Premier Hotel, Albany

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Premier Hotel north facing side in 2016 with smoke damage at far end
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View of Premier Hotel from York Street in 2016 with smoke damage visible

The Premier Hotel is a hotel and a heritage listed building located on the corner of York Street and Grey Street, opposite the Albany Town Hall, in Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.

The two storey building is constructed from brick and has a corrugated iron roof topped with chimneys that have moulded capping. It has arched windows on both levels with a cantilevered canopy over the surrounding pavement.

The hotel was built in 1891 and was the third one built in Albany. Only the Premier and the Albany Hotel still remain. The other, the Railway Hotel, was renamed the Royal George in 1892 and rebuilt in three stories in 1910. [1] The first meeting of the Albany Roads Board was held in the hotel dining room in 1896. [2]

Richard R. Burridge acquired the hotel in 1912 - the licensee was Marcus A. O'Grady. [3]

Following Burridge's death in 1928, the hotel was auctioned in 1929 and acquired by William Harper for £6,550. Harper was the licensee of the Freemason's hotel located on Stirling Terrace. Harper also outbid the then licensee of the Premier Hotel, Alf Martin. At that time the hotel had 20 bedrooms, a sitting and dining room, offices and two large bar areas. [4]

In 1930 the hotel was put on the market again and advertised as having: 26 bedrooms, bars, dining room, commercial rooms, bathrooms, hot water service, and electric light installed and sewered throughout. [5]

W.A. Schurer, who had previously owned the London Hotel, [6] acquired the Premier in 1936 [7] and put it up for sale again in 1950. [8]

The hotel was gutted by fire in 2016. Four occupants were evacuated from the building and the manager was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. [9] The manager had been assaulted and robbed by two men shortly after midnight. The men lit the fire before leaving the premises. [10] The fire took over four hours to extinguish and gutted most of the interior causing damage in excess of A$1 million. [11] The Licensee was later found to have organised the attack in an attempt to claim a $3M dollar insurance payout.

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References

  1. ↑ City of Albany (31 December 2016). "Royal George Hotel". inHerit. Perth, WA: State Heritage Office, Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Premier Hotel". InHerit. Heritage Council of Western Australia. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Albany Licensing Court". Albany Advertiser . Vol. XXIV, no. 3110. Western Australia. 11 December 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 23 July 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Premier Hotel". Albany Advertiser . Vol. 2, no. 177. Western Australia. 2 March 1929. p. 1. Retrieved 23 July 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Advertising". Albany Advertiser . Vol. 3, no. 431. Western Australia. 22 November 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 23 July 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Advertising". Albany Advertiser . Vol. XXXV, no. 4260. Western Australia. 9 July 1924. p. 1. Retrieved 23 July 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Advertising". Albany Advertiser . Vol. 9, no. 1, 044. Western Australia. 15 October 1936. p. 1. Retrieved 23 July 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "Advertising". The West Australian . Vol. 66, no. 19, 890. Western Australia. 18 April 1950. p. 22. Retrieved 23 July 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "Arson probe: Fire hits historic 130-year-old Premier Hotel, Albany". Perthnow. News Corporation. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  10. ↑ Kelly, Joel (23 May 2016). "Albany's Premier Hotel manager robbed, bashed and historic hotel torched". PerthNow. Perth, WA: News Limited. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  11. ↑ Graeme Powell (13 May 2016). "Hunt for two men who assaulted pub landlord and set fire to historic Albany hotel". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 23 July 2016.

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