Hotel Hollywood (building)

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Hotel Hollywood
Hotel Hollywood in Surry Hills (3).jpg
Hotel Hollywood in August 2018
Hotel Hollywood (building) is located in Sydney
Hotel Hollywood (building)
Location in Sydney
General information
StatusComplete
TypeAustralian pub
Architectural styleInter-war Functionalist
Location2 Foster Street, cnr Hunt, Sydney Surry Hills, New South Wales
CountryAustralia
Coordinates33°52′47″S 151°12′38″E / 33.8796105°S 151.2105717°E / -33.8796105; 151.2105717Coordinates: 33°52′47″S 151°12′38″E / 33.8796105°S 151.2105717°E / -33.8796105; 151.2105717
Completed1942
Design and construction
ArchitectJohn M.Hellyer
Main contractorW.M.Hughes
Designations
TypeState heritage (built)
Designated14 December 2012
Reference no.I1544

The Hotel Hollywood is a building located on the corner of Foster and Hunt Streets in Surry Hills, inner city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The building has aesthetic, historical and social significance.[1] It is one of only five hotels "constructed in the Inter-War Functionalist style in the city during a short period between 1938 and 1942";[2][3] the others are the Australian (Broadway), the Civic, the Kegroom Tavern, and Sutherlands.[4] The hotel is historically 'intact' having had no internal or external alterations of any kind.[5][1] It is heritage listed[6] as part of the Sydney Local Environmental Plan on 14 December 2012.[7]

Once owned by Tooth and Company[8] it was originally called the Nevada.[9] The Hotel Hollywood acquired its name in 1940 due to its location to the nearby cinema related industry.[1][10] It saw women drinking at its bars as early as 1950.[11] It is now most notable for its unpretentious, well worn, interior[12] the spinning mirror ball and actress Doris Goddard. Goddard purchased the building in 1978 for $178,000 and remained its publican and proprietress for 42 years, up until her death in July 2019.[13][14] In June 2021, the building was purchased by private investment firm Petersen Group for over $9 million.[13]

Film and television credits[]

The movie Tim was filmed at the Hotel Hollywood as was Erskineville Kings (1999), starring Hugh Jackman.[15] The film clip Boots was filmed at the hotel and features Doris Goddard (actress and publican) singing and playing guitar in the credits.[16] Other television series filmed at the Hollywood include Blue Murder, Brides of Christ, and Water Rats.[15]

Nevada Hotel (now Hotel Hollywood), date stamped August 1930
Hotel Hollywood in 1950

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Hollywood Hotel Including Interior | NSW Environment & Heritage". www.environment.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  2. ^ "ArchivePix Image Library". photosau.com.au. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
  3. ^ "Modern House | Not all deco apartments are deco". Modern House. 2017-07-25. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
  4. ^ "Civic Hotel Including Interior | NSW Environment, Energy and Science". www.environment.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  5. ^ http://www.sydneyarchitecture.com/cbd/cbd7-009.htm
  6. ^ "Office of Environment and Heritage". NSW Government.
  7. ^ "Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Tooth and Company deposit 4 - Archives". archivescollection.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  9. ^ The Noel Butlin Archives Centre. "Hollywood Hotel card 2 side 2". Australian National University. hdl:1885/99767. N60-YC-342.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Hollywood Hotel in Surry Hills (Sydney) < New South Wales | Gday Pubs - Enjoy our Great Australian Pubs". www.gdaypubs.com.au. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
  11. ^ Roberts, Mick (2018-08-03). "Hollywood Hotel, Surry Hills". TIME GENTS. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
  12. ^ "Hotel Hollywood". Broadsheet. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
  13. ^ a b Ibrahim, Tony (2021-06-02). "A little piece of Hollywood in Sydney will live on after $10m sale". ABC News. Retrieved 2021-06-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ McGowan, Michael (2019-07-29). "Doris Goddard, Hotel Hollywood publican and Sydney 'icon', dies aged 89". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
  15. ^ a b "Indian Brides of Christ", Brides of Christ, Stanford University Press, pp. 244–274, 2008-05-13, doi:10.11126/stanford/9780804752831.003.0009, ISBN 9780804752831
  16. ^ "A Tribute to Doris Goddard - By Lance Leopard". Planet Maynard. 2018-05-02. Retrieved 2019-08-03.

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