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Phoenix Hotel
Central Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape

Date:1837
Type:Hotel
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
33°57'42.05" S 25°37'18.58" E Alt: 28m

John Centlivres Chase built a house in Market Square in 1837 that became the Phoenix Hotel started by Edwin Henry Salmond. In September 1845 the Phoenix Hotel was transferred to John Bosworth.

(Port Elizabeth of Yore: The Early Hotels, accessed 2020 07 08)