A memorial at the site of the Halfway Hotel says that the hotel existed between 1886-1938.
The 2010 reconstruction of the Melbourne to Sydney Railway avoided the building and most of the adjoining property.
The Halfway Hotel was built in 1886 as Gateway Island, a former swampy area between Wodonga Creek and the crossing for the Hume Highway (now Lincoln Causeway) at the Murray River. The Hotel was roughly between the CBDs of Albury and Wodonga (hence the name Halfway Hotel).
Features may be associated with the Halfway Hotel site. Brick scatter may indicate the presence of subsurface structural remains. But as the actual site could only be inspected from behind the fence, there may be additional features and artefacts. Domestic/commercial site.
Site of former Halfway Hotel. Site contains four separate features which may be related to the hotel. These include a brick lined well, a scatter of machine-made bricks north-east of the well, several exotic trees including fruit trees, and 2 concrete slabs, 2 concrete slabs, exotic trees, brick lined well, brick scatter. The site has been fenced off from the adjacent Rail Bypass and signage has been erected at the kerb identifying the location as that of the Hotel.
Moderate significance, due to scarcity of recorded historical sites in area. Local significance.
2 concrete slabs, exotic trees (including lilly pillies, pine tree and a lemon tree), brick lined well, brick scatter