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The pub that Edmund Resch built: Imperial Hotel, Paddington

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The Imperial Hotel, Oxford Street, Paddington, Sydney, 2017. Picture: Mick Roberts Collection

The landmark Sydney pub, the Imperial, at the corner of Oxford and Underwood Streets, Paddington was established by Henry Challener in 1874.

Originally known as the Cross Guns Hotel, the name was changed to the Imperial in 1891.

Edmund Resch, who owned the Waverly Brewery, had the head lease of the hotel from at least 1901, and he purchased the freehold of the pub in 1910.

Licensee Alice Flitcroft (3rd fr L), Frank Flitcroft (4th fr L)
Imperial Hotel, Paddington, Sydney, C1893. Picture: Catherine Flitcroft.
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Imperial Hotel, Oxford and Sarah Streets, Paddington, Plans for re-erection of hotel, second floor plan, roof plan, elevations to Oxford and Sarah Streets, Signed 17 March 1910. Picture: State Archives & Records NSW (Architect E Lindsay-Thompson, 52 Sydney Arcade, King Street, Sydney).
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Imperial Hotel, Oxford and Sarah Streets, Paddington, Plans for re-erection of hotel, basement, ground and first floor plan and section, Applicant/owner, Reschs Limited, Signed 17 March 1910. Picture: State Archives & Records NSW (Architect E Lindsay-Thompson, 52 Sydney Arcade, King Street, Sydney).

Edmund Resch immediately had plans drawn-up for a magnificent three storey replacement building, and the new Imperial Hotel, jointly owned by Resch’s Ltd and Owen Peters Ltd, was completed later that year (1910).

Owen Peter Ltd continue to hold the freehold of the Imperial, making it one of the longest running ownerships of a pub in Australia.

Imperial Hotel, Paddington, Sydney, 1949. Picture: Noel Butlin Archives, Australian National University.
The Imperial Hotel, Paddington, Sydney. Picture: Noel Butlin Archives, Australian National University. Inset: Edmund Resch, Snr. C1914. Picture: Supplied

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