5. OZONE HOTEL
42 Gellibrand Street

The Ozone Hotel (originally Baillieu House), was built in 1881 for James George Baillieu. It was designed by Melbourne architect William J. Ellis and constructed by Thomas Dally. The hotel is a large and grand two storeyed stuccoed brick building that had two major wings added to it during the early 1880s. It has an expansive two storeyed cast iron verandah and balcony, and a four storeyed tower.

The Hotel reflects wealthy Victorian society around 1900 which regarded Queenscliff as a fashionable summer holiday resort close to Melbourne. The hotel is a fine example of a three storeyed picturesque Italianate styled building, asymmetrically composed and dominated by a French Renaissance tower with a mansard roof and widow's walk. Original owner James George Baillieu was patriarch of the prominent Baillieu family, members of which were notable as financiers, politicians, pastoralists and racehorse owners. The building's change of name in 1887 to the Ozone Hotel reflects the connection with the British built paddle steamer of the same name which ran between Melbourne and Queenscliff.

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