Port Admiral Hotel

{{Short description|Hotel in Port Adelaide, South Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox hotel | name = Port Admiral Hotel | logo = | logo_size = | logo_caption = | image = Peter_Sagan%2C_Port_Admiral_Hotel%2C_Port_Adelaide%2C_2018%2C_16_Jan.png | image_size = | caption = [[Peter Sagan]] in front of the Port Admiral Hotel during the [[2018 Tour Down Under]]. | pushpin_map = Australia South Australia | location = [[Largs Bay, South Australia]], [[Australia]] | pushpin_map_caption = Location in South Australia | address = 55 Commercial Road, Port Adelaide SA 5015 | hotel_chain = | coordinates_type = | coordinates = {{coord|34|39|34|S|138|29|10|E|display=inline}} | opening_date = 1849 | closing_date = | developer = | architect = | operator = | owner = | number_of_rooms = | number_of_suites = | number_of_restaurants = | floor_area = | floor_count = 2 | height = | parking = | website = [http://www.portadmiral.com.au www.portadmiral.com.au] | footnotes = }} The '''Port Admiral Hotel''' is located on the corner of St Vincent Street and Commercial Road in the centre of [[Port Adelaide]], [[South Australia]].

== History == [[File:Railway_Hotel_(Port_Admiral_Hotel),_c_1850.jpg|thumb|left|Drawing of the hotel by Samuel Calvert as it appeared in 1850.]] The Port Admiral Hotel was built by Robert Sanders and opened in 1849.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2017-04-15|title=Reno revives spirit of rough diamond|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/historic-port-admiral-hotel-receives-makeover-from-a-dynamic-couple-of-adelaide-entrepreneurs/news-story/349e3d4f58ef447b87df8b9332428fed|access-date=2020-06-21|website=www.adelaidenow.com.au|language=en}}</ref> The hotel was originally named the 'Railway Hotel' to reflect a proposed horse drawn train line.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=wildstar|date=2018-02-18|title=Urban Exploring: The Port Admiral Hotel|url=https://awesomeadelaide.com/disused-abandoned-buildings-ruins/urban-exploring-port-admiral-hotel/|access-date=2020-06-21|website=Awesome Adelaide|language=en-US}}</ref> However, subsequent operator Charles Calton decided to rename it after a pub he had previously operated, giving the hotel its current name.<ref name=":0" />

== Restoration == In 2006 the Port Admiral Hotel was closed by its operators. After extensive restoration and renovations the Hotel reopened in 2018.<ref name=":1" /> It is often referred to as a symbol of Port Adelaide's economic recovery.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-11-07|title=Salute to the new Port Admiral|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/west-beaches/port-admiral-hotel-reopened-after-1-million-twoyear-renovation/news-story/481a924ea0a965d993736148e41d3270|access-date=2020-06-26|website=www.adelaidenow.com.au|language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Adelaide]] [[Category:Hotel buildings completed in 1849]] [[Category:Lefevre Peninsula]]