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Marvel Bar Hotel (fmr), Coolgardie

Author

Shire of Coolgardie

Place Number

00562
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Location

33 & 33A Bayley St Coolgardie

Location Details

Other Name(s)

Marvel Loch Hotel
RSL Building

Local Government

Coolgardie

Region

Goldfields

Construction Date

Constructed from 1898

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
State Register Registered 22 Jun 2012 Register Entry
Assessment Documentation
Heritage Council

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management More information
Category Description
Municipal Inventory Adopted 27 Jul 1995 Category 2

Category 2

High level of protection appropriate: provide maximum encouragement tc the owner under the town planning scheme to conserve the significance c: the place.

Statewide Hotel Survey Completed 01 Nov 1997

Heritage Council
Register of the National Estate Permanent 21 Mar 1978

Heritage Council
Classified by the National Trust Classified 06 Dec 1976

Heritage Council

Statement of Significance

A splendid, elaborately decorated building of critical importance in the Bayley Street precinct because it survived the devastation of this street and stands as an example of the opulence and confidence of Coolgardie around 1900.

Physical Description

A two storey brick building with an elaborate stuccoed facade. The ground floor consists of squat Corinthian pilasters and elaborate flat arches. The upper floor has a deeply arcaded verandah with a central arch and smaller flanking openings with architraves to the piers and free floating pediments over. The parapet is decorated with blind arches, balusters and stout crockets.

History

The hotel with its elaborate design which complemented its hospitality role was an ambitious, permanent structure demonstrating the great confidence in the town's future at the turn of the century. It remained in operation until 1927.

Integrity/Authenticity

Low-Moderate

Condition

Fair-Good

Associations

Name Type Year From Year To
Ernest Barton Hack Architect 1897 -

References

Ref ID No Ref Name Ref Source Ref Date
Webb, M&A "The Centennial History of Kalgoorlie-Boulder" 1993

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id Title Medium Year Of Publication
9440 Marvel Bar Hotel (Fmr), Coolgardie. Heritage Study {Cons'n Plan} 2009

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use COMMERCIAL Hotel, Tavern or Inn
Present Use SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL RSL Hall

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Free Classical

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall BRICK Rendered Brick
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall STONE Local Stone

Historic Themes

General Specific
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Resource exploitation & depletion
DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY Depression & boom
OCCUPATIONS Hospitality industry & tourism

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

06 May 2021

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