bridge Hotel)
1875-Present (Young and Jackson Hotel) [1] [2]
Other information
Number of rooms5 [3]
Number of restaurants2 [4]
Number of bars4 [5]
Public transit access Flinders Street station
Tram routes 35, 70, 75
Website
www.youngandjacksons.com.au
Official nameYoung and Jackson's Princess Bridge Hotel
TypeState Registered Place
Designated31 May 1989
Reference no.H0708 [6]
Heritage Overlay numberHO744 [6]

Young and Jackson is a hotel in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, at the corner of Flinders Street and Swanston Street. Established in 1861, it is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.

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History

The site was purchased by John Batman, one of the founders of Melbourne, in 1837 at the fledgling settlement's first Crown land sale. Batman had a home built on the site for his children, which became a schoolhouse in 1839. Warehouses were erected on the site after the schoolhouse was razed in 1853. The Princes Bridge Hotel opened there on 1 July 1861 by John P. Toohey and his brother who later went on to found the Tooheys Beer brand. The Hotel was renamed to Young and Jackson after the Irish diggers who took it over in 1875, cousins Henry Figsby Young (b. 1849 Dublin, Ireland - d. 29 September 1925) [7] [8] [9] [10] and Thomas Joshua Jackson (b. 1834 - d. 9 May 1901). [11] [12] [1] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] The freehold was owned by the Koegh family for 123 years until it was purchased by Marcel Gilbert in 1979.

The hotel is an amalgamation of five separate buildings of two and three storeys, with the original 1853 bluestone building designed as a three-storey residence, with a butcher's shop on the ground floor. It was later extended in both directions, with all buildings rendered and painted to match each other by the 1920s. [1] Since the 1920s the exterior hotel has been dominated by large advertising signs, even to this day. It is owned by the Endeavour Group. [18]

Chloé

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Chloé by Jules Joseph Lefebvre

The hotel is well known for the nude painting Chloé, painted by French artist Jules Joseph Lefebvre in 1875. [19] The painting is oil on canvas measuring a life size 260 x 139 cm. It was purchased for 850 guineas by Dr Thomas Fitzgerald of Lonsdale Street in Melbourne. After being hung in the National Gallery of Victoria for three weeks in 1883, it was withdrawn from exhibition because of the uproar created especially by the Presbyterian Assembly. It was bought for the Young and Jackson Hotel in 1908 for 800 pounds, [1] and was damaged in 1943 by an American serviceman who threw a glass of beer at it.[ citation needed ]

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References

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  2. "YOUNG AND JACKSON'S HOTEL LEASE SOLD". Chiltern And Howlong Times And Ovens Register . No. 7684. Victoria, Australia. 10 April 1914. p. 3. Retrieved 15 February 2017 via National Library of Australia., ...Mr Henry Young, the vendor, has conducted it since. 1875...
  3. Functions - Young and Jacksons, Melbourne, VIC 3000, ...Chloe's Lounge & Restaurant consists of 5 rooms available for private functions, including a private dining room, Chloe's Restaurant, two exclusive lounge areas or the entire first floor including a private audience of Chloe....
  4. Dining - Young and Jacksons, Melbourne, VIC 3000, ...Chloe's Restaurant (upstairs)/Y&J's Cafe (downstairs)...
  5. Bars - Young and Jacksons, Melbourne, VIC 3000, ...Main Bar/Long Bar/Chloe's Bar/Rooftop Cider Bar...
  6. 1 2 "Young and Jackson's Princess Bridge Hotel". Victorian Heritage Database . Government of Victoria . Retrieved 8 December 2023.
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  18. Endeavour Group lists on ASX Endeavour Drinks 24 June 2021
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