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Date: c1895 : 1904 : 1910 Type: Hotel Status: Demolished Street: 92-94 Hanover Street, between Richmond St and Arundel St

This double-storey hotel was purchased by the SA Breweries in 1904. It was the main outlet for SAB Castle Lager Beers in District Six. Upgrades included enclosing an open yard to create a storeroom, adding water-closets on the ground and first floors, and creating a new entrance for the bar parlour. The hotel closed in 1930 and became the Cheltenham Bar. (Extracted from Walker 2015:19.) "My grandfather came to South Africa around 1895. He was the one to start this business, the Cheltenham Hotel. And then my father ... took over the business when he was seventeen years old. That is where I was born ... I grew up in District Six." (District Six Museum interview with Mr Morris Gawronsky, 1999). Books and articles that reference Cheltenham Hotel Walker, Michael. 2015. Old hotels of Cape Town (1890-1911), The : A history long forgotten, seldom told. St James: Published Privately. pg 19,75