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Riverview Hotel (other)
Riverview Hotel may refer to: * Riverview Hotel, Balmain The Riverview Hotel is a heritage register, heritage-listed Australian pub, pub located in Balmain, New South Wales, Balmain, a suburb in the Inner West, inner west region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Australian swimming ..., a hotel in Balmain, New South Wales * Riverview Hotel, now The Jane in Manhattan, New York * Riverview Hotel (Irvine, Kentucky) {{DEFAULTSORT:Riverview Hotel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Riverview Hotel, Balmain
The Riverview Hotel is a heritage register, heritage-listed Australian pub, pub located in Balmain, New South Wales, Balmain, a suburb in the Inner West, inner west region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Australian swimming champion, Dawn Fraser, was publican of the Riverview from 1978 to 1983. History The Riverview Hotel was built in 1880. Patrick Kearney was licensee of the Tooheys Brewery, Tooheys pub in 1881. Joseph Bergin took over the licence from Herbert Edwards in August 1887. In December 1899 Bergin was granted permission by the water licensing court to change the hotel's name and it became known as Bergin's Hotel. Bergin sold the licence, lease, goodwill and furniture to Tooth and Company in 1908 and was again known as the Riverview Hotel from 1909. In 1929 John Reay Palmer transferred his licence to Jack Richards May. A year later the licence was transferred from William Tierney to John Rogers Walter, while in 1936 Charles E. Davis took over from G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Jane
The Jane is a boutique hotel at 505–507 West Street, on the northeastern corner with Jane Street, in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It was constructed in 1908 by the American Seaman's Friend Society (ASFS) as a sailors' boarding house called the American Seamen's Friend Society Sailors' Home and Institute. The Jane was designed by William A. Boring in the Georgian style and is a New York City designated landmark. The Jane building has a red brick facade with cast-stone detailing and is mostly five stories tall, with a main entrance portico on Jane Street. There is a six-story polygonal tower at the corner of West and Jane Street, which was originally surmounted by a beacon. When the Sailors' Home and Institute opened, there were 200 bedrooms and numerous social rooms, as well as amenities such as a chapel, an auditorium, and a bowling alley. Over the years, the ground story has been used for various purposes, including as a bar and grill, a clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
