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Hotel:John Barleycorn Hotel
177-181 Johnston Street
Collingwood 3066
Australia
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John Barleycorn Hotel (1974 - 2014)
City Hotel (1878 - 1973)
177-181 Johnston Street
Collingwood 3066
Australia
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1876/78
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Hostel
Alterations to exterior perhaps 1920s; ground floor exterior altered more recently
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Contributory to HO 324
Kearney 1855: N/A ; Hodgkinson 1858: N/A ; MMBW: Detail Plan 1197 & 1198, 1899
Although the building has the date 1868 on the pediment, no evidence has yet been found to indicate that the hotel began operating before 1878, when Mrs Harriet Pryde was the publican. Mrs Pryde was unsuccessful in her first attempt to obtain a licence in December 1876, on the grounds of insufficient accommodation. She remained the publican until late in the nineteenth century, and the hotel was as frequently referred to as Pryde's Hotel or Pryde's Family Hotel as the City Hotel. It had a strong association with local sporting groups, being a popular venue for various cricket club meetings and for dinners provided by Mrs Pryde to the Abbotsford Football Club and the Collingwood Football Club.
The upstairs windows were re-modelled around the 1920s, while modern alterations to the ground floor windows created a rather uninviting exterior. In 1974 the name was changed to John Barleycorn, a reference to an old folksong. John Barleycorn is the personification of barley and the alcoholic beverages made from it: beer and whisky. This pub was a popular music venue for many years, until the owners decided that switching to accommodation would be more financially rewarding.