Subiaco Hotel

It is located at 455–465 Hay Street, at the corner of Rokeby Road,[1] and dates back to the state's gold rushes era of the 1890s.

The land had been subdivided ten years earlier, from a lot originally granted to the Roman Catholic Bishop of Perth, Martin Griver.

When Daniel Connor, a director of the Stanley Brewing Company, died in January 1898, his family – wife Catherine, sons Michael and Maurice, and son-in-law Timothy Quinlan – inherited the hotel.

Architect Reginald Summerhayes was initially commissioned to renovate bathrooms and bedrooms, raise windows on the upper storey, and put in a new roof.

The imposing steeple was removed in 1963 due to termite damage, and by 1964 a drive-through bottle shop was operating out of what had been a garage and store room.

[3] A 1984 refurbishment began restoring the historic site closer to its initial appearance, including removing carpeting and replacing bars.

Subiaco Hotel in 1931, before the steeple and verandahs were removed. Inset is Reg Williams, who took over as licensee that year.