W D Moore & Co Warehouse

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WD Moore & Co Warehouse
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W D Moore & Co Warehouse
Alternative namesThe Moores Building,
The Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery
General information
Address42-46 Henry Street
Town or city Fremantle
Coordinates 32°3′22.86″S115°44′41.02″E / 32.0563500°S 115.7447278°E / -32.0563500; 115.7447278
Current tenantsFremantle Arts Centre
Groundbreaking1844
Construction startedc1862
Completed1899
Renovated1985-1986
Owner City of Fremantle
Technical details
Floor count3 backstore
Floor area24,000 square feet (2,200 m2)
TypeState Registered Place
Designated29 October 1993
Reference no. 890

WD Moore & Co Warehouse complex is on Henry Street, Fremantle. It was unified in 1899 behind an ornamental stucco facade. [1] A store was established on the site by Samuel Moore in the 1840s. William Dalgety Moore later established a general merchant business there in 1862. The complex comprises a residence, warehouse, factory stable, offices and shop, built between 1862 and 1899, in addition to a three-storey backstore which was built at an unknown date, possibly as early as 1844. [1] The complex was listed on the Register of the National Estate in 1978. [2]

The business had a wide variety of activities including importing, processing, manufacturing and retail, with mail order distribution as well. Moore's product lines included food stuffs, beer, wine, flour, coffee and spices as well as hardware and mining equipment.

At various stages it was threatened by fires. [3]

The Moore family originally attempted to sell in 1952, [4] and eventually sold the premises in 1956 to the Stevenson family, who operated a transport company.

In 1985 the City of Fremantle purchased the property and restored it through 1985/86 with a grant from the Commonwealth Government as part of the preparations for the America's Cup defence. [5] Since then the complex has been used for public events and exhibitions. [6] [7] [8] [9]

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References

Information from the City of Fremantle Interpretation Plaques and Panels Research Project was used as the basis of this article. This project was completed in May 2002 by historian Kristy Bizzaca, and is available by visiting the Fremantle History Centre.

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  2. "Place ID 10562". Australian Heritage Database . Australian Government . Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  3. "Another fire at Fremantle". The West Australian . Perth. 28 April 1915. p. 8. Retrieved 2 December 2012 via National Library of Australia.
  4. "WAREHOUSE PASSED IN AT £15,000". The West Australian . Perth. 8 August 1952. p. 4. Retrieved 2 December 2012 via National Library of Australia.
  5. Kent, Jack; Dawkins, Jeremy; Kiera, Agnieshka; Fremantle (W.A. : Municipality) (1988), The Moores Buildings : a conservation project, City of Fremantle, ISBN   978-0-7316-3062-2
  6. Inside out : an exhibition by 25 artists from Denmark, W.A. at the Moore's Building, Fremantle, 23 October to 3 November 1999, Artists Foundation of Western Australia, 1999, retrieved 14 May 2013
  7. DiCiero, Lyn; Soroptomist International of Fremantle (2003), Remembering : women working for women, The Artist's Chronicle, ISBN   978-0-646-42479-8
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