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

[1] The building frontage has an ashlar effect on the ground floor and limestone foundations.

[3] The old premises for the bank were demolished and construction commenced in April 1892, with the building contract being awarded to J.Hurst and Son at a cost of £5,590.

The branch manager, Lionel Wesley Walker, was found shot at South Beach later the same year.

[8] The University of Notre Dame Australia acquired the building in 2000 for A$1.5 million to use it as a health college.