The corner of the building at the intersection of Great North Road and Emma Street (Railside Avenue) was chamfered.

[1] John McLeod, nicknamed 'Shepherd', was the manager of Thomas Henderson's farm at his mill since 1858.

He commented that he initially opposed any idea of opening a hotel when Henderson was still a logging and milling town but later would see the need for one.

[4][1] Falls Hotel was constructed in 1873 by John McLeod following an extension to Great North Road.

[1] People from Auckland would sail up the Waitemata Harbour to Henderson before heading further out to the Waitakeres.

The hotel served drinks to people who would arrive after watching horse racing nearby.

The St Patrick's day horse races attracted visitors from Auckland.

Falls Hotel also housed the local post office (until 1881 when it would move to the Henderson railway station.

[1][4] Prize fights were held outside the hotel and the bantamweight championship was once fought there.

Following a prohibition on the sale of alcohol in Henderson in 1908 the hotel improved it's reputation.

[1] In 1902 the hotel hosted a coroner's court looking into the death of a man following a brawl over a woman.

For more than 30 years the hotel was not run commercially, instead it served as Ozich's residence until 1991, even after he had sold it in 1978.