McDonald Smith Building
| McDonald Smith Building | |
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 The façade of the McDonald Smith Building in March 2016. | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Victorian Classical Revival Style |
| Location | 32°03′22″S 115°44′34″E / 32.0562°S 115.742734°E |
| Address | 20–32 Cliff Street, Fremantle |
| Current tenants | Hon. Consul General of Portugal |
| Completed | 1895 |
| Height | Two storeys |
| Type | State Registered Place |
| Part of | West End, Fremantle (25225) |
| Reference no. | 858 |
The McDonald Smith Building is a heritage building in the port city of Fremantle, Western Australia.[1] The building dates from the gold rush boom period in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and is of historic significance.
Prior to the construction of the current building, the property was the site of a cottage, c. 1860, constructed by Francis Henry Vincent (1797–1870) a former superintendent at Rottnest.[2][3] Significant remnants[4] of the limewashed and shingled house still exist at the rear of the main building.[5]
The building is a two-storey limestone and brick structure with a rendered facade with stucco ornamentation. It was designed by architect Herbert Nathaniel Davis[6] in the Victorian Classical Revival style,[7] and built in 1895.
Commercial enterprises have been the main occupiers of the building's ten apartments, such as Vincent, James Lilly, and Tompkins and Co.[6]
The building was classified by the National Trust of Australia in August 1983 and was also on the Register of the National Estate.[8]
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References[edit]
- ^ McDonald Smith Building #858, State Heritage Office, 27 February 2016, retrieved 19 March 2016
- ^ "Early Fremantle". Perth Gazette. Perth, WA. 19 September 1935. p. 9. Retrieved 24 May 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "In The Supreme Court". The Herald (1867–1886). Fremantle, WA. 6 August 1870. p. 1 Supplement: Supplement to the 'Herald,'. Retrieved 24 May 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "races of the past: list property". Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "McDonald Smith Building". Traces of the Past:The National Trust Register of Built Heritage in Western Australia. University of Western Australia. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ a b "West End". Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "McDonald Smith Building, 22-32 Cliff St, Fremantle, WA, Australia". Australian Heritage Database. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ "McDonald Smith Building". 00858. Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
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