FIRST LOOK: Historic Mackay pub plans to add accommodation

Details for the site along the Peak Downs Highway include eight semi self-contained bedrooms and a common laundry

An historic Mackay region pub could soon become prime accommodation for those working at the mines with plans to add accommodation.

Cameron 78 Enterprises Pty Ltd has submitted a proposal to Mackay Regional Council to build eight self-contained bedrooms and a common laundry at the Eton Hotel on the corner of Telegraph and Prospects St, Eton.

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If approved, the rooms would be serviced by eight dedicated carparking spaces along Prospect St.

Eton Hotel along Telegraph St, Eton is looking schmick after the installation of a new beer garden in 2020. Picture: Heidi Petith

It follows a recent expansion of the 154-year-old pub's beer garden which feature timber posts and hand-carved seats.

Planning documents stated the hotel, situated on a 7578sq m block, was once home to a picture theatre, dance hall, teahouse refreshment room and a blacksmith engineering workshop.

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The pub was built in 1866 by the ancestors of former publicans Lance and Kathleen Cameron.