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The Palace Hotel is one of a group of heritage hotels on Hannan Street in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2014. It is across the road from the Exchange Hotel, another heritage hotel.
/ref> It cost £17,000 to build. The hotel opened in December 1897, with forty-four bedrooms. It was designed in the Federation architectural style by the firm Porter & Thomas, and meant to be the most luxurious hotel in Western Australia outside Perth. The furniture came from
/ref> He was twenty-two at the time. During his stay, he reportedly fell in love with a barmaid, and wrote her a poem. An excerpt from the poem can be seen in the foyer. It reads: Before he left for China, Hoover left a mirror as a gift to the hotel. The ''Hoover Mirror'' can still be seen in the foyer, next to his poem. ''Hoover's Cafe and Lounge Bar'' in the hotel is also named in his honour.
Location
The hotel is located on the corner of Hannan and Maritana Streets.Register of Historic Places. (Number: 03797) Palace HotelHeritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2014. It is across the road from the Exchange Hotel, another heritage hotel.
History
The hotel was constructed with ashlar stones in 1897 forHarry Rosenthal
Harry Rosenthal (15 May c. 1893 – 10 May 1953) was an orchestra leader, composer, pianist and actor.
Biography
Rosenthal was born in Belfast in 1893, and by the 1920s he was in London where he had a thriving musical career as a composer ...
, who previously managed the Cleopatra Hotel in Fremantle.The Palace Hotel: The History/ref> It cost £17,000 to build. The hotel opened in December 1897, with forty-four bedrooms. It was designed in the Federation architectural style by the firm Porter & Thomas, and meant to be the most luxurious hotel in Western Australia outside Perth. The furniture came from
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. It became the first hotel in Kalgoorlie to have electric lighting, with its own generator, and fresh water in all bathrooms coming directly from its own condensers.
In the year after its completion regular and repeated newspaper articles and photographs were used to praise the hotel and its presentation.
A 1904 fire damaged the hotel and adjacent property.
In 1936 renovations were reported on the Hannan Street side of the building.
Herbert Hoover association
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 and a member of the Republican Party, holding office during the onset of the Gr ...
(later the US president from 1929 to 1933) visited the hotel regularly when he was working as a mining engineer in Kalgoorlie.Palace Hotel: The Hoover Mirror/ref> He was twenty-two at the time. During his stay, he reportedly fell in love with a barmaid, and wrote her a poem. An excerpt from the poem can be seen in the foyer. It reads: Before he left for China, Hoover left a mirror as a gift to the hotel. The ''Hoover Mirror'' can still be seen in the foyer, next to his poem. ''Hoover's Cafe and Lounge Bar'' in the hotel is also named in his honour.
Later history
The 60th anniversary of the hotel was celebrated with style in 1957. The hotel has been regularly associated with the Diggers & Dealers conferences.Reference point
The hotel and its location on the corner of Hannan Street has been captured in photographs of Hannan Street over time as well as at significant historical events.Heritage value
The hotel has been listed on the State Heritage Register since 1997.References
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