OUR STORY
The story of the Spinning Wheel Hotel stretches back more than a century, with its roots in Raymond Terrace's historic Cosmopolitan Hotel.
Originally located on King Street, the Cosmopolitan was already an established part of the town by the late 1800s.
Records from 1888 name David Anderson Morgan as proprietor of the Cosmopolitan Hotel, while accounts from the 1890s describe travellers staying at the hotel before continuing their journeys by coach through Port Stephens.
As Raymond Terrace changed, so too did the hotel. Historical records connect the Cosmopolitan with the later Spinning Wheel Hotel on Port Stephens Street, with extensive Tooth & Co archives documenting the hotel throughout much of the twentieth century. Photographs preserved from the 1920s through to the 1960s provide a remarkable glimpse into the pub and the community that grew around it.
The original Cosmopolitan site at 1 King Street later became a boarding house before the building was destroyed by fire, but the hotel's story continued on Port Stephens Street under the Spinning Wheel name.
Today, the Spinning Wheel continues that long tradition as a local meeting place — somewhere for the Raymond Terrace community to gather, share a meal, enjoy a drink and spend time together.
From the Cosmopolitan Hotel of the 1800s to the Spinning Wheel of today, it's a story woven into the history of Raymond Terrace itself.