Cleopatra Hotel 24 High St
Cleopatra Hotel
This two storey hotel with highly decorative façade and parapet featuring the words 'Hotel Cleopatra Hotel' was built in 1907- the second Cleopoatra to be built on the land. The façade on the centre of the ground floor and the first floor has banded piers and three stucco archways each forming a loggia. The ground floor has concave bays with pairs of glazed doors below multi-paned transom lights on the left and windows on the right of the façade. There is a pair of double hung sash windows, stucco arched keystone and decorative skirts either side of the first floor loggia.
History
Lot 44 and Lot 61 were originally owned by P H Dod ( 1829-1837), transferred to Alex Francisco (1855-1879). The Francisco family sold the property to Pearse and Owston in 1880.
1836 The first building on the site was ‘The Boarding House’, run by licensee Elizabeth Pace (1795-1879), the wife of Captain Walter Pace, a merchant seaman, often at sea for months, sailing the shipping routes between Indonesia and Fremantle on his vessel, Monkey. Elizabeth, at the age of 46, with the help of her teenage children, ran The Boarding House as a licensed inn and general store, until 1840, when she sold out to Alexander Francisco (1816-1878).
When 23-year-old Alexander Francisco took over the ‘Boarding House’ in 1840 he advertised “having succeeded to the Business of the Hotel lately occupied by Mrs. Pace”. Alexander also advertised that he had a “long experience in Hotel and Tavern business”. It was Francisco who gave the inn the name, ‘The Crown and Thistle’ in 1841.
The Franciscos hosted the Crown and Thistle until 1850, when John Wellard took the reins for a few years. During his time the hotel was often refered to as ‘Wellard’s Hotel’ and it here in August 1851 that the first meetings were held- taking steps to form the Fremantle Mechanic's’ Institute. (reference) In 1852 Philip Dixon, a prisoner in the Convict Establishment, was charged with being drunk and with drinking with a Sapper and Miner in whose charge he was at the time at Wellard's public house. He was ordered 14 days' imprisonment, and to receive bread and water diet, and the Sapper handed over to the Officer of the Military Department. (reference) A recent arrival to the colony, Mary Ann Hunt (on the Clara) was charged with stealing haberdashaery and perfume from Wellards’ Inn and store in 1854 ( reference)
The Franciscos moved next door during this time, where they operated a spirit and wine store, before buying the freehold of the pub, and returning as hosts of the Crown and Thistle in 1853. The next prominent publican of the Crown and Thistle was Joshua Harwood, a retired whaler, who at the age of 42 purchased the pub’s lease from Alexander Francisco in 1868. Harwood remained host through most of the 1870s before selling out to Malachi Reidy Meagher. (see image) (reference)
Captain Edward Henry Fothergill leased it from Pearse and Owston in May 1881, renovated it and reopened 1st July 1881, naming it Cleopatra after a schooner he owned. The hotel had an attractive garden and a sign (by Nicolay) showing the ship Cleopatra in full sail. Fothergill was licensee of the hotel from 1882 until 1896 when he died at the hotel. His son Edward Henry Fothergill (Jnr) was Mayor of Fremantle from 1909-1910 and Councillor from 1920 to 1923.
Talk in 1920: When a small boy I came in the schooner Cleopatra twice before my father decided to settle in Western Australia; these trips were in the years of 1877 and 1879, and it was in 1881 that my father brought the Cleopatra on her last trip to Western Australia with your humble servant on board. This schooner, the Cleopatra, was, in the early days practically the only regular connecting link between Melbourne, Geraldton, and Fremantle. Her trips consisted of bringing goods to Fremantle and Geraldton, and at the latter port loading lead ore for her back loading to Melbourne. (reference)
1896: The lease of the ‘Cleo’, as it is familiarly called, has been secured by Messrs Varley and Nicholl who by the terms of their agreement with the owner have to alter the building so as to make it almost a new structure. In the first place, the familiar patch of ground, bearing its Moreton Bay fig trees, which has for so long been a distinctive feature of the front of the hotel, will speedily be covered with bricks and mortar, instead of foliage. (reference)
1905 About a fortnight ago the licensed victuallers of Fremantle met in solemn conclave and decided to form a branch of the Licensed Victuallers' Association… Mr George Auburn is one of the best known licensees of the port, and is a general favorite. Until a few months ago he conducted three hotels here, trading under the name of Auburn Bros, and Owen. The firm has now only two—the Cleopatra and the Odd fellows. The subject of this photo has personally conducted the Cleopatra Hotel for over three years, and there has made hosts of friends. He is of genial nature, and takes great in-interest in sport, especially foot-ball and motoring. (reference)
Ownership was taken over by the Swan Brewery in 1906, and the building was demolished. Architect J.H. Eales was employed to design a new hotel on the site of the original. The work was completed by C.H Carter in August 1907.
The wooden verandahs were removed in the 1960s.
The ‘Cleo’ continued to be popular with sailors on shore leave for many decades. It was also noted as a place where prostitutes and gay men could meet sailors.
“There is no mention of the the heady days of the 1970’s. I believe the pub was owned by Len Buckridge and Fred Pawle was manager. The pub I think was the first pub in Perth to be granted a 12 oclock closing.” Robyn (reference)
“Cleo’s was the place to go and have fun. It was a seedy part of Fremantle. If you wanted conservative, high-class, well-established, you did the Perth scene but Fremantle was sailors, crims, knock-a-bouts, night clubs, all the good time girls… Us ‘girls’ were expert in reading the shipping guides and the timetables. We would know when ships were coming in at any given time… Envelopes would be behind the bar with our names on them and with our cab fares over to the wharves. The captains never used to worry about us. I spent two weeks on one of the merchant navy ships once. We were those ports in any storm. Or, we were those storms in any port, if you like!” Trans men, working the ports in the 1970s, quoted in The Gay Museum, exhibition, 2003, WA Museum.
In 1985 it was renovated for the America’s Cup Defence and briefly called the ‘Auld Mug Tavern’. On 4 Feb 1987 Dennis Conner and the crew of ‘Stars and Stripes’ won the America’s Cup after defeating the defender “Kookaburra 111’ skippered by Ian Murray- in a best of seven races in Gage Roads.
From 1993 to 1997 the hotel was known as the ‘West End’ and in 1997 was changed to ‘Coakley’s Hotel’, before returning to Cleopatra.
The building was bought by the Christian Brothers. From c. 2000 it has been used by Tuart Place, a not for profit organisation supporting people who are victims of institutional abuse.
Occupants
1836 - 1840 Mrs Elizabeth Pace
1840 - 1868 Alex Francisco
1852 John Wellard (reference)
1868 - 1876 Joshua Harwood
1876 - 1879 Malachi Reidy Meagher
1879 - Patrick Maloney
1880 Pearse and Owston
1881 - 1896 E H Fothergill
1897 Varley & Nicholl
1898 - 1899 Henry Higgins
1900 - 1901 Cleopatra Hotel (Archibald McKinnon)
1902 - 1906 - (George Auburn)
1906 Swan Brewery
1907- new building- C H Carter
1908 - 1909 Cleopatra Hotel (James Bolger)
1910 - 1897 Cleopatra Hotel (Albert Button 1910-1915)
1916 Cleopatra Hotel (James Morrison 1916- 1917)
1939 - 1942 Cleopatra Hotel (M E Mackay)
1942 - 1945 Cleopatra Hotel (A M Morton)
1946 - 1947 Cleopatra Hotel (Alfd Brewer)
1949 Cleopatra Hotel (H C Coughian)
1970s Cleopatra Hotel Manager- Fred and Maureen Pawle (for Len Buckridge Company?)
1985 more than $50,000 was spent on renovations and it was renamed the Auld Mug Tavern, the unofficial pub for the Amerisca’s cup challenge
1993 - 1997 name changed to the West End Hotel
1997 name changed to Coakley’s.
2001 - 2022 Bought by Christian Brothers -Ground floor used by Tuart Place
2001-2020 Notre Dame University, as the Edmund Rice Centre - leased the upstairs rooms for students. It is no longer affiliated with Notre Dame University.
23 High St OWSTON'S BUILDINGS
Notre Dame University ND23 - Owston's Buildings
9-23 High St, (was 17-31 pre 1938) corner Mouat and High Sts.
Architecture: Two storey rendered building, separated on the façade by pilasters with ashlar effect, separating the building into eight sections with zero setback from the pavement. It has a roof parapet above the moulded cornice with low pier balustrading and a centre pediment with the 'Owston's Buildings' name and date- 1903.
Lots 31 & 32 were owned jointly in 1876 by William Owston, W. S. Pearse and George Pearse. Captain William Owston established the firm of Pearse and Owston, shipowners and importers of Eastern produce. The firm owned a number of vessels, including coastal ships.
From 1899 until 1902 the first real estate agent in Fremantle John Twinem, (bio), worked here in the old William & Co. Sandover building (see photo). Twinem “had a seductive smile, and soon had a rent roll that made other agent’s mouths water”. He was dubbed the ‘father' of real estate agents in Fremantle. (reference) (reference)
1903 Designed by F. W. Burwell and built by R. Rennie, a new building was erected and known as the Owston Buildings. It had eight shops on the ground floor and six flats above, originally with a verandah on both sides. At Owston's death in 1903 the property passed to William Mason Owston, his grandson (1881-1946).
From 1907 to 1914 Watson's Luncheon or Refreshment Rooms operated from the site and then it became Watson's Supply Stores. See image: Watson's Luncheon rooms c 1910, courtesy Fremantle City Library History Archives no 2696
From 1953 to 2005, no 9 was the Roma Restaurant , which was established by Nella and Frank Abrugiato. It time became an iconic Fremantle destination. Frank was from Abruzza, Italy and arrived in WA in 1953. Nella was from Catania, Sicily and arrived in 1954. They had been married by proxy in 1952. The restaurant served family style Italian food, and became an iconic Fremantle destination especially in the 1970s and 1980s. In 2005 the Roma was taken over by Nunzio Gumina as the Villa Roma. in 2016 it was reopened by Abrugiato family members, changing the name to Roma Cucina.
In 2012- Sergio Guazzelli opened Blink Cafe at no 19
2002 nos 21-23 became Notre Dame University, Admissions Office
Occupants
Lot owners 19, 31 & 32: 1829 - 1837 (19 & 31) Lyon, Robert M (32) Dixon, W M, 1855 - 1859 Brown, R, 1876 - 1878 Pearse & Owston
No. 9 (was 17 pre 1938)
1905 - 1910 McKenzie & Chisholm, printers
1914 - 1916 Woods, F W, sail & tent maker
1915 (office) Miller, Mrs. J W
1916 - 1918 (office) Magripilis, Anthony
1917 - 1925 Willis, Geo, sail & tent maker
1919 Lanza, Silvatole
1926 - 1932 Hood A, sail maker
1933 - 1935 Vacant
1938 - 1949 Moullin & Co. Ltd. J. H., customs agents
No. 11 (19)
1903 Construction Completed
1905 - 1908 Gorrie & Co. independent agents
1909 - 1910 Guiseppe Re, importer
1914 Urquhart & Newbill, electrical engineers
1914 - 1916 Atlas Engineering Co. (Show rooms)
1915 - 1917 (office) Traira, Basillo
1915 - 1922 Urquhart, A D, electrical engineer
1923 - 1925 Sadlier Ltd, R C, customs agents
1926 - 1927 Brice A G, customs agents
1928 Vacant
1929 - 1930 Gills Carrying & Baggage Agency (A Gill)
1931 - 1935 Vacant
1935 - 1946 Sherborne F J, customs agent
1947 - 1949 Fiocco Giovanni, tailor
No. 13 (21)
1899 BERESFORD & NEVILLE, barristers, solicitors & notaries, public & commissioners for taking affidavits in the Supreme Courts of W.A., N.S.W. & S.A.
1899 - 1900
Maxwell, Andrew, fire claim adjuster
Yeats, Jabez G, baggage agent
1900 Forbes, Alexander, mercantile broker
1901 - 1903 Yeats, Jabez G, baggage agent
1905 DIAMOND EXPRESS (H W Petherick, manager) customs, baggage, shipping & forwarding agents
1906 - 1927 PROUT, George E, London accountant & licensed customs & general commission agent
1909 - 1920 Gorrie & Co, independent agents
1915 -1922 (office) Riley, Mrs A
1917 - 1922 Sadleir, R C, customs agent
1923 - 1927 (office) Eardley, Mrs Jane
1925 Brice A G, customs agent
1926 - 1927 Gorrie & Co, independent agents & (office) Ross, Miss L
1928 Vacant
1929
Cowie, John A, sharebroker & Wild, Aubrey M, customs and forwarding agent
National Mutual Life Association Of Australasia (J A Cowie, agent) & Brown, Edward, carrier
1930 Brice and Co. Ltd, A E store
1931 - 1938 vacant
1938 - 1940 Tortur, Les
1940 - 1941 Rodriguez & Lee, wool merchants (store)
1941 - 1943 vacant
1944 - 1946 Gill's Carrying Agency, carriers
1947 - 1949 Shamrock Tea Rooms, refreshment room
No. 15 (23)
1899 Collyer, A F, indentor
1899 - 1903 Twinem, John, estate agent
1900 BERESFORD & NEVILLE, barristers, solicitors & notaries, public & commissioners for taking affidavits in the Supreme Courts of W.A., N.S.W. & S.A.
1900 - 1903
SANDOVER & CO. WILLIAM, iron, hardware & machinery merchants, wholesale & retail ironmongers Union Oil Co. (William Sandover & Co., representatives), oil merchants
1900 - 1901 Alliance Marine & General Assurance Co. Limited (William Sandover & Co., agents)
1901 - 1903 BERESFORD, Richard, de la Poer, solicitor
1905 Adams & Co. (G. H.), wine & spirit merchants
1907 United Insurance Co Ltd. (fire & marine) (C.H. Cray, district inspector)
1907 - 1909 Ferguson Limited, J.M. (J, Cowan, manager), timber & hardware merchants
1913 Papaaoine, John, fruiterer
1914 Magrciplis, Antonio, fruiterer
1915 - 1916 Kakuloes, S, fruiterer
1917 Kakulas, Varthelamos, fruiterer & Lanzer, S
1918 Fermanis, Gregory G
1919 - 1922 Kakulas, Atherinos, fruiterer
1923 - 1932 Urquhart, A D, electrical engineer
1933 - 1935 vacant
1938 - 1946 WA Temperance League, association
1942 - 1946 Wray Thomas, shipping & forwarding agent
1947 - 1949 Fremantle Refrigerating Co, emgrs-refrigeration
No. 17 (25)
1899
Central Queensland Meat Export Co. Limited (F A Jaggard, representative) Sandover & Co. (William), iron, hardware & machinery Merchants, wholesale & retail ironmonger
Alliance Marine & General Assurance Co. Limited (William Sandover & Co. agents)
Union Oil Co. (William Sandover & Co., representatives), oil merchants
1905 Levy, L, furniture warehouse
1907 - 1908 Learmonth, Duffy & Co., auctioneers & commission agents
1911 - 1925 Re & Co Guiseppe, importers
1926 - 1949 Vergona & Co O, Italian importers
No. 21 & No. 23
1897 - 1899
Maxwell, Andrew
BERESFORD RICHARD DE LA POER, barrister, solicitor & notary public & commissioner for Taking affidavits in the Supreme Courts of W A Victoria, N S W & S A
Collyer, A F, indentor
1897 - 1902
Yeates, Jabez G, baggage agent
Twinem, John, estate agent
1900
Forbes, Alexander, mercantile broker
BERESFORD & NEVILLE
Perth Alliance Marine & General Assurance Co. Limited (William Sandover & Co., agents)
Union Oil Co. (William Sandover & Co. representatives), oil merchants
1900 - 1901 SANDOVER & CO. (WILLIAM)
1904 Vincent, Mrs. M A, refreshment rooms
1906
Sears, J, Refreshment Rooms
Watsons & Co. (William), dairy produce merchants
1907 - 1922
W M Watson, Refreshment Rooms
Watson’s Supply Stores - Dairy Products Merchants
1922 - 1949 Watson’s Supply Stores - Dairy Products Merchants
1955 - Purchased by the Waterside Workers' Federation
2002, no 15 was Life Editions Bookbinders; no 17 was Marine Surveyors, Magazines & Journals, Tax Accountants & Graphic Design
In 2012 - Sergio Guazzelli opened Blink Cafe at no 19
2002-2021 nos 21-23 became Notre Dame University, Admissions Office
Owstons Buildings corner Mouat and High Sts
National Hotel
98 High Street (pre 1938 - 124/126 High Street) National Hotel
A substantial and highly decorative three storey prominent corner hotel, expressing the affluence of the gold boom. There are stone foundations and face brick with rendered banding over arched windows. Three windows on the second floor have curved metal balustrade balconies. There is a faceted pressed metal dome with circular windows on the roof over the truncated corner. A decorative parapet and eight pediments with small windows are above the name 'National Hotel' in stucco on Market and High Street façades.
The Duffield family may have had an auction house on this site c 1853 (see Ad-reference) and Charles Duffield was involved in a proposal to import Yorkshire flagstones to pave High St (north side first) in Sept 1858. (reference)
In 1880 the site was occupied by a branch of the National Bank. In 1886 the branch relocated to 30 High St.
The site and building was then owned by J. J. Higham. In 1886 the National Hotel opened. with William Conroy as the first landlord. Less than a year later Conroy was tried and hanged for the murder of John Snook (70) after he shot Snook through the mouth after he was refused entry to a children’s fancy dress event in the Town Hall. He was hanged despite a petition to Governor Broome praying for commutation of his sentence and signed by over 1,500 citizens and residents of Fremantle, including the whole of the jury who had tried him. He was also walked to the gallows by Father Duff, a Fremantle priest with his own shady dealings. (reference)
In 1892 it was taken over by James Hagan. (reference)
1893 A charge against Edward Ingram, licensee of the National Hotel, for illegally supplying liquor to a child under 14 years, was adjourned for one day. (reference)
1893 Tenders for the purchase of the National Hotel were opened this morning, but were not considered satisfactory, owing to the small proportion of cash offered. (reference)
The building underwent a major reconstruction in 1895 and again in 1902 by Michael and Daniel Mulcahy.
1902 Rebuilding of the National Hotel. Messrs. Mulcahy Bros., the well-known hotel proprietors, have just made arrangements for the rebuilding of the old National Hotel, on the corner of High and Market streets, Fremantle. They entrusted Mr. Louis Pearce, architect, with the preparation of plans for an up to-date and commodious hotel, worthy of the position referred to… Messrs. Mulcahy Bros., who are the owners of the National Hotel property, conduct at the present time no less than seven large hotels in Western Australia, three of their houses being situated in Fremantle, three in Boulder, and one in Perth. For a full description of the new hotel read: (reference)
In 1911 Daniel retired, the assets were divided and Michael kept the hotels. In 1917 Michael Mulcahy died suddenly, aged 55 and so from 1914-1936 the licence was held by Margaret Mulcahy, Michael’s wife- who -if she remarried- under the conditions of his will- she was to get £500 and no more.
1944 At the conclusion of an inquest in the Fremantle Courthouse today into the deaths of Stanley Reginald Hooper (26) and Ned Rako Kelly (21), New Zealand Maori soldiers who sustained fatal knife wounds in a brawl at Fremantle on April 11, the District Coroner, Mr. H. J. Craig, S.M., issued the following finding: 'I find that Hooper came by his death on April 11, 1944, from a knife wound inflicted by an American soldier whose identity has not been established, during a brawl which occurred in the National Hotel, Fremantle’.
“We were having some drinks in an hotel when some New Zealand soldiers said some disparaging remarks to me. I resented them and spoke to the New Zealand soldiers. Immediately I spoke the New Zealanders attacked me.” American soldier Harold Hicks
Evidence was also given by Edith Jean Sellman, wife of the licensee of the National Hotel… (reference)
By 1948 ownership had changed to Mr. T. Dean.
In 1953 Allen & Nicholas carried out works and in 1975 the top floor was destroyed by fire. In In 1995 architect Michael Patroni, carried out reconstruction of the original first floor balconies and the facade was renovated 2001-2002.
Prior to the completion of development works, on the 13th March 2007, the hotel was vandalized and set on fire which seriously gutted the interior and the roof.
“Despite the damage caused in 2007, Mr Bullers has managed to salvage the hotel’s 3m fireplace, ornate ground floor ceiling, leadlight windows and jarrah staircase posts.” (reference)
In 2009 the building was sold to Carnegies and underwent serious restoration- opening with a new roof top restaurant iin 2018.
OCCUPANTS
Lot 416 owners: 1829 - 1859 Duffield, Charles H, 1876 - 1878 Higham, M & Duffield, John, 1879 Duffield, John
1899 - 1949 NATIONAL HOTEL
1899 - 1900 Jackson, James lisencee and owner
1902 Mulcahy Brothers.
1901 - 1905 Tobin William, manager
1906 - 1908 Byrne, Michael, manager
1909 Breen, Joseph, manager
1910 - 1912 Fred Farrelly, manager
1913 William J. Byrne, manager
1914 - 1936 Margaret M Mulcahy
1914 - 1919 Ryan, John, manager
1920 - 1925 Cranley, James, manager (relative Margaret Mulcahy)
1936 - 1938 Walter R Fowler
1938 - 1941 Harry Mcleng
1941 - 1945 George H Sellman
1946 - 1947 J Lee
1949 Ger Stack
Photo from: https://www.hiddencitysecrets.com.au/perth/the-national-hotel-function-rooms-perth-venue-hire-fremantle-venues/
96 High st
96 High Street (pre 1938 - 118 High Street) Olympia Cafe, formerly National Bank
1898 T.O. Gaze, 118 High St. Fremantle and at Kalgoorlie- “Just Received my Season's Shipments of High-class Cellular Clothing, Woodrow's Hats, Silk Goods, Welsh Margetson'S Shirts and Collars”. (reference)
1900 TOBACCONIST and Fancy Goods Business for Sale, suit lady, splendid shop, dwelling attached, central, rent £2, lease, good business. 118 High-st., Fremantle. (reference)
1906 HAIRDRESSING and Tobaconist's Business for Sale. well established, good position, owner leaving State: 118 High-st. Fremantle. (reference)
1912 Stealing a Duck. Alexander Bryant was charged with the theft of a fowl on Thursday night. Passing the Olympia Cafe, tenanted by George Coroneos, he marked a nice fat roast duck lying in the window and tried to abstract it, with the result that he appeared in Court the next morning… (reference)
1914 Pat Regan- at Fremantle Police Court, charged with smashing a plate glass window, the property of George Mavromates, a Greek. It appears that on Saturday night, at about twenty to twelve, Patrick wandered into the Olympia Cafe and ordered a meal. After he had finished the tucker he called for a "choice cigar," valued at a sprat, and then rushed out of the shop without "settling de little beel." This is the greatest offence one could offer a Greek. Pat did not know that the Greek was pretty handy with the mats, but a straight left from George sent him through the window. (reference)
1916 Scenes in Perth on Tuesday 5 December- large numbers of soldiers, paraded the streets, with the obvious intention of damaging the many Greek restaurants…The Greek restaurant keepers closed their doors shortly after 8 o'clock, and this probably, assisted in maintaining order. Twenty soldiers were arrested during the evening for interfering with the picket, fighting, and similar offences.
Disturbance at Fremantle. Early on Wednesday there was a feeling of uneasiness in the minds of shopkeepers in the main streets of Fremantle, a large number of soldiers viewing the various foreign cafes with a certain amount of unusual curiosity. Proceedings took a somewhat humorous turn during the fore noon, when a party of visiting members of the A.I.F. marched ceremoniously into the Olympia Cafe and quietly removed two large portraits of the King and Queen of Greece. Without further ado they then left the shop. In a short time the word was passed round and in the other shops all similar pictures of Greek royalty were hastily removed. Things then quietened down until late in the afternoon, when someone threw a stone and broke a front window of the Strand Cafe. Military pickets and civil police kept a smart watch on the soldiers and prevented any further damage being done. (reference)
1926 Miss Lily Geddes- Olympia Cafe- These three girls are entrants for the Popular Waitress Competition, the funds derived front which will go to the equipping of the new leisure hour club and rest-room for the girls. (reference)
OCCUPANTS
Lot 415 owners: 1829 - 1837 Habgood, Robert, 1855 - 1859 Hamersley, E, 1876 - 1878 Weedon, John
1899 - 1901 Gaze, Thomas O, outfitter
1902 Guardiola, J, restaurant
1903 Vallve, A, restaurant
1904 John Hunter Boot Co. (The)
1907 - 1908 Bendall, Charles, stationer
1907 - 1910 Cannon, Walter, tailor
1909 - 1910 McDonald, John, stationer
1899 - 1913 NATIONAL HOTEL
(1899 - 1900 Jackson, James), (1901 - 1904 Tobin William, manager), (1907 - 1908 Byrne, Michael, manager), (1909 Breen, Joseph, manager), (1910 - 1912 Farrelly, Frederick, manager), (1913 William J. Byrne, manager)
1911 - 1925 Olympia Cafe
(1910 - 1912 G, Coroneos, propr), (1913 - 1925 G Mavromatis, propr)
1926 - 1932 Kanganas, A, cafe
1933 - 1934 National Bank of Australia Town Hall branch (R K Whitlock, manager)
1934 - 1949 NATIONAL BANK OF A/ASIA LIMITED
(1934 - 1938 F J S Thompson, manager), (1938 - 1944 V L Bode, manager), (1945 - 1949 William G Tupper, manager)
2021 Lapa Brazilian Barbecue
Union Bank
86 High Street (pre 1938 - 106 108 High Street), Former Union Bank of Australia, ANZ Bank Building, formerly No 84
This distinctive two storey building features rendered brick with an ashlar effect and a recessed facade entrance. There is a plain parapet above and decorative pilasters beside stucco architrave windows on the first floor. The ground floor has two entrances; a central entrance with prominent stucco surround, and an entrance with French doors on the right side.
The Union Bank of Australia (fmr) at 86 High Street was designed by Hobbs, Smith and Forbes in 1929 and built in 1930 for the Union Bank of Australia Ltd., by R. V. Ritchie. The building replaced two two-story brick shops on the site. (reference)
1907 A progressive euchre tournament arranged by Mesdames J. Blinco, F. J. Townsend, A. A. Northcote, J. O'Hara, and Christie, in aid of the Fremantle stall, provided a merry evening at the Victoria Hall on Tuesday evening, for a dance followed the tournament… Miss Welsford and Mr Dineen won the booby prizes… (reference)
18 May 1930 New premises for the Union Bank, now approaching completion, promise to be the finest of their kind in Fremantle. With a frontage to High street of 48ft, the cement-faced building wears an impressive appearance, harmony and solidity being its chief features. With a basement and two lofty storeys it dwarfs the adjacent buildings, and looks palatial in comparison with the buildings it has displaced… (reference)
Miss Hilda Jones was a state registered Elocution Teacher (1931)
1935 Mr. Alexander Watson, examiner of Trinity College, London, visited Fremantle for the purpose of examining a number of pupils prepared by Miss Hilda Jones, L.T.C.L a in the Art of Speech. Mr. Watson, an authority on Elocutionary Art, commented very favorably on the work being accomplished by Miss Jones in Fremantle. (reference)
1936 MR W. Trelevan, who is staying with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Trelevan, of the Union Bank, Fremantle, will return to Melbourne in the Moldavia, on Tuesday to complete his studies at Newman College. He will be accompanied by his sister, Betty, who will visit relatives in Victoria. (reference)
1936 The Fremantle Children's Dental Clinic secured two rooms in the Union Bank premises, in High-street, Fremantle. It was an initiative of the Teachers Union and was available to children between the ages of six and nine years who attended schools in the Fremantle district and whose parents' weekly wage was not in excess of the basic wage… Messrs. Claude Terry and Alan Mummery, two Fremantle dentists had given every possible help to get the clinic started and the dentist in charge was R. E, Clarke. (reference)
Between 1952 and 1956 ownership/occupancy passed to the Australia and New Zealand Bank Ltd. (ANZ). The bank continued to use part of the building until 1990 when it relocated.
In Nov 1991 the building opened as giftware markets and these closed in July 1992. The place was vacant from at least 2002 until 2008 when the place changed ownership.
Restoration during 2008 included; external painting, internal adaptation/fit out to the ground floor and first floor; reconstruction of side elevation windows according to archival plans, reconstruction of western side timber paneling to match original. The owners/architects (Gentra) received a Heritage Award for Conservation of a Heritage Place.
2018 World of Renovation
OCCUPANTS
Lot 413 owners: 1829 - 1837 Watts, James P, 1855 Davey, 1856 - 1859 Manning, H, 1876 - 1878 Leach, William
1900 - 1902 Swan Soap & Candle Co. Limited
1900 - 1910 Wilson & Co. Harry, auctioneers
1902 - 1903 Isaacs, S E, fancy emporium
1904 Max, Miss E, refreshment rooms
1905 Lynch, Mrs S E, registry office
1906 - 1909 Welsford Miss Nellie, refreshment rooms
1910 - 1913 William J. Beisley, florist & hairdresser
1914 - 1915 Buckeridge Bros. watch maker
1916 Dunkerton, J W, watch maker
1917 Newman & Son, C F, florists
1917 - 1919 Cannon, Walter, tailor
1918 - 1923 Jones, John, ironmonger
1920 Peek, Huie, tailor
1921 - 1922 Bull & Bodkin, auctioneers ( link)
1924 Annesley, Mrs A D, dining rooms
1924 - 1927 Simpson, Mrs A, dress house
1925 McMahon Miss, dressmaker & Westralian Woollen Coy (A Nelnies, manager)
1925 - 1928 Farrington & Co A B, ironmongers
1926 - 1928 Watchman & Sons M, merchants
1929 - 1949 UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED
1929 - 1934 W H Butler, manager, 1934 - 1938 J Treleaven, manager
1931 - 1936 McAulifie, P J, dentist,
1931 - 1949 Hallion, B J, medical practitioner
1931 - 1934 Haynes, Harold, solicitor
1934 - 1938 Martin, Francis W, solicitor
1936 - 1949 Childrens' Dental Clinic
1939 - 1940 Jones, Miss Hilda, teacher of elocution
1939 - 1949 Travers, Miss June, ladies hairdresser
1940 - 1941 Vincent Roy, elocution teacher
1941 - 1942 Sutherland - Groom, Mrs Dorothy A, elocution teacher;
Credit Men's Association of W A Ltd (The), debt collectors
Dobra Bros, fertilizers
1946 - 1949 Murphy, Frank J, accountant
Commonwealth Bank
82 High Street (pre 1938 - 100/102/104 High Street), Commonwealth Bank (former), Hospital Benefit Fund of WA, indigenart, New Editions
1907 THE FREMANTLE GAS & COKE CO. LTD Gave Free Cookery lectures and demonstrations in the Company’s showrooms-introducing Cooking with Gas… (reference)
1912 - 1927 Purser & Bousfield, tailors operated a Drapery business on this site.
1919 To the craftsman the idea of having reached finality is foreign. To be satisfied with a "Good enough" standard is a confession of mediocrity. To be the maker of better suits is our aim. Order your suit from us and judge whether that aim has been achieved, PURSER & BOUSFIELD, FREMANTLE. (reference)
1926 Fremantle Shops Bought. With the object of establishing its Fremantle branch offices there, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia has purchased for £9,500 a big two-storey brick building, with a frontage of 50ft. on Lot 412 High-street, Fremantle, occupied by Purser and Bousfield, mercers and tailors, and W. J. Payne, fancy goods dealer. The property, which adjoins the Commercial Hotel, belonged to the estate of the late Mr. W. Leach, an early colonist, and the sale, which had been the subject of negotiations since November, was effected through the agency of Robertson Bros., Ltd. (reference)
From 1928 - 1949 the COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA operated on this site.
The current building - with its distinctive façade was built for the Commonwealth Bank in 1933. The plans of the building were prepared by the Perth office of the Works and Services Branch of the Department of the Interior, and the building contract wa secured by Mr. A. T. Toms. A description of the details of the building can be found here… (reference)
28 August 1933- The Fremantle branch of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia will be opened for business in new premises in High street this morning. In the new offices a commodious banking chamber is approached through an attractive portico under two imposing columns of the Corinthian order, and the light stone coloured facade has been carried out to give an atmosphere of dignity and solidity to the building. Under the supervision of the manager of the branch (Mr. N. C. Russell), who has been associated with the bank's activities at Fremantle for many years, the work of removing books and records from the old Market-street premises of the State Savings Bank, where banking operations were carreid out during the rebuilding, commenced on Wednesday and reached its heaviest stage on Saturday afternoon, when most of the 17 bank officers with half-a-dozen casual hands, were kept busy. (reference)
1936 Perth's first armoured truck arrived at Fremantle from Sydney on Tuesday… Next week the vehicle will begin its official career as a carrier of notes, coin and bullion for the Common wealth Bank. In outward appearance it resembles the police "Black Maria," though painted navy blue. It has several striking features. The sides and back have small holes from which firearms can be discharged, and the windscreen and the window panes of the canopy are of bullet-proof glass… (reference)
10 June 1937 At a flagpole on the Fremantle Esplanade, on the spot marked by tradition as being near where Captain James Stirling proclaimed the colony of Western Australia on June 18, 1829, the foundation of the State was commemorated last Monday by the hoisting of a flag. The ceremony, which is held annually, is arranged by the Fremantle City Council in conjunction with the Western Australian Historical Society… The naval battalion from the Royal Australian Naval Reserve, Fremantle, marched through the streets of Fremantle before and after the ceremony, headed by the R.A.N.R. Band. On the return march, a salute was taken by the District Naval Officer (Commander C. C. Baldwin), who was accompanied by Sir Talbot Hobbs, from the steps of the Commonwealth Bank in High-street… Dr. J. S. Battye, who represented the Historical Society, was introduced by Mr. M. E. Solomon, chairman of the historical committee of the Fremantle City Council. He said “the first bushel of wheat grown in the colony was ground at Fremantle, which also had the distinction of producing the first newspaper”. (reference)
The place was bought and restored by the Hospital Benefit Fund in 1977.
From c 2002 to c2006 it was Indigenart - run by Mossenson Gallery.
Mossenson Galleries, one of Australia's leading commercial galleries, was founded as 'Indigenart' in 1993 in Perth by Dr Diane Mossenson and her husband Dan… At the time of establishing Indigenart in 1993, there was no West Australian gallery exclusively dedicated to serious Aboriginal art…” Indigenart-Mossenson Galleries soon developed a national and international reputation in the art world, and soon became defined as a trailblazing epicentre for the exciting emerging Indigenous art movement.…Headquartered at its Hay Street Gallery in Subiaco, Perth, Indigenart has also established galleries in Fremantle, Western Australia, and Carlton and Collingwood in Victoria. (reference)
In 2013 it was the site of the New Edition Bookclub and café. (currently cnr High and Henry sts)- Best independent bookshop in Fremantle:
3.1.2013 Cruising through Fremantle one day with a group of university friends we stumbled upon a beautiful bookstore called New Edition Bookshop. Might I add this bookshop has a small cafe attached. I have always been a fan of combining a bookshop with coffee. You are allowed to sit down for a coffee and small meal in the bookshop, while catching up with friends or just on your own. Rebecca -Weekend Notes (reference)
c.2020 Common Ground
OCCUPANTS
Lot 412 owners: 1829 - 1837 Moore, Joseph, 1855 Dyer, 1856 - 1859 Moore, J, 1876 - 1879 Leach, William
1903 Hicks & Lissiman, drapers, clothiers, tailors See the "The White House."
1905 Hicks & Willis, boot importers
1906 - 1907 Cash Trading Co. (J. E. Whitehead, manager), storekeepers
1906 - 1908 Fremantle Gas & Coke Co. Limited & R. S. Newbold, manager Harold H. Wilkinson, secretary
1907 Clegg, J A, signwriter & Gilleland, Edward, estate agent
1910 - 1923 Wigg & Son. Ltd. E. S. stationers
(1911 W. H. Nicoll, manager), (1912 - 1915 David Calvin, manager), (1916 - 1923 William J Payne, manager)
1911 - 1912 Wilkinson, J S, tailor- sold to
1913 - 1927 Purser & Bousfield, tailors
1924 - 1925 Payne, W J, stationer
1926 - 1929 Payne, Mrs A M, stationer
1928 - 1949 COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA
(1928 - 1934 N C Russell, manager), (1934 - 1945 J H S McCallum, manager), (1946 - 1949 A J Mettan, manager)
1929 Bell, D, watchmaker
1977 Hospital Benefit Fund
From c 2002 to c2006 it was Indigenart - run by Mossenson Gallery.
2013-2015 it was the site of the New Edition Bookclub and café. (currently cnr High and Henry sts)
Commercial Hotel
80 High Street (pre 1938 - 96/98 High Street) Commercial Hotel (lots 411 and 406)
The current Commercial Hotel designed by John McNeece and built in 1908 by Bradley and Rudderham. It originally had three storey verandahs (see photo), stables and a coach houses at the rear. The three storey tuck pointed brick building has distinctive rendered banding on the columns and pilasters. The name 'Commercial Hotel' is raised in stucco on the high central decorative pediment.
It was built on the site of an earlier hotel - known as the Albert Hotel, owned by Captain George ‘John’ Thomas 1855- 1878. (reference) John Thomas used to trade with Batavia, Singapore and Mauritious in the 100 ton Empress and after his retirement ’taught most of the old-time coasting skippers all they knew of the art of navigation’ (reference)
It then became the Exchange Hotel from c1878 to 1885, under George A. Seubert - appealing to country travellers (reference). The Exchange was taken over by A. W. Armstrong in 1885 and renamed the Commercial Hotel in 1886 (reference). It was briefly owned by Farmer and Imray who owned the Hairdressing sallon opposite from 1888-1891 (reference).
1891 Mr. F. Imray, at one time landlord of the Commercial Hotel, Fremantle, has fled his schedule. The liabilities are estimated at £2,100. (reference)
1897 The Commercial Hotel, High-street, Fremantle, is presided over by Mr. Daniel Mulcahy, and has recently undergone extensive alterations and repairs and is as famous as ever for the quality of the "medicines" dispensed in that famous old hostelry. (reference)
1904 Mulcahy retires and Mr. G. Auburn and Mr. Harry Owen become proprietors with Mr. Alexander Purcell as manager. (reference) (reference)
1905 - 1912 Commercial Hotel now under new management of Thomas. J. Humphries. (reference)
1912 Commercial Hotel taken over by Mr W. W. Smith. (reference)
1925 Commercial Hotel- J. Noonan proprietor. (reference)
1926 Commercial Hotel now under new management of E. L. Ivins. (reference)
Castlemaine Brewery Co purchased the hotel c1920; later bought out by the Swan Brewery c1930. Repairs and renovations were carried out in 1941 (Allen & Nicholas Architects), 1963-64, 1985 (James Christou Architect) and in 1994 by MRSA, Miller & Assoc.
OCCUPANTS
Lot 406 & 411 owners: 1829 - 1837 (406) Houghton & Yule, Lewis, (411) Gregson, Maria,
1855 - 1877 John Thomas, Albert Hotel
1877-1888 George Albert Seubert Exchange Hotel
A. W. Armstrong in 1885
1899 - 1949 COMMERCIAL HOTEL
1899 - 1904 Mulcahy Daniel, owner
1905 Purcell, Alexander, Manager
1906 - 1913 Humphries, Thomas J,
1914 - 1919 William W. Smith
1920 R, Barnhart, 1921 Joe Strong,
1922 - 1926 James Noonan,
1927 E H L Ivins,
1928 - 1934 John Stack, licensee
1934 - 1935 Edward Stack, licensee,
1935 - 1938 K D Heenan, licensee,
1938 - 1949 D J Coffey, licensee
Other Occupants
1899 - 1902 Clark & Co. (J. McHenry), drapers, tailors
1900 - 1902 Every George, tobacconist
1907 - 1908 Clegg, J A, signwriter
1914 Kipping Arthur E. tobacconist
1915 - 1916 Morrison, Con, tobacconist
1917 Miragliotta, Con, tobacconist
1918 - 1921 Harper, William, tobacconist
1922 - 1923 Clements, John tobacconist
c 2002 Sun Dancer Resort backpackers' accommodation
Pearse's Chambers
OCCUPANTS
Lot 423 owners: 1829 - 1837 Helms, Sarah M, 1855 - 1856 Lawrance, J W, 1857 - 1878 Pearse, W S
1899 - 1906 COMMERCIAL CHAMBERS
(1899 - 1906 Day, H R, dentist), (1899 - 1902 Diamond, Miss, dressmaker), (1899 Newton, Joseph W, estate agent & Hart Alfred, J, accountant & Thorn, William J, architect & Allan A. Morrison, estate agent & Oury Georges, indentor & McDougal, Thomas D, barrister & solicitor), (1900 Barnett, D, registry office), (1900 - 1901 Woods & Hudson, sail & tent makers), (1902 Tobin, Thomas J, solicitor & Hudson, F, sailmaker & rigger)
1907 Watson, James, plumber
1910 - 1913 PEARSE’S CHAMBERS
(1910 - 1912 Carpenter, William H, estate agent), (1911 - 1913 Clegg, John A, signwriter & Victoria Insurance Co. Ltd. (1913 F.J. McLaren, agent)), (1910 - 1913 Fremantle Starr-Bowkett Society (No. 1)(1910 - 1912 W. H. Carpenter, secretary; 1913 Frederick J. McLaren, secretary) & Fremantle Dairymen's Association, Albert E. Pady, secretary), (1913 McLaren, Frederick J, J.P. estate agent & Fremantle Dist. Trades Association, F J McLaren, secretary & Fremantle Farriers' Association)
1914 - 1915 Vacant
1916 Lord Kitchener, Mfg Co Ld. & Watson, William H
1916 - 1918 McLaren, F J, auctioneer & estate agent
1917 - 1919 Rees, J M, cigarette manufacturer
1920 Stewart, Alexander J, signwriter
1921 - 1922 Stewart & Owen, signwriters
1921 Lane, James
1921 - 1927 James, William
1923 Owen, Oswald, sign writer
1924 - 1926 Rich Sign Co.
1924 - 1935 Brooker, H W, sign writer
1928 - 1932 Truscott, Miss
1933 - 1934 Healey, Sydney
1933 - 1939 Mayne, Miss Florence
1933 - 1940 Needham, George
1933 - 1944 Pick, Mrs M
1940 - 1941 Giliam, J & Phillips, Miss
1941 - 1942 Caird, John
1945 - 1946 Lee, Mrs Madge
1947 - 1949 Pick, Mrs Madge
FREMANTLE BUFFALO CLUB
54-58 High Street, Madrid Restaurant, Fremantle Buffalo Club (was 68-72 pre 1938)
A two storey rendered building comprising of two structures. The largest and main building has an ashlar effect rendered brick balustrade veranda on the first floor; the ground floor has three entrances and two windows. The east side building joining and similar to 60 High Street, has a decorative parapet and slightly arched sash windows.
The original building was built c 1897. In May 1896 proprietors of the Perth restaurant of the same name (John Homs and Spaniard, Gervasio Vidal) opened a branch of the Madrid Restaurant in what was known as Marmion’s Building, 68 High St. (reference) Events like auctions, land sales, stock exchange meetings and meetings of the ANA and others were soon popular at the Madrid. (reference)
1897 Last night a largely attended meeting of fishermen and others interested in the fishing industry was held in the Madrid Restaurant, Fremantle... (reference)
At some point in 1898, with his brother Antonio, Spanish Catalan immigrant Francisco ‘Francis’ Andinach (1871-1918) took over the Madrid Restaurant in High St, where they also ran a fruit shop. On 4 Dec 1899, both a Colonial Wine and Eating and a Boarding House Licence were issued to the Andinach Brothers. (reference) The dining room could seat 100 people and the 55 rooms above were run as boarding rooms for bachelors. (reference)
With this security, In 1900, Francis travelleled back to Spain to marry his cousin Josefina ‘Josefa’ Duran (1880-1972) and she travelled back to join him in working in the Madrid hotel, where she also bore 11 children (4 stillborn). Read more of her story in the Notable and Notorious section.
1906 it was said of the Madrid Restaurant: “the interior of the premises have been rebuilt, and a large number of single and double bedrooms have been added. Now, with the completion of the new frontage balcony, it can be claimed that this is the principal restaurant of Fremantle. Messrs Andinach Bros, are awaiting the completion of the electric light scheme to provide the dining-room with electric fans, which are so much needed in the summer heat.” (reference)
1910 A stranger was found dead at the Madrid Restaurant. (reference)
In 1918 Francis died in suspicious circumstances at the Claremont Hospital for the Insane (resulting in a Royal Commission (reference) and Josefa was left widowed with seven children. She continued to manage the Madrid Cafe for another 20 years, until 1939, when it became the Buffalo Club (now number 54 High St).
The Fremantle Buffalo Club comprises of cellar plus ground and upper levels. The current façade dates from 1938 and alterations were carried out by Allen & Nicholas in 1941. There were further alterations in 1986 by Michael Broderick & Partners, including demolition of the limestone wall between the original club and a shop at No. 60.
OCCUPANTS
Lot 104 & 105 owners: 1829 - 1837 Johnston, G F, 1855 - 1859 Helpman, 1876 - 1878 Marmion, W E
No. 52 (number removed)
1897 - 1898 Stephens & Steer
1899 Giralt & Costa, restaurant
1900 - 1902 Black, George, fruiterer
1903 - 1905 Andinach F. A. & A. A. fruiterers
1903 - 1920 Andinach Bros, Madrid restaurant
1918 Matthew, Mrs Anidia, second hand shop
1919 Abbott, Harold, house & Iand agent
1920 Richardson, Albert W, house & Industrial agent
1921 - 1923 Richardson & Meters, auction, Industral & estate agents
1924 - 1925 Watson, Robert, land & estate agent
1926 Spanney's music wharehouse
1927 - 1929 Ward, J D, piano tuner
1930 - 1941 Frankina, S, Bootmaker
1941 - 1942 Vacant
1942 - 1946 Davey James, hairdresser
1947 - 1949 Hawkins, Leslie, hairdresser
No. 54(68-70)
1897 - 1898 Vidal, G, Madrid restaurant
1901 - 1902 Andinach & Costa, restaurant
1903 - 1905 Andinach F. A. & A. A. fruiterers
1903 - 1920 Andinach Bros, Madrid restaurant
1921 - 1939 Andinach, Mrs J, Madrid Restaurant
1939 - 2022 Fremantle Buffalo Club Limited, club
No. 56(70)
1898 London & American Supply Store (Canbor & Co.), mercers
1899 - 1900 Ricketts James, manufacturing confectioner
1905 Brown, Mrs C, milliner
1906 Miller, Leon, optician
1907 - 1912 Littleton, Miss E, furrier
1913 - 1920 Andinach Bros, Madrid restaurant
1921 - 1924 Fremantle Labour Bureau
(1921 Barrington, Percy R), (1922 Royer, W L), (1923 Phillips, Terrell, Wilfred), (1924 Phillips, Alexander)
1926 - 1942 Davey, James, hairdresser
1926 - 1927 Parsons, Beaty, tobacconist
1942 - 1949 Fremantle Buffalo Club Limited, club
Brockman Building
48 -50 High Street (pre 1938 - 64-66 High Street)
A two storey building with painted brick to sill height and roughcast render above on the first floor. The parapet features two prominent pediments; three engaged tall columns on the first floor also separate the building into two shops. The first floor double sash windows with fanlights are large and decorative.
In 1880 this block had a dwelling, stable, warehouse and shop located on it and was owned by Edward Brockman (until the early 1900s). It was occupied by a butcher- Henry Albert.
From 1905 until the early 1940s the building was owned by Hugh Spencer Brockman and William Locke Brockman. In 1945/46 the building was owned by Edward John Brockman and William Locke Brockman. Ownership changed again in 1951/52 to Nicholas March.
1909 Job Selwood, father-in-law of the deceased, stated that on the evening of the accident he went out driving. Deceased was one of the occupants of the vehicle. As they were proceeding along the Point Walter road the horse "shied" and ran at a smart pace. The trap swerved on the side of the road, with the result that deceased was thrown on to the ground. Witness was not sure, but he thought the wheel of the cart passed over deceased… (reference)
1928 Club "Giovane Italia" 25 Bannister-street, Fremantle was incorporated. Salvatore Reale was on the inaugral committee along with Cono Maragliotta, President; Sebastiano Iannnello, Vice-President; Biagio Seminara, Treasurer; and Pietro Travia, Calogero Travia, Salvatore Iannello, Salvatore Paino, Martino Vitali, Umberto Martello… (reference)
OCCUPANTS
Lot 61 owners: 1855 -1859 Hamersley, 1876 - 1877 Brockman, H, 1878 - 1879 Brockman, E
1899 - 1900 Breckler Brothers, bootmaker
1901 McMaster, A, tobacconist
1902 - 1909 Slater, George, tobacconist
1904 - 1907 Horn, C W, watchmaker and jeweller
1908 - 1909 Selwood, Job, watchmaker
1911 Matthews, E W, dealer, hairdresser
1914 - 1916 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & INDUSTRIES STATE BUTCHERY
(1914 - 1915 A D Cairns, controller abattoirs), (1916 H J Le Steere, general manager)
1917 - 1918 Vacant
1919 - 1920 Magriplis, Anthony, fruiterer
1921 - 1946 Reale, Salvatore, fruiterer- Empire Fruit Palace
1947 - 1949 Estamoff, Ivan, fruiterer, Jeanette Fruit Palace.
1951/52 Frank Walter Major tenant.
2021- currently occupied by Bill Campbell Secondhand Books and an 'adult' store.
Orient Hotel
39 High Street (pre 1938 - 51-55 High Street)
The site of the Orient Hotel, 39 High Street Fremantle has been in continuous use as a hotel since c 1848.
In 1885 Adam Armstrong became licensee of the Club Hotel at the corner of 39 High Street and Henry Street. After 8 years he went bankrupt with unsettled debts associated with the Club Hotel in 1893. (reference).
May 1888 The Club Hotel, heretofore known as the "EMERALD ISLE," Fremantle. Thomas Wand, Late Secretary to the Fremantle Club, Proprietor, The Celebrated Club ‘Lunch’, From 12 o'clock till 2 o'clock Daily… (reference)
From 1899 - 1902 was Thomas O'Beirne’s Club Hotel
This current three-storey building was designed by architect Michael Cavanagh and constructed c. 1902-03 in the Federation Academic Classical style. It addresses the south western corner of both High and Henry Streets.
It is important for its association with Patrick, Charlotte and the Hon W.E. Marmion who were associated with the earlier hotels on the site, the Parry family who owned Orient Hotel for 48 years, and as the long time residence of Mayoress Lady and Sir Frank Gibson, of Foy and Gibson.
The facades consist of a central section containing arcades of three arches on the ground and first floor levels and give arched openings with supporting Corinthian pilasters at the second floor level. The central sections are protected by verandahs at the ground and first floor levels. The verandahs are bullnose corrugated iron roofed with lace balustrades at the first floor level and have circular posts with brackets at the verandah beams. The ground floor wall surfaces are articulated with bold string courses, the first floor with finer string courses and the upper floor wall surfaces are plain but for horizontal indentations in cement rendered quoins at the projecting corners of the end bays. The two facades meeting at the street corner are hinged together by a quarter circle containing a door on the ground floor level and windows to the upper levels facing diagonally out across the street intersection.
1902 Article about the opening of the Orient Hotel:
To celebrate the opening of the Hotel Orient, a magnificently-appointed hostelry, which has been erected on the site of the old Club Hotel, at the corner of High and Henry streets, Fremantle, a complimentary banquet was last night tendered to a number of leading citizens by the proprietor (Mr. T. O'Beirne), and the lessee (Mr. Karl Fink)… (reference)
1902 Description of the hotel:
There are thirty of these fine sleeping apartments, eight of which have double accommodation. Each floor contains sitting and drawing rooms conveniently placed…Each flat is provided with numerous bathrooms and sanitary conveniences on the most up-to date principle…Another great feature which will be appreciated, is the conservation of rain water, which has been made possible by the utilisation of the roofing space of the hotel. A supply of 16,000 gallons of pure water is therefore assured. Electric lights in tasteful colours and electric bells are fitted through-out the building. (reference)
OCCUPANTS
Lot 62 & 63 owners: 1829 - 1837 Chidlow, Henry, 1855 - 1859 (62)Marmion P (63)Woodward, Sarah, 1876 - 1879 Marmion, William E
1885 -1893 Adam Armstrong became licensee of the Club Hotel. (reference).
1899 - 1901 O'Beirne, Thomas, Club Hotel
1902 Bunyard, A, Club Hotel
1903 - 1949 HOTEL ORIENT
(1903 - 1906 Fink, Karl), (1907 - 1911 O'Beirne, Thomas), (1912 Mrs. M. A. O'beirne), (1913 - 1923 Joseph Monaghan), (1924 - 1927 M C Parry), (1928 - 1931 H E Parry, licensee), (1932 - 1938 M C Parry), (1938 - 1940 J S Kerbey), (1940 - 1943 P H Kerr), (1944 - 1945 G S Parry), (1946 - 1947 P H Kerr), (1949 Mrs M Parry)
Baird's Building/Athena Lodge
33-37 High Street (pre 1938 - 45/49 High Street)- Athena Lodge / Baird’s Building / Continental Cafe
This building, 33-37 High Street was designed by Cavanagh and Cavanagh and built by R. Rennie c1901. As Athena Lodge, alterations were carried out in 1969. In 1975 the building, then offices, was upgraded further.
1904 The mutoscope starts its season at the Baird's Building, Fremantle. The Mutoscope depicts the latest pictures of the latest events direct from tbe Crystal Palace, London, and should enjoy a successful season in Fremantle. (reference)
1905 Miss E. Fell, proprietress of the Fremantle tea-rooms, although of homely pretension, strikes the human heart to the core with her never-to-be-forgotten afternoon tea in a manner which ought to speedily ensure her unbounded success. Miss Fell has learnt the truth of the old saying: "The nearest way to a man's heart is through his stomach." All, girls! How sadly we must repent our neglected cookery. Although Miss Fell deals only in the homely tea biz., she works proficiently, and never fai's to warm the heart of both man and maid. Don't forget the Maori' and tea-shop, boys! Miss Fell promises a cockle for every heart. Every Johnny likes his cup of tea as well as the thirsty maid. (reference)
1906 Mr. W. G. Tawnley has opened an office in Baird's Building, Fremantle, as accountant, share broker, and general commission agent. (reference)
1907 At an early hour to-day, the constable on duty in High-street discovered that the premises in that thoroughfare, occupied by Miss E. Fell, and known as the Fremantle Tea Rooms, had been entered during the night…When the proprietress arrived at the shop, it was found that various portions of the stock, comprising sweetmeats and cakes, had been abstracted… (reference)
1910 ‘Casey,' the wonderful chimpanzee at Fremantle. Fremantle residents are to have the opportunity of seeing 'Casey' at a specially-fitted up parlor at 45 High street… The Chimpanzee's close resemblance to man attracts all those with a sneaking belief in the Darwinian theory, whilst the entertaining lecturettes of Mr. Ellis Joseph, 'Casey's' capturer and owner, are educative and attractive. (reference)
Margaret Bale as ‘Martin Able’ start his own business- an ‘art studio’, renting a shop at 45 High Street (now 33 High St), between the Orient and P&0 Hotels.
“I said to myself there are, apparently artists in Fremantle. Martin Able will become an artist. My first step was to order from the firm Sands and McDougall some six pounds' worth of postcards to my own design. A very disastrous step it proved, too as I waited in vain for my cards.”
Martin became friends with local artist and illustrator Hal Warwick, and started to produce hand-painted postcards under the name ‘Val Able’…
1918 WANTED, Housemaid and Waitresses, must be experienced. Cafe Continental, High st., Fremantle (reference)
1922 Body Found in the River- The remains were identified as those of lumper Charles Fredrickson, aged about 50 years. He had been residing at the Continental Cafe in High-street. When the body was found by the police the hands and feet were discovered to be tied together by a piece of a clothes lines, also a canvas bag with stones in it was tied to the neck. (reference)
1923 Elvio Baldrati a resident at the Continental Cafe was charged with the shooting murder of a 16 year old girl. He was sentenced to death. (reference) (reference)
1943 Norwegian seaman Reader Wedeld, celebrating his arrival in Fremantle after a long sea trip, bought drinks for a stranger, took a room at the same place as him. Later, Wedeld claimed in the Criminal Court today, this man and another beat him up, stole £15 from his pocket. The men he identified as William Charles Phease and Thomas Ingvardsen. He met Phease at His Majesty's Hotel, Fremantle, bought drinks for him, and later accompanied him to the Continental Cafe, where Phease lived, and took a room for the night… (reference)
OCCUPANTS
Lot 62- 63 owners: 1829 - 1837 Chidlow, Henry, 1855 - 1859 (62)Marmion, P (63)Woodward, Sarah, 1876 - 1879 Marmion, W E
No. 33 (45)
1905 O'Brien, Con, bootmaker
1906 - 1907 Forsyth, D S, bootmaker
1910- Martin Able ( artist) see Margaret Bale/Martin Able
1912 - 1915 Sales, Frederick C, bootmaker
1919 - 1921 McLeish & Cook, wicker workers
1922 - 1923 Cook, Henry, wicker worker
1924 Cook, George
1925 - 1932 Copperwaite, C H, bootmaker
1933 - 1934 Dines, W W, boatbuilder & rigor
1934 - 1935 Vacant
1935 - 1936 Radical Book Shop
1936 - 1943 Vacant
1944 - 1945 Neptune Mending Club
1947 - 1949 Dixon Norm J, printer
No. 35
1905 - 1912 BAIRDS BUILDINGS
1905 Lovegrove William, solicitor
1905 - 1906 Melrose A, art studio
1907 Cambie Edward, photographer (died 1947), McNeece J, architect, Korten Miss, ladies' hairdresser
1907 - 1911 Melville Roads Board Office, (Percy Cram, secretary),
1910 Morris David L. photographer,
1912 Reynolds P. estate agent
1946 Smart, Mrs L E, cafe
1947 (re-building)
1949
Mould, Miss I, dressmaker, Bromilow, T, watchmaker, Butt, P T, tailor, Faber, Johann, importer & exporter
No. 37 (49)
1900 Flanders, Robert, tailor
1902 - 1903 Reynolds, A, dealer
1905 - 1908 Fell, Miss E, refreshment rooms, Fremantle Tea Rooms
1906 - 1908 COMMERCIAL TAILORING CO.
(1906 - 1907 Harold Redcliffe, manager), (1908 W E Marseden, manager)
1909 Leithhead, Alexander, refreshment rooms
1910 - 1911 Boon William, refreshment rooms
1912 - 1945 Boleda & Co. J. Cafe Continental (1912 - 1914 Boleda, John)
1946 Smart, Mrs L E, cafe
1949 F & J Delicatessen, small goods dealer
FOTHERGILLS BUILDING, Adelec Buildings
26 - 36 High Street (pre 1938 - 44/54 High Street) originally Black Swan House
Fothergill's Building, 32 High Street, also known as the Adelec Buildings, 28-36 High Street was designed by Architect: F.W. Burwell and built by J McCracken c. 1906.
It is a two storey corner building designed in the Federation Free Classical style. The walls are rendered and have ashlar effect, engaged with pilasters with decorative capitols. The ground floor has a truncation across the corner and has ashlar effect pilasters separating each shop. The first floor has decorative engaged pilasters aside pairs of arched stucco with keystone above the semi circular fanlight with a pair timber casement windows below. The name ‘Adelec Buildings’ appears in the parapet.
The property was originally owned by Capt. Edward Henry Fothergill, merchant and mariner. E H Fothergill was Mayor from 1909 to 1910 and Councillor from 1920 to 1923. His father ran the Cleopatra Hotel and E H Fothergill lived at 8 Hampton Road. The trustees of his estate undertook the construction of the building known as the Fothergill Building.
Before there was the Fothergill Building there was the Black Swan House started by W. F. Williams, a tailor and ‘outfitter’ in 1892 (reference):
1894 Attention is called to the advertisement of Mr. W. F. Williams, Black Swan House, Fremantle, from which it will be seen that in addition to the usually large and varied stock of tailoring and general outfitting goods, just arrived for the winter season, Mr. Williams has also added to his stock all kinds of miners requisites, including tents, rugs, blankets, flys, water bags, belts, straps, sheath knives, etc. (reference)
1895 That extensive establishment, the Black Swan House, conducted by Mr. W. F. Williams, is among the more largely patronised houses at the port. Gentleman, or working man, artisan or clerk, will find all his requirements for an outfit of any description or dimensions at a remarkably cheap rate. (reference) See Ad for Batger & Daddo (tailors) who bought the business in 1898 and Kelly & Co (boots) in 1899.
Dixon Hearder (born South Wales 1879) arrived in WA in 1894 and in 1901 was called to the WA Bar. He opened a practice in High Street, Fremantle in 1902, received a commission in the Fremantle Artillery and in January 1905 was gazetted Captain and obtained command of the Corps which he retained until 1908. In civic life he represented the East Ward in the East Fremantle municipality. In 1908 he married Dorothy Booth. He had an office from 1911-1913 in this building (no 34). He served in 1915.
1915 LADIES' TOILET SALOON, Mrs. K. Taylor advertises in our miscellaneous columns that she has just returned from Sydney and Melbourne, and has opened up toilet rooms at No. 5O High-street, Fremantle (opposite Hotel Orient). All the latest and most up-to-date methods of face and scalp massage and hairdressing; also, manicure, pedicure, chiropody, etc. Mrs Taylor also advertises that children's hair is carefully attended to, and that hair combings are made up in any style. (reference)
1926 And still another proud Chev. owner is Mrs. Kay Taylor, of High-street, who would be lost without her weekend run to the hills. (reference)
1926 Mrs. Kay Taylor is being rushed with applicants for permanent waving. The wet weather is taking the curl out of the shingles, so something has to be done. The wave is lovely, and washing it as often as you like, makes not the slightest difference. (reference)
1926 Complaints were made about Mrs Taylors training of girls who paid for tuition at the Toilet Saloon:
Our information is to the effect that the course of tuition given by Kay Taylor is totally inadequate for this purpose, and mothers have found out to their regret, that they have expended their money to no good purpose and the girls have, practically wasted several months of their time… (reference)
1927 Snaden's Pianos Limited- We have pleasure in announcing the opening of a branch of our Business at 48 High-st, (Central), Fremantle -Where we have full stocks of Pianos, Players, Phonographs, Player Rolls etc. Our local manager (Mr. R. Horner) will at all times, be pleased to attend to the requirements of clients… (reference)
OCCUPANTS
Lot 61 owners: 1829 - 1837 Dod, P H, 1855 - 1879 Francisco, Alex
No. 26 (was 44 pre 1938)
1908 "Sunday Times" (office)
1909 Westralian Union Flour Milling Co. Ld. (show rooms)
1911 - 1916 Higham, J J & F G, estate agents (1911 Higham, J J)
1915 - 1916 Scottish Union & Nat. M. Co
1917 Vacant
1918 - 1919 10th Light Horse Comforts Fund (1918 Depot)
1920 - 1921 Bolton, Jackson, independent & estate agent (1920 Bolton, Harry E) W A Insurance Co Ltd (Bolton & Jackson, agents)
1921 - 1925 Beach, Hicks, Ltd, exporters & importers
1926 Vacant
1927 - 1932 Greco, N, tailor
1933 - 1934 Lewis F & J, refreshment rooms
1932 - 1935 Dando I V, refreshment rooms
1935 - 1937 Gibson F, refreshment rooms
1937 - 1938 Foley D H, com. agent
1938 - 1945 Harrison W, com. agent
1946 - 1949 Bill's com agents
2020 Breglia’s Piccolo Lunch Bar
No. 28 (was 46 pre 1938)
1913 - 1916 "Daily News" (E H Brewer, rep)
1917 - 1919 Vacant
1920 - 1934 Steel, Syd, tobacconist & hairdresser
1934 - 1939 Ireland Mrs Annie, tobacconist & hairdresser
1939 - 1941 Ireland Phillip, tobacconist & hairdresser
1941 - 1942 Vacant
1942 - 1949 United Electric Co Ltd, electrical appliances-retail
No. 30 (was 48 pre 1938)
1909 - 1912 "Daily News" (office) (1912 E H Brewer, rep)
1913 - 1914 Rainsford, B, watchmaker
1914 Rainsford, H C
1915 - 1916 Dickinson, A E, watchmaker
1917 - 1919 Vacant
1920 - 1922 Cryer, William F, furniture dealer
1923 George, Bertram, Vita Studio
1924 - 1926 Smith & Co, W furniture dealers
1927 Kakuller, A, fruiterer
1927 - 1944 Snaden's Pianos Ltd, piano dealers
1945 - 1946 Brown Miss Shirley, dancing teacher
1947 - 1949 Beryl-Anne, florists
No. 32 (was 50 pre 1938)
1908 - 1909 Graham J H, tent & tarpaulin maker
1912 Rainsford B, watchmaker
1912 - 1913 Rainsford H C
1914 Harris W H, poultry supplies
1915 Frederick J. sailmaker
1916 - 1921 Taylor, Mrs K, ladies' toilet saloon/beautician
1922 Philip & Slocock, toilet rooms
1923 - 1927 Taylor, Mrs Kay, toilet rooms
1928 Levings, Mrs J, toilet rooms
1929 - 1938 Morris, Miss E, toilet saloon
1938 - 1940 Vacant
1940 - 1943 Four Square Gospel Mission
1944 - 1946 Vacant
1947 - 1949 Roberts W J, taxation consultant
1985 Peppy’s Tea and Coffee, S.C.F opportunity shop
No. 34 (was 52 pre 1938)
1897 Day James, hairdresser & tobacconist
1898 Batger W, civil & military tailor
1899 - 1902 Batger & Maddison, tailors (1899 Batger & Daddo)
1905 Sumpton, W J, fruiterer
1909 Macrorie, Mrs E, costumiere
1911 - 1912 Hearder, Dixon, solicitor represented May Ahearn of the Black Angels fame in 1912
1913 King's Music Depot, James, J, propr. King's
1914 Michaels, Michael, tailor
1916 McCaw, Mrs S G, tea rooms
1919 WA Association of Soldiers and Sailors' Relatives (head office; A E Pady, general secretary)
1921 - 1922 Cryer, Wm F, furniture dealer
1923 - 1924 Vacant
1925 - 1926 Carpenter & Cooper, grocers
1927 - 1929 Smith & Co. W, house furnishers
1930 - 1932 Cowell, Alfred, confectionary and cool drinks
1933 - 1940 Vacant
1940 - 1943 Yellow Carrying & Parcel Express Co, forwarding agents
1944 - 1946 Sweeney Noel, haulage contractor
1947 - 1949 Johnson & Collins, customs agents
No. 36 (was 54 pre 1938)
1893 - 1898 Williams, W F, tailor, hatter & hosier & miners' outfitter -Possibly the Black Swan House
1898 Batger and Daddo, Black Swan House
1901 - 1904 Shrimski, Mark, clothier
1905 Samuels Morris, pawnbroker
1909 - 1917 Fitzgerald, Mrs S E, registration office
1910 - 1917 Macrorie, Mrs E, costumiere
1918 Jackson, Harry, drill room
1919 - 1925 Thompson Co Ltd, J A (E Randell, manager), sewing machine agency
1926 Fothergill & Co Ltd, agents for Buick cars
1927 - 1929 Smith & Co. W, house furnishers
1930 - 1932 Cowell, Alfred, confectionary and cool drinks
1935 - 1943 Yellow Carrying & Parcel Express Co, forwarding agents
1944 - 1949 Sweeney Noel, haulage contractor
A Heritage Assessment was prepared in July 2010 by the City of Fremantle for a DA submission to Council for replacing the existing awning with a verandah and for the building to be known again as the ‘Fothergill Building’. The name was changed accordingly from Adelec Buildings back to Fothergill's Building in the MHI database in 2010.
Commercial Bank (fmr)
20 High Street (pre 1938 - 34 High Street) Bank of Australasia (former) / Dept. of Health Building
1905 FREMANTLE SCHOOL of SHORTHAND and TYPEWRITING, Commercial Bank Chambers, corner of High and Mouat st., Fremantle. Day and Evening Classes to suit Pupils. Empire Type Writing Company. (reference)
1930 W. H. Burford and Sons, Ltd., which claims to be the oldest soap manufacturing firm in Western Australia, has factories at Rocky Bay, North Fremantle, and Kalgoorlie…The main line manufactured by the firm is Signal Soap… Burford's Prize No. 1 is well-known as a high-grade soap, and the firm's Snow White Naptha soap… Other lines made are Exhibition candles, Nurses' cornflour, Bairns flaked rice, Roylat linoleum polish, Snowflakes, Excelsior blacklead, Sky washing blue, Epsom salts, shaving soap and cream... In the past year, the firm has acquired larger and more modern offices at the corner of High and Mouatt streets. Fremantle. (reference)
1931 Mr. W. S. Evans, manager for Messrs. Burford and Sons, in course of conversation during the week revealed that Burford's soaps have been manufactured in Western Australia for over 34 years… (reference)
1932 Every month somebody must win £25 in the Signal Soap limerick competition. On Page 13 of this issue our readers will find an unfinished limerick to which a last line is to be added. Competitors may send in as many entries as they wish, but each one must be accompanied by two Signal Soap inside wrappers from the carton… Entries are to be sent to 'Limerick Competition,' W. H. Burford and Sons Ltd.. Box 131, G.P.O., Fremantle. Burfords’ competitions last year were such an oustanding success that the new limerick contests, which are entirely one of skill, are also creating tremendous interest. (reference)
1938 DALGETY and COMPANY, LTD.. William-st. Perth; also High-st Fremantle- ABERDEEN and COMMONWEALTH LINE. (reference)
OCCUPANTS
Lot 30 owners: 1829 - 1859 Bannister, T, 1876 - 1878 Habgood, R
1902 - 1925 COMMERCIAL BANK OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED
(1902 D. G. Shannon, manager), (1903 - 1906 E. P. Yaldwin, manager), (1907 - 1917 H. F. Palmer, manager), (1918 - 1925 A E Fountain, manager)
1926 - 1927 Vacant
1928 - 1929 West Australian Trustee Executive & Agency Co, Limited
1930 - 1932 (no 34) Burford, W H & Sons Limited, soap and candle manufacturers (W S Evans, manager)
1933 - 1938 Vacant
1938 - 1949
Dalgety & Co Limited, merchants shipping (& stock & station agents, auctioneers, & wool brokers): Shipping Lines:
Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line Limited, shipping co
Cunard-White Star Limited, shipping co
Ocean Steamship Co Limited, shipping co
Shaw Savill & Albion Co Limited, shipping co
Messageries Maritimes, shipping co
Huddart Parker & Co Pty Limited, shipping co
Oceanic Steam Ship Co (Matson Line), shipping
Cossack Lightering & Traders Pty Ltd, lightermen
Pickfords Travel Service, tourist agents
1950s APT Shipping Co. Importers/Exporters
Bank of Australasia (fmr), Dept. of Health Building
18 High Street (pre 1938 - 32 High Street) Bank of Australasia (former) / Dept. of Health Building
1901, 18 High Street, Wilkinson and Smith, architects, possibly designed by W.J. Waldie Forbes.
1913 The NATIONIAL BANK IMPROVEMENTS AT FREMANTLE. So greatly has business increased with the National Bank of Australasia at the Fremantle branch, that it has been found necessary to add many improvements to the premises now occupied In High-street. In order to carry these out, it will be necessary to remove to new quarters, and these have been secured in Dalgety's Bulldlng In High street. When the present quarters are reconstructed, the offices will be greatly enlarged, an extra space of nearly 11 ' feet over the whole width of the buildIng (being attained by the removal of the back wall). This will provide ample room for bringing forward the fittings and for the erection of two letter boxes in place of one. It will also give space for the enlargement of the general counter. The strong room will, also be removed, so that it will open into the manager's room, thereby proving more convenient for general purposes. The dwelling-house is also to be reconstructed, so that it will In future be less cramped, and much more convenient of access. The contract, which will be carried out by. Mr. F, W. Spence, of East Fremantle, has been let at a price of £1,246, and it is estimated will take about eleven weeks to complete. (reference)
OCCUPANTS
Lot 30 owners: 1829 - 1859 Bannister, T, 1876 - 1878 Habgood, R
1901 - 1939 BANK OF AUSTRALASIA
Managers: 1901 - 1905 A.A. Hall, 1906 - 1924 J D Morrison, 1925 - 1937 D F Garvey, 1937 - 1939 Athol Norrie.
1939 - 1940 Vacant
1940 - 1949 Commonwealth Marine Branch, Lighthouse & Navigation Service
2021 Leeuwin Estate
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.
Craig's Building
10 High St (was 24 pre 1939)
1928 - 1949 was known as CRAIG'S Buildings
A three storey rendered building with basement below street level. The basement and ground floors are recessed behind a pilaster façade with stucco brackets and the parapet has a highly decorative stucco pediment. The main entrance door and casement windows are arched with timber mullions. The first floor windows have decorative stucco effects.
Designed by E. H. Dean Smith c. 1989, alongside the Tannat Building at No. 8. The building has two storeys and a cellar on a very narrow frontage. It was built for Francis ‘Frank’ Craig, (1852-1930) who made his money from the Goldfields and in 1898 was Chairman of WA Tattersall’s Club.
1901 James Liliy and Co. begs to intimate that he REMOVED to more Central and Commodious Offices in Craig's New Buildings, in High-street, where he intends carrying on his old-established business under the style of G.F. Gallop and Co. (reference)
1903 J de la B. WHITLOCK, ACCOUNTANT, and General Commission Agent, Craig's Buildings, 24 High St, Fremantle. (reference)
1903 I, ERNEST WILLIAM ROSMAN, business manager, now residing at High street, in the town of Fremaiitle, do hereby give notice that it is my intention to- apply at the next Licensing Meeting to be holden for this district for a Spirit Merchant's Licence in the rooms which I now occupy, situated at Craig's Buildings, High-street, Fremantle. W.E. ROSMAN., G. F. Boultbee, High-street Fremantle, Solicitor for the Applicant (reference)
1918 Miss Powers, costumiere, late of 24 High-street, who Is now In business in Greenbushes, wishes to thank her many customers for their kind patronage during her sojourn in Fremantle. (reference)
The place was known as the Cellars Restaurant in the 1980s.
In 2022 this building was renovated. It had been the last building in High St which still carried the yellow paint that had been applied to many buildings down High St to create the Arcs d'Ellipses installation, put up in October 2017 by Swiss artist Felice Varini as part of the High Tide Biennale.
OCCUPANTS
Lot 18 owners: 1829 - 1837 Lamb, William, 1855 - 1878 Brown, R M B, 1879 Moore, W D
1900 - 1902 Merchant's Assoc. of W.A. (registration office)
1900 - 1903 Barker & Boultbee, solicitors
Vincent, Mrs. M A, luncheon rooms
1900 - 1904 Gallop & Co. G.F. shipping agents
1903 - 1904 McHenry, Clark J, agent
1904 Adams & Co. G.H. wine & spirit merchants
1904 - 1910 BOULTBEE & CALDER (GEORGE Frederick Boultbee, public notary & commissioner for affidavits & Jas. B. Calder, LL.B.), barristers & solicitors
1911 - 1913 West Australian Shipping Association Limited (Frank Nicholas, J.P. sec)
1914 Imperial Naval Intelligence Off. Major Percy Molly, in chg
1915 China Traders Insurance Co. Ld. (Marine)
1915 - 1916 North British Insurance Co. (Fire), W. R. Clarke
1915 - 1916 Gippsland & Northern Co-op. Co. Ld. (1915; E. J. Muirhead, rep) (1916; W R Clarke, rep)
1915 - 1917 Clarke, W R, com & independent agent
1916 - 1918
Powers, Miss Olivia, costumiere
Miller, Mrs J W, music teacher
Miller, John W
1919 - 1921 Miller, Mrs J W, music teacher
1921 - 1924
Bland & Le Quesne, wool & product merchants
Jandakot Wool Screening Works
1925 - 1927
The West Australian Trustee Exec & Agency Coy Ltd
Boylan Thomas / Boylan Thomas
1928 - 1954 CRAIG'S CHAMBERS First Floor: Joyce & Watkins, import and export merchants
1930s Marine Bi-Products Ltd, manures.
1960s ‘Roo on the Roof’ restaurant in the basement
1980s Cellars Restaurant
1991 Osho University of Unlearning, Raj Neesh ‘Orange People’ under Ma Deva Anuprada
2002 -Workshop 3S Jewellery
2019 The cellar houses Space agency, Michael Patroni's architectural design firm.
Tannatt Chambers
8 High St ( was 22 pre 1939)
A three storey building with highly decorative façade and half basement (ground floor) below the street level. The façade has tuck pointed face brick with smooth render and a stucco banded parapet. The name 'Tannatt Chambers' is raised on a decorative stucco cornice above the portico facade over the ground and first floors. The east side front entrance and the pointed arched windows of the first floor have stained glass transoms; the arched windows on the upper level have multi paned timber windows.
Tannatt Chambers was designed in 1898 by E.H. Dean Smith as was No. 10 adjacent. The building has a basement and two upper floors.
1901 Tenders are invited by Mr. E. Bayly Trigg, architect, of Tannatt Chambers, High-street, for erection of two cottages in Fremantle… (reference)
1904 Notice is hereby given that the Registered Office of 'The International Music Perforating Company, Limited' is situated at Tannatt Chambers, High-street, Fremantle, and that such office is accessible to the Public every day… (reference) They manufactured piano rolls.
1905 A MEETING to form a Committee to secure the return of JAMES PRICE, the Ministerial Candidate, will be held at TANNATT CHAMBERS, Hlgh-street, TONIGHT (Wednesday) at 8 o'clock. Authorised by E. W. ROSMAN. (reference)
1909 Auction: Lot 10 of Fremantle Town Lots 17 and 18, deposited plan 1660, having a frontage to High-street of 30.1 links by a depth of 102.5 links. The improvements consist of a modern two-storey Brick and Stone Building with basement, known as "Tannatt Chambers.'' The situation is one of the best in Fremantle, being next the Hotel Fremantle, and only a few yards from Ciiff sttreet. The buildings are well designed for office purposes, and in splendid order. (reference)
1924 TENDERS for RENOVATING TANNATT CHAMBERS, High-st. for the WA Trustee, Executor, and Agency Company. Ltd. ALLEN and NICHOLAS, M's.R.I.A., Architects, etc., 31 Henry -st., Fremantle. (reference)
OCCUPANTS
Lot 18 owners: 1829 - 1837 Lamb, William, 1855 - 1878 Brown, R M B, 1879 Moore, W D
1899 - 1934 Tannatt Chambers
1899 Manthorpe C.E. accountant general agent; Balchin Limited (W.), merchants & importers; Acraman Alfred G. sheriff's officer & commission agent; Fink & Co. wine merchants; Wright Cecil F.B. com. agent)
1899 - 1900 Coronel Mark, manufactures’ agent
1899 - 1925 Luyer Walter E. financial & estate agent
1901 Bing, Robert. J. insurance agent & McClure, John. manufacturers' agent
1900 Strettle, Stratford W. surveyor
1899 - 1901 Wynne, Kyd & Tijou, general commission agents & indentors./Tijou & Co. (A.J.) general commission agents & indentors
1902 Trigg. E. Bailey, architect
1902 White & Co. J.G. customs agent; Lanacashire Insurance Co. L.A. Woolf & Co. agents
1901 - 1902 McKenzie, John. P. customs agent
1903 - 1904 Luttrell H. Gordon, land agt. United Insurance Co. Ltd. (fire & marine) H. Gordon Luttrell, inspector
1903 Royal Exchange Assoc. Co. Ltd.
1902 - 1905 Woolf (L.A.) Weir & Co. accountants
1902 - 1904 Millars Karri & Jarrah Forests Co.
1903 - 1906 Webster J.D. customs & commission agent)
1903 - 1905 Merchant's Assoc. of WA
1904 - 1907 Royal Exchange Assoc. Co. Ltd. J.L.B. Weir, agent
1905 E. W. Rosman, accountant
1906 Foggitt, Jones & Co. Ltd. (Fred C. Hickling, attor.), ham & bacon curers,
1904 - 1907 Weir & Co., J.L.B., (J.L.B. Weir, A.I.A.V), accountants)
1900 - 1907 Wright, Herbet T. hollowware, hardware & galvanized iron merchant
1903 - 1913 Knight & Sons G.C. commission agents
1913 - 1914 Clare & Armstrong, printers "Fremantle Herald," William. E. Clare, editor
1918 Webb, Reginald
1918 - 1919 Col Mut Life Association Soc, S. Cave, rep
1918 - 1921 Clarke, W R, communication & Independent agent; Gippsland & Northern Co-op Selling & Insurance Co. Ltd.
1922 - 1923 Williams, Albert, printer
1921 Gorrie & Son, independent agents
1921 - 1923 Browne, Edward; Browne, Valentine
1911 - 1924 Tickell, Windsor, accountant
1921 - 1925 Heyde, Albert, margarine manufacturer
1926 - 1928 Roberts EV, margarine manufacturer
1929 - 1938 Cressie, D. E., agent and margarine manufacturer
1934 - 1936 Vacant
1936 - 1937 Federated Millers & Mill Employees Association of A/asia (W. A. Branch)
1938 - 1940 Aqua Club
1940 - 1943 Vacant
1944 - 1945 Cole, John
1946 - 1949 De Plnto C.
2002 O'Byrne & Associates Real Estate Agents
Bank of New South Wales (fmr)
Notre Dame University ND33 - Bank of New South Wales
7 High St (was no 13 pre 1939) and 14 Cliff St
Architecture: A single storey, painted, tuck pointed, brick building with roughcast stone foundations and zero setback from the pavement. The building features a stucco cornice and highly decorative parapet, which has engaged low piers and pediments that are finished with pairs of spheres on the corners. The main entrance has a stucco gable above and recessed timber French doors.
History: Originally Lot 19 was owned by R M Lyon (1829-1837), transferred to R Brown (1855-1859), then transferred to Pearse and Owston (1876-) The first building on Lot 19 was a long galvanised iron warehouse built for Pearse and Owston, to the rear of the lot.
In 1897 a banking chamber and three offices were constructed for the Bank of New South Wales (designed by Wilkinson & Smith). This was constructed for Captain W M Owston. Its opening coincided with commencement of work on the inner harbour. The one storey building was not elaborate when compared with bank buildings in Melbourne or Sydney, but it represented an investment in the fortunes of the colony and a growing awareness that Fremantle was about to grow into a major port. Owston operated a branch of the bank there until 1916-17 and it was used as a bank until 1926.
1926 Spanney’s Ltd. For any of your musical requirements. (reference)
Occupants
Lot 19 owners: 1829 - 1837 Lyon, Robert M, 1855 - 1859 Brown, R, 1876 - 1878 Pearse & Owston
1897 - 1917 Bank of New South Wales (1897-1900: E A Cameron, manager; 1901-1902: William Birnie, manager; 1903-1928: C H Pinniger, manager)
1928 - 1942 Swan Wool Scouring Co of WA Ltd, wool scourers (1928-1935: E Antoine, director)
1930 - 1937 Belguim Consulate (1930-1935: E Antoine, consul; 1935-1937: J C Antoine, acting consul)
1942 - 1943 United States Navy (store)
1944 - 1945 United States (Fleet Post Office)
1947 - 1949 Swan Wool Scouring Co of W A Ltd, wool scourers
1949 Flocco Giovanni, tailor
2002 Millennium-Exposition of Wonders
2010 Architecture School and Communications Laboratory, Notre Dame University.
