Albion Hotel
The land upon which the Albion Hotel was set upon was originally
bought at an auction in 1872 by a Mr George Burrows, a local carpenter who
invested in the land and later transferred it to John Conway, a man who had
recently obtained a license to buy and sell liquor in December
1878.
After announcing the opening, the Albion
Hotel made substantial improvements to encourage business, and the hotel proved
very successful over the years, up to when it was handed over to a Mr C.H.
Piggott, who briefly held the license before returning it to Conway. However, in
October 1899 when the license was transferred over to a man named Peter W Byers,
Conway severed all connections he had with the famous hotel due to his age and
apparent dislike of the new license holder. The new owner was reported to be
very successful in his endeavours with the Albion Hotel, primarily due to the
fact that the competition of the other hotels in the Warren shire were wiped out
by the great fire of 1899, although he did transfer the ownership of the Albion
to a Mr Charles Noonan who proposed plans of producing a new wing with nine
bedrooms and a bathroom.
These improvements were eventually carried out, and the ownership
of the Albion was passed on for a number of years until it passed into the hands
of Fred Scherf, the previous owner of the Railway Hotel. For many years during
his possession of the inn, there were stock yards held at the rear of the hotel
where local agricultural agents conducted
business.
After a number of years Mr Scherf transferred the license over to
his widow in 1920, who conducted business with a Mr Healey until his death in
July 1949. The Sun downer Motel branch soon took interest in the purchasing of
this building and land, with the ideals of making a large hotel in mind. Due to
financial barriers, although a lot of investment went into this property by
locals and the business to transfer the ownership, the doors were not reopened
again due to the irreparable state the building had decayed into. The Albion was
left to stand unattended until March 1971, where it was bull dozed down and the
land made clear.
bought at an auction in 1872 by a Mr George Burrows, a local carpenter who
invested in the land and later transferred it to John Conway, a man who had
recently obtained a license to buy and sell liquor in December
1878.
After announcing the opening, the Albion
Hotel made substantial improvements to encourage business, and the hotel proved
very successful over the years, up to when it was handed over to a Mr C.H.
Piggott, who briefly held the license before returning it to Conway. However, in
October 1899 when the license was transferred over to a man named Peter W Byers,
Conway severed all connections he had with the famous hotel due to his age and
apparent dislike of the new license holder. The new owner was reported to be
very successful in his endeavours with the Albion Hotel, primarily due to the
fact that the competition of the other hotels in the Warren shire were wiped out
by the great fire of 1899, although he did transfer the ownership of the Albion
to a Mr Charles Noonan who proposed plans of producing a new wing with nine
bedrooms and a bathroom.
These improvements were eventually carried out, and the ownership
of the Albion was passed on for a number of years until it passed into the hands
of Fred Scherf, the previous owner of the Railway Hotel. For many years during
his possession of the inn, there were stock yards held at the rear of the hotel
where local agricultural agents conducted
business.
After a number of years Mr Scherf transferred the license over to
his widow in 1920, who conducted business with a Mr Healey until his death in
July 1949. The Sun downer Motel branch soon took interest in the purchasing of
this building and land, with the ideals of making a large hotel in mind. Due to
financial barriers, although a lot of investment went into this property by
locals and the business to transfer the ownership, the doors were not reopened
again due to the irreparable state the building had decayed into. The Albion was
left to stand unattended until March 1971, where it was bull dozed down and the
land made clear.