Market Square, Geelong

An Exhibition Building opened in Market Square on December 27, 1881. It was located to the west of the Clock Tower, and had a frontage to what became Jacobs Street. The building had over 30,000 exhibits before becoming the Exhibition Theatre with a 1,500 seat capacity. 

By the late 1890s The Exhibition Building was known as Her Majesty’s Theatre. Upon the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, it was renamed His Majesty’s and a statue of Queen Victoria was unveiled on May 24, 1904 in her honour. 

Driard Hotel, Victoria B.c.

The third and final Driard Hotel opened in 1892 at the corner of View and Broad Streets. It was the grandest hotel in all of Victoria before the Empress was built. After being damaged in the great fire of 1910 David Spencer bought the Driard to become part of his huge Spencer`s Department Store complex that would later become Eaton`s.

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Hotel Danieli

The Hotel Danieli is a palatial five-star hotel in Venice, Italy. The central wing of the hotel was built as the Palazzo Dandolo at the end of the 14th century, by one of the Dandolo families.

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Craig's Hotel, Ballarat

Craig's is one of the most historic hotels in Ballarat, and is significant as the site of the Royal Commission into the Eureka Stockade, a temporary Ballarat Town Hall, the scene of a huge ball with fugitive American Civil War fighters, the workplace of famed poet Adam Lindsay Gordon, resting place for the visiting Mark Twain, and birthplace of the Melbourne Racing Club, originators of the Caulfield Cup.

Finger Wharf

As at 22 March 2001, Woolloomooloo Finger Wharf is of cultural significance for its rarity, scale, construction methods, artefacts of industrial archaeology and diverse history of uses and events. It contains the largest and most distinguished timber wharf building in Sydney Harbour and reflects in its form and contents the history of Woolloomooloo and the principal role of the wool industry in Australia during the nineteenth and early twentieth century.

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The Franklin Residences

The first hotel on the site was the Continental Hotel, built from 1857 to 1860.[4] The first hotel on the site was the Continental Hotel, built from 1857 to 1860.[4] The 700-room, six-story hotel was designed in the Italianate style by architect John McArthur Jr., who also designed the Philadelphia City Hall.[5] The luxurious hotel boasted one of the first elevators in the country, and a grand stairway made from polished Italian marble. Its main entrance was redesigned by noted Philadelphia architect Frank Furness in 1876. 

Great Eastern Hotel, Kolkata

The Great Eastern Hotel (officially The LaLiT Great Eastern Kolkata) is a colonial era hotel in the Indian city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). The hotel was established in 1840/41; at a time when Calcutta, the seat of the East India Company, was the most important city in India. Referred to as "Jewel of the East" in its heyday, Great Eastern Hotel hosted several notable persons visiting the city. After India's independence in 1947, the hotel continued its business and later the state government took over the management.

Commercial Hotel, Stawell

The former Commercial Hotel building at 165-169 Main Street, Stawell, makes a significant to the architectural and visual amenity of the predominantly 19th and early 20th century commercial streetscape. Possibly built in 1926-27, the interwar building appears to be in good condition, and is situated on the site of a previous Commercial Hotel shown in historical photographs of 1867 and 1880.

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Coker's Hotel, Christchurch

The main entrance to the hotel was on Manchester Street. Within was a lobby with an entrance into a hall. The hall offered access to private suites and at the end, swing doors led to a second lobby with access to the commercial room and dining room. The upper floor contained four further private suites and sixteen single bedrooms with bathrooms. 

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