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.