Imperial Hotel, Ravenswood, Heritage hotel in Ravenswood, Australia.

The Imperial Hotel is a two-storey brick hotel on Macrossan Street, designed by Eaton, Bates & Polin and built in 1901 for James Delaney. It became the centrepiece of two rows of shops, with cream face bricks laid in bands as a decorative feature. It is one of the few buildings surviving from Ravenswood's gold-mining boom.

Built in 1901 during the gold rush, the hotel burned down soon after opening but was reconstructed immediately using the original design. This quick rebuild shows how essential the building was to the thriving mining community of that time.

The Imperial was built for James Delaney, licensee of the Commercial Hotel since 1896, and run by his family for most of the twentieth century. Its name and two-storey brick front made it the centrepiece of two rows of shops rebuilt after the April 1901 fire. The cream face bricks laid in bands on the facade are a detail to look for.

The hotel sits on Macrossan Street in the town center and is easy to reach on foot while exploring the area. Visitors should note that the building operates as a working business and visits are best timed during business hours.

The cream face bricks banded across the Imperial's facade are thought to have come from Townsville, while the rest of the brickwork was made locally; bricklayers were already on the field, brought in by A. L. Wilson to rebuild mining structures such as chimneys.