[1] A single storey public house with stables and a large enclosure was constructed and Tregoning was granted a license in the name of the Newcastle Hotel in April 1861.

The store was set up in the long room of the hotel after they obtained the Colonial Secretary's permission for this dealing.

Toodyay Roads Board meetings were held in the hotel on the first Saturday of each month, designed to coincide with shopping day in town.

Innes formed a young men's reading club, with James Drummond chairing the meeting.

In 1875, the well behind the hotel was closed for public use when the new proprietor Michael Ryan declared a charge of one pound per person for its use.

On 4 December 1908 the Freemasons Hotel hosted a luncheon for the Governor of Western Australia, Frederick Bedford, when he was invited to commemorate the commencement of construction for the Newcastle–Bolgart Railway.

Prior to this it was utilised as a hairdressing salon, tobacconist, news agency, chemist, photographer's establishment and SP betting shop.

[citation needed] In March 2017, the hotel underwent significant restoration work, with the owner spending A$100,000 on the creation of a new sports bar, TAB (betting) facilities, Foxtel, and a new beer garden at the back.

[4] The building is a double-height red brick structure with corrugated iron roof and a decorative parapet of classical influence.