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Denver City Hotel

Author

Shire of Coolgardie

Place Number

00561
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Location

73 Bayley St Coolgardie

Location Details

Local Government

Coolgardie

Region

Goldfields

Construction Date

Constructed from 1898

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
(no listings)

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

Architecturally significant as a surviving, defining element in the streetscape and the Bayley Street precinct; close to its original character.

Physical Description

A two storied stone building with a two storied wide verandah and corrugated iron roof, still fully operative as an hotel and representative in design and materials of the corner pub of the late 1890s with evidence of many adaptions and alterations to original building fabric through time.

History

This is the third hotel built on this site, the first two were destroyed by fire. It is now the only remaining licensed hotel in this town which boasted 26 at its peak, 16 of these in Bayley Street. The original hotels on this site were single storey and the last built had the second floor added at a later date in about the 1930s.

Integrity/Authenticity

Moderate-High

Condition

Good

References

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

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use COMMERCIAL Hotel, Tavern or Inn
Present Use COMMERCIAL Hotel, Tavern or Inn

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Filigree

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Roof METAL Corrugated Iron
Wall STONE Local Stone

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Hospitality industry & tourism

Creation Date

30 May 1989

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

06 May 2021

Disclaimer

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