Federal Hotel Childers

Federal Hotel Childers, originally uploaded by Ladymaggic.

Around 300 km from Brisbane on the Bruce Highway is the National Trust town of Childers. The township is set on top of rolling hills of red soil framed by green fields of sugar cane. In 1902 a disastrous fire destroyed much of Childers but the subsequent rebuilding has given us the amazing variety of architectural styles still largely intact today. Take a stroll through the cool Leopard tree lined streets.

http://www.sunzine.net/bundaberg/childers.html

The Federal Hotel is a two-storey timber hotel on a major street intersection at Childers and was constructed c1907 for hotelier William Ashby, following the redevelopment of the town centre after a major fire in 1902. Information taken from: Environmental Protection Agency, 2006, retrieved 5 April 2008, from http://www.epa.qld.gov.au

Date of construction c1907
Period Federation (1890-1915)
Style Federation filigree
Condition Renovated
Structural Systems & Elements Timber construction
Posts (structural elements)
Stumps
Building Materials Timber
Corrugated iron
Weatherboard
Cast iron
Architectural Features Two-storey
Awnings
Cast iron balustrades
Corner sites
Corrugated iron roofs
Downpipes
Filigree
Sash windows
Timber posts
Valances
Verandahs

http://digilib.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:121886