Hotel Maitland, MAITLAND, SA

The Maitland Hotel was one of the first buildings built in 1874; initially it was only one storey high and used as the local community hall.

In the early days the licensees of hotels were required to use the hotel for other purposes than accommodation and the selling of liquor. Other uses include when there was no police station within two miles, it would receive corpses for the Coroner's inquest. The first police station was not built until 1879. Until the Courthouse was built in 1914 court cases were held in the Institute (The Maitland Hotel) and it would appear in some instances, in the parlour of the hotel.