23-25 Nathan Road
Mark's map shows this on Nathan Road between Peking and Middle Roads.
Here's what we know about it so far. Adam first:
| The hotel next to the Kowloon Hotel looks like the Chardhaven Hotel. A place by this name is mentioned on page 3 of the China Mail, Apr 8, 1940, but no location is given. |
Annelise:
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Advert in The Straits Times, 24 October 1939, Page 2 For Sale: |
Current marker location is not accurate - who can tell us where this lot was? And how was he able to build a hotel on a Garden Lot ?
Location from map book "Hong Kong Streets & Places", 1979.
Listed in the "Hotels (Members of the HK Tourist Assn)" section of the index.
Location from map book "Hong Kong Streets & Places", 1979.
Copied from https://gwulo.com/node/7242
Actually the Stag Hotel crops up a few times in my book (pages 44, 55, 76 and 91).
The owner from 1878 was Jesse Cook, who took it over from old Soldier John Robinson White, a veteran of the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny, who went bankrupt that year. Cook renovated it and raised a family there through the 1880s, when it became a popular venue for international billiards tournaments.
Hong Kong Telegraph - 2 February 1911
"Mr. H.R. Cochrane, accountant of Mercantile Bank of India, fell from the verandah of the bank mess into Queen's Road, opposite the Grand Hotel."
Sadly, Mr. Cochrane died.
Address: 19-21 Nathan Road
Address: 4 Middle Road. Notable Restaurants: Caliph Room, Sung Lounge and Dynasty Room. There was also the Coffee Shop, Lobby Bar, Cellar Bar and The Point After (Cocktail Lounge).
A giant mosaic measuring 143 feet long and 15 feet wide was put up on the side of the hotel facing Nathan Road.
Closed down in 1994. See: https://www.hkha.org/60th/photo-gallery-hotel/
