Former Glass Works Hotel in Newtown (Sydney)

Former Glass Works Hotel

This former hotel was established in 1879 as the Glass Works Hotel at 106 -108 Regent Street. (Regent Street was renamed Probert Street in the 1930's.)

Renamed the Australian Native Hotel in 1901 the hotel closed in 1914 -15.

The initials on the building HB 1894, stand for Henry Burgess who rebuilt the pub, was the licensee for 1 year (1894 -95), then leased the pub until 1908. He was again the licensee from 1908 until the
hotel closed in 1914 - 15 He lived in the delicensed hotel for several years afterwards.