The 0.81 hectares (2.0 acres) site was registered in his wife's name in mid-1880; a mortgage of £180 was taken out in January 1881; and by June 1881 races and sports were being held at Weigand Raabe's Marburg Hotel.

[1] The Marburg district was developed principally by German settlers, who in the early 1870s cleared farms from the dense Rosewood Scrub.

[1] The Sakrzewski family held the license until 1921, and the freehold remained theirs until 1925, having been sold to Otto's brother, Albert, c. 1915.

[1] This two-storeyed timber building, with a corrugated iron hipped roof, is located on the corner of Queen and Edmond Streets in the centre of Marburg, opposite the former Queensland National Bank and First World War memorial (now the Marburg Community Centre and First World War Memorial).

Both street facades also have cross braced exposed timber framing, but the rear walls are clad in chamferboard.

At the rear there is a single-storeyed chamferboard kitchen house, attached to the building via a covered breezeway and open deck.

It is important in demonstrating some of the principle characteristics of a late 19th century Queensland rural hotel, in the intactness of the setting, street elevations and upper floor.

It exhibits a range of aesthetic characteristics valued by the Marburg community, including the contribution through scale, form and material to the streetscapes off Queen and Edmond streets, and the landmark quality of the building, being an expression of the centre of the town.