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 […]

The Exchange Hotel – Coolgardie Hotels 6

  When Evon Wisdom was granted one of the four Wayside Licences in April 1893, he erected a hessian building on the corner of what later became the junction of Bayley and Ford Streets, which he called the Exchange Hotel. The Exchange was the venue for the first meeting of the newly elected Coolgardie Corporation […]

The Club Hotel – Coolgardie hotels

When Bill Faahan was granted one of the four Wayside licences in April 1893, he erected the first hotel – a rough shelter of bush timber and hessian with a bar consisting of series of packing cases on forked sticks – which he called the Club Hotel. The first load of beer and spirits brought […]

The Denver City – Coolgardie hotels 4

The Denver City was the first hotel in Coolgardie and the first building on the site was in 1894.  A more substantial building was constructed by the firm of Philip and Doyle in  and was destroyed by fire in 1897. The current building of two stories in the Federation style was built in 1898. It […]