Spread Eagle Hotel
Hotel in Yarra
www.spreadeagle.com.au
Address
372 Bridge Rd. Richmond. Yarra, VIC, 3121.Are you the owner or manager of this company?
What you should know about Spread Eagle Hotel
The Spread Eagle Hotel is positioned both geographically and emotionally in the heart of Richmond. Come down and have a drink with us at The Spread Eagle Hotel! With a live eagle living on the enclosed balcony it was a successful business until sold to the busy Mary Allan and her disheveled husband Albert. Mary insisted the building stay true to its name and had Koch deposit eagles on every corner of the bar and staircase. Koch was the king of Richmond in those days. Not only did he design around 60 buildings including fire stations, hospitals and libraries and the Prince Alfred Hotel (Church St) but also became the 2nd Mayor of the city of Richmond in 1883. Mary’s vision and Koch’s talent collided when the beautiful building opened for business in 1885. Despite commissioning a Richmond landmark and starting a vibrant business the Allan had a tempestuous marriage. Their troubles manifested from day one of their honeymoon when Albert left Mary stranded on a bay steamer without a ticket. There were reports of jugs of beer thrown across the restrict at each other and Mary was even accused of trying to poison her husband. Mary lived and breathed her beloved pub so Albert was hardly missed when he ran off with another woman leaving her to run The Spread Eagle alone. The lofty spirited Mary was never seen without her pet cockatoo. Cocky Allan, as the locals called him, was obvious as one of the most talkative residents of Richmond where he lived for 22 years at the pub. His burial raised such controversy that the Archbishop Carr (head of the Victorian Catholic Church) wrote to the trustees of the cemetery complaining that birds (no matter how talkative) should not be buried in sacred ground. Since its colorful beginning to the vogue day The Spread Eagle has had one goal in heed serve Richmond with appropriate impaired fashioned hospitality!.
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