Black and white photo (copy). Metropolitan Hotel, Cnr. Bull Street and Hargreaves St., Bendigo. Also signed Metropolian Family Hotel. Two storey brick building with balcony around corner of building. Gentlemen in top hats and ladies standing on balcony. Unmade road in foreground. Boardwalk visible in front of photo. On LH side of building on ground floor : 'Bailes Tobacconist' sign on veranda over doorway (no roofing on verandah) Batchelder cart on RH side of photo. Photo taken in 1861. See Research field for further information.Batchelderbuildings, hotel, metropolitan hotel, metropolitan hotel. hargreaves street. bull street. batchelder, benjamin pierce. hotels.

Photograph of the Metropolitan Family Hotel on the corner of Bull and Hargreaves Street, Sandhurst. There is a partial First floor balcony running along the two sides of the building with several groups of people standing on the balcony. The name ' A. Bills ? Can be seen on the top of the building. Next door to the hotel in Hargreaves street is the Bendigo Advertiser building and in Bull street there is ' Bailes ' Tobacconist.Batchelderbuildings, commercial, metropolitan hotel, metropolitan hotel, a. bills. bendigo advertiser, bailes tobacconist