page_title: Pier Hotel, Glenelg
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Pier Hotel, Glenelg / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Pier Hotel, Glenelg, rebuilt 1912
context_page_description: The Pier Hotel was a public inn in Glenelg in the British colony, then Australian state, of South Australia.
context_section_description: The foundation stone for "Moseley's Pier Hotel", as it was originally named, was laid by the Mayor, R. B. Colley, on 7 June 1856. Among official guests were Sir John Morphett.
  The Pier Hotel opened Christmas Day 1856. It was a three-storey affair, to a design by architect John William Holmes, and built by Henry J. Moseley, who then operated the hotel as proprietor and publican. Only the first floor had a balcony; it is likely that the second floor was for the publican's private use.
  Its naming was not only premature, as the pier (or "jetty" in SA parlance) was not opened until 1859, but also prescient, as its placement was a matter for debate until 1857. The first cargo unloaded at the new jetty was 200 tons of coal off the barque Anna for Henry Moseley on 7 November 1865.
  His son Henry Moseley, jun. was for a time landlord of the "Pier", but moved on when he declared insolvency despite a great deal of financial assistance from his father.
  Patronage was boosted when the Adelaide and Glenelg Railway, which became the Glenelg tram line, went into service on 2 August 1873, bringing in holidaymakers and customers who had leisure time and spending money but did not own a horse and carriage.
  In 1876 the building was enlarged by another ten rooms and additional bathing facilities added.
  The Holdfast Bay railway line gave a further boost to tourism in the area from 1880.
  At some stage Francis J. Botting (1819–1906), owner of the Haussen & Co. brewery, acquired the Pier Hotel. He was also owner of the Family Hotel, Glenelg.
  Owners of freehold 1910 F. J. Botting trading as Haussen & Co.
caption: Pier Hotel, Glenelg, rebuilt 1912
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