Avondale Hotel (2027 Great North Road)

There have been two hotels on this site: James Palmer’s hotel, destroyed by fire (1873–1888), and Moss Davis’ hotel, demolished in 1967. The hotels here were the heart of central Avondale, the site of town meetings, a traveller’s rest stop, and even a Post Office (1912–1938). James Palmer utilised the strategic position of the site at the Five Roads intersection (the modern-day Avondale Roundabout), and the fact that it was the last hotel before weary travellers reached Henderson’s Mill.

Continue north along Great North Road.