Coffee Palace
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The term Coffee Palace was used for 1880s hotels that did not serve alcohol as part of the Temperance movement in Australia.
The construction of buildings for the temperance movement coincided with a economic boom in Australia and use of richly ornamental High Victorian architecture.
Subsequently, many such hotels were given prestigious names such as "Grand" or "Royal" and were designed in the fashionable Free Classical or Second Empire styles.
The movement reached its height in Victoria and particularly Melbourne.
Catering for families, the Coffee Palaces were most popular in the coastal seaside resorts and for inner city locations popular with interstate and overseas visitors.
Many have been either converted into hotels or demolished, however many fine examples still survive.
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[edit] List of former Coffee Palaces in Australia
[edit] Victoria
- Palace, Queenscliff (1879)
- Baillieu, Queenscliff (1881) (later renamed Ozone Hotel)
- Vue Grande, Queenscliff (1883)
- Queenscliff Hotel
- Grand Coffee Palace, Melbourne (1883) (later named Windsor)
- Reid's Coffee Palace, Ballarat (1886)
- The Biltmore, Albert Park (1887)
- The George, St Kilda (1887)
- Victoria Hotel, Albert Park (1888)
- Grandview Hotel, Fairfield (1888)
- Auburn Hotel, Auburn (1888)
- St Kilda Coffee Palace, St Kilda
- Seaview Coffee Palace, Queenscliff
 Hotel Windsor (formerly Grand Coffee Palace) - now 5 star hotel |
 The Biltmore, Albert Park - now private apartments |
 Victoria Hotel - now private apartments |
 The George, St Kilda - now private apartments |
 Auburn Hotel |
 Grandview Hotel, Fairfield |
 St Kilda Coffee Palace - now backpackers hostel |
 Reid's Coffee Palace, Ballarat |
[edit] Demolished
- Federal Coffee Palace, Melbourne
- Melbourne Coffee Palace, Melbourne
- Victoria Coffee Palace, Melbourne
- Parer's Crystal Cafe, Melbourne
- Burke & Wills Coffee Palace, Melbourne
- Queen's Coffee Palace, Carlton
- Hawthorn Coffee Palace, Hawthorn
- Collingwood Coffee Palace, Collingwood
- Sandringham House, Sandringham
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