Shaftesbury Hotel, Perth

[sharay]

If anyone is from Perth, does the Shaftesbury Hotel still exist? A Thomas Peter Aston listed this hotel as his residence in 1916.  Have been googling for hours and came up with a reference to it 1975, that it may have been in Stirling Street, and an early photo. Is it still there? Is or was it Stirling Street.
Thanks

[down-under]

Hello

It could have been called
The Grand Central Shaftesbury Hotel.
When I googled Shaftesbury Hotel Perth Western Australia
Up came a picture of  Boans department store with the Grand central Shaftesbury Hotel in the back ground c 1938

Pam

[down-under]

I cannot see the Shaftesbury in the phone book it could have changed names.

View the image  State library of Western Australia

picture
of the Shaftesbury Hotel Stirling Street Northbridge in 1930 these addresses were in East perth

Also there is a Grand Central Wellington Street


Pam

[chrissy]

hello
  If you google......................
http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/

   Enter relevent details in search, you have a few options!
    This is the website for the State library in perth............
               Cheers from Chrissy...from very hot in perth today!!!!!!

[down-under]

hello Chrissy

It is my day off and I have spent it insides under the air condioner.

Pam

[sharay]

Thanks for your replies,
I feel confident enough to say the Shaftesbury Hotel was in Stirling Street, and that is was a derelict building in 1985. Am wondering if it still stands today, was it demolished or renovated. I have so little on the man who listed the hotel as his address, filling in the blanks with what I can.
Thanks again
Sharon
(have seen the temps in Perth, ouch, Brisbane has only had one really yuck day all summer)

[Adrianne]

Hi Sharon,

I checked the WA Post Office Directory for 1916. It has a Shftesbry htl listed at 35-43 Stirling Street, on the left hand side of the road between Lincoln and James Streets, the manager being a Frank R Chalk. Next door is the Shaftesbury Theatre. Stirling Street was considered part of Perth then.

Adrianne

[Adrianne]

Here is the link

http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/pdf/battye/pods/1916/0139.pdf

Adrianne

[dennford]

I can see no sign of Lincoln st in that area (opposite the Sunday times bldg), although there is a lincoln st much further north near bulwer st.

Interesting though, in my googling for the place I did find that it was in the 70s a known "gay" venue !!
http://ourcloset.isinperth.com/index.php?blog=12&cat=97&page=1

Denn