McDonald Smith Building 22-32 Cliff St
Architecture The McDonald Smith Building- designed, as ‘Cliff Street Chambers’, by architect Herbert Nathaniel Davis. It is a two storey rendered building with zero setback from the pavement. The building has a parapet with spheres crowning small-engaged pilasters and decorative pediments. The ground floor façade has arched doors and windows, with stucco above and a single level entrance on the south side; the first floor has sash windows.
History The McDonald Smith Building is built across 2 Lots: Lot 21 was originaly owned by Henry Vincent (1829-1837), transferred to Stockley (1855-1859). A cottage and warehouse were established on Lot 21 from the 1870s.
Lot 22 was retained by Henry Vincent (1829-1859). Both Lots 21 and 22 were then owned by William Vincent (1876-1879). The Vincent Family had a cottage and warehouse on the site in the 1870s and 1880s.
There are relics of a former lime washed and shingled house at the rear of this building. There were minor changes to the warehouse in 1961, 1962 and 1973.
OCCUPANTS
1897 Cliff Street chambers: Thomas W. J. Kiffin, produce mer / STANBURY & SHAW, customs, shipping & forwarding agents. First floor. HARROLD BROS. (Wm. A. Fraser, manager) , general merchants / Davis & WIlson, architechs / PYNE, TRELOAR & CO. customs, shipping & forwarding agents/ Wood Son & Co. (G.), grocers & importers / SIMONDS & CO. (ERNEST T.), forwarding & customs agents,Coolgardie / Fysh B. manufacturers' agent / Holman, Haines & Co. accountants &c., / Smith Harold E. accountant. & auditor / Atkins & Co. Limited (Charles), oil merchants (lubricating)/ Reuter's Telegram Co. Limited (Harold E. Smith, rep) / South Aust. Ins. Co. Limited (fire & marine) (H. E. Smith, agent) / Torbay, Karri & Jarrah Timber Co. (C. & E.Millar) (H. Teesdale Smith, manager) / Henderson Edgar J. architect / Gilfillan W. D. manufacturers' agent / Peterson & Co. (William), tea merchants (W. D. Gilfillan, rep) / McKenzie & Co. (James F.), importers (W. D. Gilfillan, rep) / CADD FRANK, customs, shipping & forwarding agent / South British Insurance Co. (fire & marine) (Frank Cadd, agent) Right of way: Fremantle Stevedoring Co. (Capt. John Abbott), stevedores / Knox A. Graham, importer / Imperial Fire Ins. Co. Limited (A. Graham Knox, agent)
1898 Cliff Street Chambers: Ground Floor: Flindell, Fraser & Co. customs agents / Thomas W. J. Kiflin, produce mer / Glassford, Cooke & Co. Proprietary Lim, (J. Murdoch, Mgr), produce merchants. First Floor: Haines & Co. (O. L.), customs, shipping and forwarding agents / Moorhouse & Co. (O.L.), customs, shipping & forwarding agents / Webster William, marine surveyor / Wigmore F. E. customs agent / Wigmore H. J. commision agent / Crossland C. contractor / Guilfoyle William, customs agent / Calthrop Bros, mercantile brokers / Knox H. R. customs & forwarding agent / Doeling F. mercantile broker / Gilfillan W. D. agent for Wood Dunn & Co, Lim, produce merchants, Melbourne / Yeates & Co. customs & forwarding agents / Cadd Frank, customs, shipping & forwarding agent. Off Cliff-street: Fremantle Stevedoring Co. (Capt. John Abbot), stevedores
1904 - 1905 (30) Haywood F. M. customs agent / (32) Macfarlane & Co. Jas. provision merchants
1907 - 1911 (30) Gruer David J. customs & forwdg. agent
1912 - 1917 (32) Gruer Dav. J. customs. & forwarding agent
1909 (28) Adams & Co. (G. H), wine, spirit & gen. Importers
1912 - 1920 (24) Millars' Timber & Trading Co. Ltd. (H F Briggs, Mgr)
1915 (30) Davey Jas. Carrier
1917 - 1920 (28) O'Sullivan Jno. J. lime & stone merchants / Gruer, Dav J,. Customs & for agt
1931 - 1937 (32) Lanzar, Salvatore
1931 - 1932 (28) Lester, Mrs A, carrier / O'Sullivan, Jno J, lime & stone merchant
1936 - 1938 (24) Daly Bros., carriers/ (28) Lester (Mrs A.), carrier
1938 - 1943 (26) Nicola Candatore (Pres. Blessding of the Fleet c’mittee)
1938 - 1940 (off 32) Morris & Co. (M.), marine dealers
1941 - 1943 (28) Marchesi, Mrs. A.Corieri, Anopus
1940 - 1943 (off 32) Rodriguez & Lee, wool merchants
1941 - 1943 (30-32) Farindo, Cosmo
1944 (32) Lee (Eric E.), wool merchant
1946 - 1947 (20-32) Department of Navy
1949 (20-22) Rutland (R. A.), electrician & refrigerator engineers / (28) Sherborne (F. J.), customs agents
The buildings were also owned by Captain Lilly, and then J.E. McDonald and Smith from 1961 until the 1970s and then Tompkins and Company as a general store.
