| Palace Hotel | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Partially demolished |
| Location | 108 St Georges Terrace Perth, Western Australia 6000 |
| Coordinates | 31°57′16.4″S 115°51′24.4″E / 31.954556°S 115.856778°E |
| Completed | 1897 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Ernest Saunders Porter Edmond Neville Thomas |
| Type | State Registered Place |
| Designated | 12 May 2000 |
| Reference no. | 2114 |
The Palace Hotel in Perth, Western Australia, is a landmark three-storey heritage listed building located in the city's central business district. Originally built in 1897 as a hotel during the gold rush period of Western Australia's history, it was converted to banking chambers and offices in the 1980s and now accommodates the Perth headquarters of Woods Bagot, Adapptor and Hatchd.[1] The building is located on the most prominent intersection in the financial district of the city, at the corner of St Georges Terrace and William Street.
When the hotel opened for business on 18 March 1897 it was, although slightly smaller than some of its contemporary buildings in other capital cities in Australasia, described as "... one of the most beautiful and elegant hotels in Australasia".[2] Other praise included: "... redolent of the bourgeois luxury and splendour of the Paris of Napoleon III" and later "... in its day, as sumptuous a hostelry as any in Melbourne or Sydney."[3] It operated as licensed premises from 1897 until 1981.
- ^ "Register of Heritage Places, Assessment Documentation". Heritage Council of Western Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
- ^ Kimberly, W.B. (compiler) (1897). History of West Australia. A Narrative of her Past. Together With Biographies of Her Leading Men. Melbourne: F.W. Niven. pp. 191-192
- ^ Seddon, George & Ravine, David (1986). A City and its Setting: Images of Perth, Western Australia. Fremantle Arts Centre Press. p. 165. ISBN 1-921361-72-7.