The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Vulcan Hotel
Vulcan Hotel (Patrick Sexton, Proprietor), St. Bathans. This well known hostelry, which was established in 1869, is built of sun-dried bricks and contains twenty rooms, of which thirteen are bedrooms and two sitting-rooms. The capacious dining-room is ordinarily seated for twenty guests, but on special occasions as many as sixty have been accommodated. The stabling includes seven loose boxes and five stalls.