12 HIGH STREET
12 High St ( was 26 pre 1938)
Two storey rendered building with a zero setback from the pavement and an adjoining single level entrance; the entrance and the large main window are arched, stucco architraves flanked by columns. There is low pier balustrading above the ground floor cornice and on the parapet. The central window on the first floor has solid mullions, narrower timber windows sit either side of the central windows.
The earliest rates records indicate an office in 1897 occupied by R G Webb, land agent. It had various shops and offices including a tea room in the basement in the early 1900s.
1916 THE FREMANTLE "HERALD" NEWSPAPER COMPANY, LTD. (In Liquidation).TENDERS will be received until Tuesday, the 20th oft May, 1916, at my Office, 26 High-st., Fremantle for the purchase in one lot of, the Plant of this Company, situated at 31 Henry-st., Fremantle. The plant comprises Dawson Wharfdale Printing Machine, Chandler and Price Phiten, Cutting Machine, large and varied quantity of Type and Sundries and the usual Furnishings of a general printer. J. DAVID MOSS Liquidator (reference)
1918 WANTED. Young Girl for light household duties, sleep home. Apply before 9 o'clock.26 High-st., Fremantle (upstairs). (reference)
1923 For Rent; FLAT, four rooms, conveniences, High-st.,18s., approved tenant. Key, Webster's, 26 High-st., Fremantle. (reference)
OCCUPANTS
Lot 18 owners: 1829 - 1837 Lamb, William, 1855 - 1878 Brown, R M B, 1879 Moore, W D
1898 - 1901 Rooke, James, fruiterer
1904 - 1905 Oldham C Lancelot, architect
1904 - 1910 Moss & Co John D, solicitors
1904 - 1906 SINGER MANUFACTURING CO
1907 - 1910 Solomon Wallace E B, solicitor
1911 Moss & Solomon, solicitors
1912 - 1915 Solomon Wallace E B, solicitor & notary
1916 - 1920 Moss, J David, solicitor & notary
Kidson, A Bowman, solicitor
1921 Harper, William
1927 - 1935 Sherborne F J, customs agent
1930 - 1942 Cole, Mrs
1907 - 1947 Webster J D, produce merchant, stock & share broker & com agent
1944 - 1949 Mastropasque, Mrs Nina
1946 - 1949 Petterson & Co, ship-wrights
From 1984 the building was occupied by Fremantle Dept Health and Quarantine, whose earlier premises a couple of doors away was taken over by the Federal America's Cup Office.
2002 various commercial uses.
Hotel Fremantle
Hotel Fremantle, Corner High and Cliff Streets, Notre Dame University ND 42- Arts, Sciences and Business
Originally Lot 18 (corner Cliff and High sts) was owned by William Lamb (1829 - 1837), transferred to R M (Broun?) Brown (1855 - 1878), and transferred to William Dalgety Moore (1879-) A residence at the rear was built for Moore in 1885.
Hotel Fremantle was designed by Wilkinson and Smith and built in 1897/98 for Bacon Forrest Co. It opened on 1 October 1898. (reference)
1899 Conference with lumpers union representatives. A meeting of merchants of Fremantle and Perth was held at the Hotel Fremantle, Cliff-street, to confer with representatives from the union as to the best means of releasing perishable goods from the vessels owned by companies affected by the strike. (reference)
1906 Hotel Fremantle- Most Conveniently Situated Hostelry in Fremantle to Railway Station and all Wharves… Mrs. E. C. Griffin, late of the Hotel Australia, having taken over the above splendidly appointed Hotel, has had the interior of the whole premises thoroughly renovated and redecorated, together with extensive replenishing arrangements. The bedrooms are commodious, lofty, and thoroughly ventilated. Excellent Cuisine. Tariff Moderate. (reference)
Hotel Fremantle also held an office/storage at 8 Cliff St from 1920-1938
2006 Shane Burke conducted two archaeological excavations during 2006 at the Fremantle Hotel site… The first excavation, done near the front bar… determined that the limestone foundation found after floorboard removal was the remains of the wall of the house that originally faced Cliff Street occupied by the lot’s previous owner William Dalgety Moore. Further research suggests that the wall’s construction occurred in 1885 when Moore extended his residence. The foundations remained preserved despite the demolition of a section of Moore’s house in 1898 and the subsequent erection of the Hotel Fremantle facade along the Cliff and High Street the same year. The excavation unearthed a surface layer containing objects associated with hotel use like corks, lead bottle seals, newspapers and beer and wine bottle glass. Under this surface layer, the soil darkened considerably, with very dark grey sand occurring. The dark grey sand contained a few artefacts like fragmented ceramics, black bottle glass and an 1887 English penny.
Burke, Shane 2007, 'Fremantle's hidden history', Fremantle Studies, 5: 63-73. (reference)
OccupantS
Lot owners 17 & 18: 1829 - 1837 (17)Leake, George (18)Lamb, William, 1855 - 1878 Brown, R M B, 1879 Moore, W D
1855 William Dalgety Moore.
1899 Proprietor Alfred Court (reference)
1901 - 1903 Proprietor H Chesterfield
1904 - 1906 Proprietor M J Murphy
1906 - 1920 Proprietor Mrs Elizabeth C. Griffen ( read full story in Notable People section).
1921 - 1924 Proprietor Alexander Cooper
1925 - 1930 Proprietor A D Lindberg, also working there: Mrs E Kenny (1927), Charles Doherty (1928-1929)
1931 - 1949 Proprietor George E Smith, Also working there: Mrs Alice M Payne (1930-1932), Roy Manuel (1935-1936), Thomas Lewis (1936-1939)
1946 Frank J Murphy (accountant)
During WW2 the hotel was set up as a hospital and operating theatre.
1987 Used as headquarters for the New Zealand Team, Americas Cup Defence
Now used by Notre Dame University ND 42- Arts, Sciences and Business
