The North Annandale Hotel, Annandale 2018. Photo: Time Gents.
Main bar of the North Annandale Hotel. Photo: Time Gents.
I DROPPED by the North Annandale Hotel, in Sydney’s inner-west, for a beer after work today. It’s a ripper.
The pub was busy with what looked like a regular afternoon crowd, watching sport on the large screens, or chatting over drinks in the comfortable lounge chairs and sofas.
With no Reschs on tap, I settled for a Carlton Draught, which I enjoyed and couldn’t fault. Here’s a little history of a pleasant, blue collar, inner-west Sydney pub.
The main front bar of the North Annandale Hotel. Photo: Time Gents.
The North Annandale Hotel, Annadale, 2018. Photo: Time Gents.
Designed by architects Provost and Ancher, and built by W. Cooper of Bexley, the North Annandale Hotel, located at 105 Johnson Street, is listed by the Australian Institute of Architects in the Register of significant 20th Century buildings.
The large two storey corner building is a fine example of an interwar hotel with intricate detailing on the facade.
The present building replaced an earlier Victorian style pub established by 40-year old Jeremiah Kiley when he gained a license for the corner of Johnston and Booth Streets in November 1878.
Jeremiah had arrived in Sydney aboard the sailing vessel, John Vanner from England in 1865 as a 25-year-old man before establishing a carrier business at Woolloomooloo. With his wife, Mary, and three children he operated the North Annandale until his death at the age of 50 on December 28 1888.
Brewery giant, Tooths purchased the pub from the Noonan family in July 1935, and set about building a modern hotel on the corner. The old 1878 pub was demolished and replaced with the magnificent Art Deco hotel in December 1938.
The original 1878 North Annandale Hotel, with the two 1914 book end additions, August 1930. Photo: Noel Butlin Archives, Australian National University.
North Annandale Hotel, 1938 soon after completion. Photo: Noel Butlin Archives, Australian National University.
North Annandale Hotel, 1948. Photo: Noel Butlin Archives, Australian National University.
North Annandale Hotel, 1960. Photo: Noel Butlin Archives, Australian National University.
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Jeremiah Kiley is a direct ancestor of mine (great great grandfather). The story goes that when he passed away, his wife Mary was so overcome by grief that she let everything go, including the running of the pub. She died not long after.