The former Howard Smith Building is a heritage listed building located at 1-3 Mouat Street on the corner with Phillimore Street in the Fremantle West End Heritage area.

It was one of many commercial buildings constructed in Fremantle during the gold boom period in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

[2] Howard Smith Limited operated primarily as a shipping company with passenger services extended to Fremantle in 1893.

[3][4] The building is currently occupied by the School of Nursing and Midwifery of Notre Dame University.

[5] The University spent A$2.78 million on refurbishing both the Howard Smith and the neighbouring Australian United Steam Navigation Company Building prior to moving in.