A two level timber building with a verandah wrapped around the first floor. The site was originally Eltham’s first Methodist Church.
The church was erected in late 1893 on a high embankment. In 1901, it was moved to the northwest corner of London and York streets.
At this time, the Methodist and Wesleyan congregations combined and continued to use the church on its new site. Its most famous publican was Ernest J Crabtree, who gifted Eltham’s first fire engine (a Model T Ford), complete with equipment, to the Eltham Fire Brigade.
Crabtree and Charles Potts held the hotel licence for 28 years.
