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Hotel:Terminus Hotel
605 Victoria Street
Abbotsford 3067
Australia
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Abbotsford
Terminus Hotel (1923 to present)
Brickmakers Arms (1867 - 1923)
605 Victoria Street
Abbotsford 3067
Australia
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Built 1866 or 1867; licensed 1867
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Existing hotel
1930s
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Part C, pp. 654-657
Volume 2, Building Citations, Part II, pp. 381-382
HO62. Individually significant
Kearney 1855: N ; Hodgkinson 1858: N ; MMBW: Detail Plan 1305, 1901 (no. 593)
By 1867 Robert Dehnert, a prominent local brickmaker and landowner, erected the present hotel on the Flockhart Street corner, retaining the name of his earlier hotel (see hotel #82a) a few doors to the east, which derived from the Collingwood brickmaking industry based around Flockhart Street. Dehnert retained ownership of the pub until his death in 1920; two of his sons held the licence from time to time, and many of the other licensees also had names of German origin. His properties were put up for sale in 1922; in 1923 the new owners changed the name to the Terminus, reflecting the location of the hotel near the end of the Victoria street cable tram route which terminated at the Victoria Street Bridge. The building was later remodelled in the Moderne style. It displays typical features of the style such as steel-framed windows, curved corner, and horizontal façade treatment, the ground floor dado being tiled with distinctive bands of cream, green, and black tiles.
The Terminus was used as the location for the watering hole of undercover cop Peter Church in the TV program Stingers.
Knack, John 1867-1869; Dehnert, William 1869-1873; Mencke, John 1874-1884; Dehnert, Robert Junior 1885-1890; Dehnert, Robert Senior 1891-1899.