Young and Jackson Hotel explained

Young and Jackson
Address:Corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets, Melbourne
Location Country:Australia
Coordinates:-37.8172°N 144.9667°W
Opened:1 July 1861 (The Princes Bridge Hotel)
1875-Present (Young and Jackson Hotel)[1] [2]
Public Transit:Flinders Street station
Tram routes 35, 70, 75
Embedded:
Embed:yes
Designation1:VICHR
Designation1 Offname:Young and Jackson's Princess Bridge Hotel
Designation1 Type:State Registered Place
Designation1 Date:May 31, 1989
Designation1 Number:H0708[3]
Designation1 Free1name:Heritage Overlay number
Designation1 Free1value:HO744
Number Of Rooms:5[4]
Number Of Restaurants:2[5]
Number Of Bars:4[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.

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] [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. 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

See main article: Chloé (artwork). 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, and was damaged in 1943 by an American serviceman who threw a glass of beer at it.

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Notes and References

  1. 8 July 2008.
  2. News: YOUNG AND JACKSON'S HOTEL LEASE SOLD . . 7684 . Victoria, Australia . 10 April 1914 . 15 February 2017 . 3 . National Library of Australia., ...Mr Henry Young, the vendor, has conducted it since. 1875...
  3. Web site: Young and Jackson's Princess Bridge Hotel . Victorian Heritage Database. Government of Victoria. 8 December 2023.
  4. https://www.youngandjacksons.com.au/functions Functions
  5. https://www.youngandjacksons.com.au/dining Dining
  6. https://www.youngandjacksons.com.au/bars Bars
  7. News: DEATH OF MR. H. F. YOUNG. . . 24,694 . Victoria, Australia . 30 September 1925 . 15 February 2017 . 20 . National Library of Australia.
  8. News: Family Notices . . 21,994 . Victoria, Australia . 30 September 1925 . 15 February 2017 . 1 . National Library of Australia., ...DEATHS...YOUNG.— On the 29th September, at his residence, "Normanhurst," Brighton-road, Elsternwick, Henry Figsby Young, aged 82 years....
  9. News: Family Notices . . XCIV . 2,462 . Victoria, Australia . 7 June 1913 . 15 February 2017 . 60 . National Library of Australia., ...MARRIAGES...YOUNG-RAMSAY.-On the 21st May, at Holy Trinity Church, E. St. Kilda, by the Rev. F. G. Masters, M.A., Henry Figsby Young, of "Normanhurst," Elsternwick, to Jessie, widow of the late James Douglas Ramsay....
  10. News: WILL OF MR. HENRY YOUNG. . . 24,746 . Victoria, Australia . 30 November 1925 . 15 February 2017 . 11 . National Library of Australia.
  11. News: Family Notices . . 17,109 . Victoria, Australia . 11 May 1901 . 15 February 2017 . 9 . National Library of Australia., ...FUNERAL NOTICES...JACKSON-The Friends of the late THOMAS JOSHUA JACKSON (late of Young and Jackson) are informed that his remain- will be interred in the Boroondara Cemetery, Kew. The funeral will leave his late residence,"Eblana," 42 Jolimont road, Jolimont, THIS DAY (Saturday, the 11th inst.), at. 2pm. A A SLEIGHT, Undertaker...
  12. News: Family Notices . . LXX . 1833 . Victoria, Australia . 18 May 1901 . 15 February 2017 . 60 . National Library of Australia., ...DEATHS...JACKSON.—On the 9th May, at his residence, Eblana, Jolimont, Thomas Joshua Jackson (late of Young and Jackson's), dearly loved husband of Sarah Isabella Jackson, aged 67....
  13. http://prov.vic.gov.au/publications/provenance/provenance2011/thomas-joshua-jackson Thomas Joshua Jackson (Of ‘Young and Jackson’s Hotel’)
  14. https://emhs.org.au/catalogue/emvf0206 Herald Sun, 24 July 2004, Weekend, p.11
  15. News: A LICENSEE IN TROUBLE. . . 14859 . Victoria, Australia . 22 October 1902 . 15 February 2017 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  16. News: THE SHOOTING AFFRAY AT THE PRINCES BRIDGE HOTEL . . 14122 . Victoria, Australia . 3 August 1901 . 15 February 2017 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  17. News: Family Notices . . 10,055 . Victoria, Australia . 7 September 1878 . 15 February 2017 . 1 . National Library of Australia., ...MARRIAGES...JACKSON-CAVANAGH -On the 29th ult, at All Saints Church, St Kilda, by the Rev J H Gregory, Thomas Joshua Jackson, of Melbourne, to Sarah Isabella Cavanagh (nee Connell) of St Kilda...
  18. https://web.archive.org/web/20210624054709/https://endeavourgroup.com.au/endeavour-group-lists-on-asx/ Endeavour Group lists on ASX
  19. Colless, Edward . At the feet of Chloe: a study of eros. (Chloe, by Jules Joseph Lefebvre - painting, now hanging in a bar, Melbourne, Australia) . Art and Australia . 1997-03-22 . Art and Australia Pty. Ltd . 34 . 4 . 518–523 . 0004-301X .

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