The Metropolitan Hotel Coolgardie: When Pat Kennedy and his wife vacated the site on the north-eastern corner of Bayley and Fords streets in 1894, Fred Brewer erected a hotel two years later which was called The Metropolitan. The hotel had two frontages – one on Bayley Street and the other in Ford Street, with he […]
Kennedy’s Family Hotel – Coolgardie hotels 7
Kennedy’s Family Hotel and Cafe stood on the corner of Bayley and Ford Streets, Coolgardie. It was originally built in 1893, when this wooden structure burnt down a new two story hotel was built. This photograph shows the original building in 1893. The Royal Hotel is next door then there is Counsel’s Store. The hotel […]
The Great Western Hotel – Coolgardie
The Great Western Hotel stood on the corner of Bayley and Hunt Sts Coolgardie. The site is now occupied by the Coolgardie Motel. It was also known as De Baun’s, after the first licensee. It was built in 1893 and was destroyed in the great fire of 1897.
The Globe Hotel – Coolgardie hotels 2
The Globe Hotel was situated between Ford and Hunt Streets Coolgardie. There is no known photograph of the building which has survived. W M Faahan was the first owner and claimed it to be the first hotel in Coolgardie. In 1895 it was known as, Alec Caro’s Wine and Beer Saloon, three months later, when […]
The Freemasons Hotel – Coolgardie
The Freemasons Hotel was originally a single storey structure of corrugated iron which was frequently referred to as ‘The Sweat Box’. It was situated on Bayley Street, near the corner of Renou Street. When the first licensee, J Harris, sold it to Charles Vincent and Josiah Lipman took over the hotel in March of 1894 they […]
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