In April 1820, Captain William Lawrence Flint, the brother-in-law to Sir Stamford Raffles,[1] was appointed as the second Master Attendant.

The Waterboat House was gazetted on 21 March 2002 for conservation by the Urban Redevelopment Authority and opened for tender, which was won by Sino Group.

[6][7] On 25 January 2013, the Le Saint Julien restaurant was closed and since moved to a new premise known as Scotts 27 from September 2013 onwards.

[8] The American coffee company Starbucks soon took over the space of the former French restaurant on the ground floor of the building and opened its 100th Singapore store on 14 February 2014, which hired six clients from the Autism Resource Centre.

[10] Later in August 2018, Galeno, the Food & Beverage company of the restaurant and rooftop sought a High Court order to compel the landlord to extend its lease and bar's license for two more years.