Nepean Hotel, Portsea

Original licence granted on 5 August 1870, to James Ford (Junior).

. . . from Trove HERE

At this time the hotel was in a very small building. The original owner was James Sandle Ford. In 1872 he then employed John Farnsworth, (who had previously built the Sorrento Hotel), to build the very large Nepean Hotel well known for many years. The building was much more expensive than Ford had anticipated, and he was forced to borrow a large amount of money. Shortly afterwards, Farnsworth became manager of the hotel.1

The hotel was demolished in August 1971 At that time it was owned by Mrs. Weir & her sons, Don & Reg.

  1. Peter Collins ↩︎