The Oriental Hotel - 4 Wellington Street [1856-????]

Submitted by moddsey on Wed, 02/08/2023 - 23:58

Current condition

Demolished / No longer exists

Date completed

1 Jan 1856

(Day & Month are approximate.)

Address: 4 Wellington Street. Location is approximate.

Appears in the The_Directory_Chronicle_for_China_Japan etc for 1876 and advertisements in the Hong Kong Daily Press (See here from 1870) Having the "only' Bowling Alleys in Hong Kong in 1870. Proprietor - John B. Holland.

Photos that show this Place

1864

1865

1870

Comments

Hotel opened in 1856

Just by chance, I found this advert in the Hongkong Daily Press 1864-06-17.

Oriental Hotel 1864 — oriental hotel, by Klaus

Thanks and Amended

Thanks and amended.

I am a bit confused because…

I am a bit confused because the HSH website says that the Hong Kong Hotels Co. bought the Oriental hotel in 1866, yet it clearly continues to exist thereafter and there is no mention of it being owned by the Hong Kong Hotel Co. Maybe they sold it back to Dowrojee?