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The Norfolk Hotel is located on the corner of South Terrace and Norfolk Street in Fremantle, Western Australia. The stone built hotel was originally constructed in 1887 before the 1893 Kalgoorlie gold rush for George Alfred Davies,〔 a vintner, local councillor and Mayor of Fremantle. For most of its life it was known as the Oddfellows Hotel; it was renamed when it was substantially renovated in 1985. ==History== The Oddfellows Hotel was constructed by 1877 for George Alfred Davies, who was a well known wine and spirit dealer. Davies had been born in Fremantle in 1846 to a family who had settled in Western Australia only five years after Captain Fremantle first claimed the area for Britain. After working for a number of years with his father, Albert, he established ''Grosvenor Cellars'', selling alcoholic beverages and making his own wine. Davies was also active in public life, serving, in time, as a local councillor and in 1895 as the Mayor of Fremantle. The land where the hotel stands was where Davies was renting out cottages in 1880. Davies applied and received a title deed to all the land in 1884 and in 1887 the first record is seen of the stone-built hotel.〔 The hotel was a successful business that survived George Davies' death in 1897.〔 The hotel was put into a trust that was operated by his widow, Letty Davies, and brothers, George Davies and Arthur Elvin Davies.〔 The building was internally redesigned around 1920 when the emphasis of the business changed from offering overnight accommodation to offering alcoholic drinks and hospitality. Shortly afterwards in 1922, the local brewery of Castlemaine Brewery purchased the building from the trustees.〔 Within five years, the Oddfellows Hotel was being operated by the Swan Brewery as they "merged" with Castlemaine. The Swan brewery operated the hotel for over fifty years and a photo from the 1950s shows the building supporting tram lines on the corner of South Terrace and Norfolk Street.〔(Oddfellows Hotel, South Terrace Fremantle ), 3 April 1950, State Library of Western Australia, accessed 14 August 2013〕 The brewery sold the hotel in 1952〔 to the first of a long line of private owners and another picture shows the beer garden packed with revellers on Derby Day on 26 December 1953.〔(Beer garden of Oddfellows Hotel, Fremantle on Derby Day, 26 December 1953 ), State Library of Western Australia, accessed 13 August 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norfolk Hotel, Fremantle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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