Eichardt's
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The Eichardt‘s Private Hotel is located on the corner of Marine Parade and Ballarat Street,
Queenstown, New Zealand, on the shores of Lake Wakatipu. Eichardt’s is a significant local
landmark, and a Historic Places Trust report of 1998 recommended Category 2 protection of
the building.
area arrived at
the shores of Lake Wakatipu in 1859, seeking pastoral land. Rees built a homestead on the
lakefront and erected a woolshed on the site now occupied by Eichardt's Private Hotel.
When gold was discovered in the nearby Shotover River in 1862, Rees found his high
country station at the centre of a gold rush - his homestead was declared an official goldfield
and the main business area of Queenstown developed around his station. An entrepreneurial
Rees quickly turned to the hotel keeping business, his woolshed was given a wooden facade
and turned into a hotel named the Queen's Arms.
In early 1866, Rees entered into partnership with Albert Eichardt, who went on to become the
sole proprietor of the hotel by 1869. Eichardt renamed the hotel Eichardt's Queen's Arms
Hotel and it was during his time that it came to be known as Eichardt's Hotel.
The Eichardt's building was significantly affected by the Queenstown November 1999 floods.
Following the floods, the owners undertook alterations and renovations to restore the building
and reinvent Eichardt's as a luxury boutique hotel.
Eichardt's reopened as Eichardt's Private Hotel in December 2001.
Queenstown, New Zealand, on the shores of Lake Wakatipu. Eichardt’s is a significant local
landmark, and a Historic Places Trust report of 1998 recommended Category 2 protection of
the building.
History
William Gilbert Rees, one of the first Europeans to settle the Queenstown, New ZealandQueenstown, New Zealand
Queenstown is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long thin Z-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has spectacular views of nearby mountains....
area arrived at
the shores of Lake Wakatipu in 1859, seeking pastoral land. Rees built a homestead on the
lakefront and erected a woolshed on the site now occupied by Eichardt's Private Hotel.
When gold was discovered in the nearby Shotover River in 1862, Rees found his high
country station at the centre of a gold rush - his homestead was declared an official goldfield
and the main business area of Queenstown developed around his station. An entrepreneurial
Rees quickly turned to the hotel keeping business, his woolshed was given a wooden facade
and turned into a hotel named the Queen's Arms.
In early 1866, Rees entered into partnership with Albert Eichardt, who went on to become the
sole proprietor of the hotel by 1869. Eichardt renamed the hotel Eichardt's Queen's Arms
Hotel and it was during his time that it came to be known as Eichardt's Hotel.
The Eichardt's building was significantly affected by the Queenstown November 1999 floods.
Following the floods, the owners undertook alterations and renovations to restore the building
and reinvent Eichardt's as a luxury boutique hotel.
Eichardt's reopened as Eichardt's Private Hotel in December 2001.