It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999, with the entry expanded in January 2025 to reflect its importance to LGBTQIA+ history.

It was designed by Melbourne architect Alfred Dunn and built in 1889 at a cost of £12,190, opening on 18 December that year.

[1][2] The coffee palace was not a financial success, running at a loss for its first three years, and by July 1892 media reports indicated the company and lessees were "stone broke".

[9] The listing was updated in January 2025, so that it "recognises the vibrant LGBTQIA+ history that has flourished within its walls", after it had become a "symbolic meeting place", and become part of people's coming-out stories.

[8] This Wikipedia article was originally based on Palace Hotel, entry number 00335 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 1 June 2018.