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Bank of Adelaide (fmr)

Author

City of Fremantle

Place Number

00918
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Location

60-64 High St Fremantle

Location Details

Local Government

Fremantle

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1990, Constructed from 1910

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents More information
Heritage List YES 08 Mar 2007

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 18 Sep 2000 Level 2

Level 2

The City of Fremantle has identified this place as being of considerable cultural heritage significance in its own right within the context of Fremantle and its conservation is a priority.

Register of the National Estate Permanent 21 Mar 1978

Heritage Council
Register of the National Estate Registered 21 Oct 1980

Heritage Council
Classified by the National Trust Classified 28 Oct 1974

Heritage Council

Statement of Significance

The place is historically significant as a former bank representing the development of Fremantle’s Old Port City as a centre of commerce and trade from the gold boom period of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The place is significant because, when viewed from the street, it is a substantially intact example of a commercial building which contributes to the very significant Old Port City of Fremantle. The place is of social significance as evidenced by its classification by the National Trust.

Physical Description

Original two storey rendered corner building with two storey Colorbond additions above. The original building has a crenelated cornice on the parapet and a truncated corner with ashlar effect. The ground floor has timber six paned windows in the top half, and engaged ashlar effect pilasters. The first floor has sash windows with decorative stucco architraves. No 60 & 62 are similar to the adjoining right-sided structure of the Buffalo Club and have awnings that are probably not original.

History

High Street was named by Surveyor General Roe - as was customary in English towns, the main street of the town was named High Street. Eastward from William Street the roadway was completed by convict labour after the Town Hall was built in 1887. High Street around the Town Hall closed to traffic in 1966. The High Street Mall was trialled in November 1973 and made a permanent pedestrian mall in 1975.
Built c1910.
Third and fourth storey addition proposed 1984; initially rejected by Council, however later approved, as seen in photographs dated 2002.
In 2011 the owner D Monk advised that the interior had been gutted and rebuilt for the America's Cup.
Currently (2013), various retail outlets on ground floor.

Condition

Fair.

Other Keywords

The Fremantle MHI management category for this place was retained as adopted by the decision of Council on 28/09/2011.

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Present Use COMMERCIAL Other
Original Use COMMERCIAL Bank
Present Use COMMERCIAL Office or Administration Bldg

Architectural Styles

Style
Federation Free Style

Construction Materials

Type General Specific
Wall BRICK Rendered Brick
Roof METAL Other Metal
Wall BRICK Common Brick

Historic Themes

General Specific
OCCUPATIONS Commercial & service industries

Creation Date

30 May 1989

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Approved

Last Update

26 Feb 2020

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