User:Dave Rave/Toll's Hotel

Toll's Hotel was a well known hotel near to the Jamison Valley falls area.

Peter
The first occupant was Peter Mulheran, the Irishman credited for the early walking tracks in the district.

Boarding House
Mulheran opened Mount Allen as a licensed boarding house.

Licensed
liquor licence renewed in 1887

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Hotel Wentworth
Toll's Hotel https://web.archive.org/web/20160227035738/http://bloogle.com.au/whistler/images/tolls-hotel-500.jpg

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1891 Apr - Mr Mulherin sells the Mount Allen to Mr. Toll.

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1891 May - Public meeting at Toll's Mount Allen Hotel.

1891 Oct - Joseph Toll has the license for the Mount Allen Hotel.

Mentioned July 1892 without a license.

Opened as Hotel Wentworth ?? Located on the corner of Boonara St (Falls Road) and (Sir Henry Burrell Drive).

Opened October 1892

1893 Healthy Holiday Haunts

1895 Grand banquets.

1893 Jan - Writeup of the area by a flowery worded doco, mention Tolls.

1899 - oft used for general meetings like coronial inquests

1902 Feb - general life, with robbery.

Progress with a telephone connection was achieved in 1897.

Advertising
1892 Local Advertising.

1909 Popular with packed housing.

at Wenty
1891 Oct - Mr Wilson having difficulty retaining his licence Prior to 1892 the local advertising showed two hotels at Wentworth Falls. The other likely being ...

Refers to the Grand View Hotel with its grand view of the railway line.

1893 Mr. Manuell's hotel and Toll's as different places.

1894 Wentworth Falls Progress Association meeting refers to a T.S. Manuell's Hotel.

1895 managed by Mr. Manuell.

1898 Kisbee ?

1925 Fire

also at Katoomba
there was a Fall's Hotel near the creek flowing to Katoomba Falls

Expansion
Enlarged 1899.

Map of the local area showing location of the hotel

1909 May - renovations

1909 Nov - Big weekend a month before Toll's death

Owners
Death of JT in 1909 bloogle

1911 Apr - Mrs. Toll retiring for Mr. Ellis.

1911 Dec - Mr. Ellis 1911

1924 Apr - Hotel sold to Mr. Burrell

1925 - renovation, still owned by Mrs Toll, maybe soon to be sold.

Destroyed
Destroyed by fire, 1929. Owner Mr. Barrell.

During 1930 tenders were called for the redevelopment of the vacant block.

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