TitleRuins of the Commercial HotelPhoto Number005278Date1954DescriptionJames Condon built the Commercial Hotel on the NW corner of Tongarra Road in 1885. It was sold to William Raftery about ten years later. The Raftery Family ran the hotel until the early 1950s. It was destroyed by fire 27th June, 1954. The vacant site was purchased by Shellharbour Council and named L. R. Mood Park in 1969.PlaceCommercial HotelLocationAlbion ParkDonorSmith, George Harold