For other hotels named Exchange Hotel, see Exchange Hotel.
| Exchange Hotel | |||||||||
| Building Type: | Hotel | ||||||||
| Architectural Style: | Federation Filigree | ||||||||
| Location: | Corner of Hannan and Maritana Streets | ||||||||
| Address: | 135 Hannan Street | ||||||||
| Location Town: | Kalgoorlie, Western Australia | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | -30.746°N 121.4747°W | ||||||||
| Architecture Firm: | Hawkins and Spriggs | ||||||||
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The Exchange Hotel is a historic landmark hotel in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
The hotel is located on the corner of Hannan Street and Maritana Street in Kalgoorlie.[1] [2] It stands next door to the building of the Kalgoorlie Miner, the goldfields newspaper, and opposite the Palace Hotel.[2]
The hotel was built in 1900 for the Wilkie Brothers, contractors for the Southern Cross-Kalgoorlie railway line.[1] They hired the construction team Shaw and Harcorn, and the architectural team Hawkins and Spriggs.[1] It has two storeys and it made up of bricks, iron and a timber balustrade.[1] It has a corner tower and corrugated galvanised iron gabled roof.[1]
During the race riots of 1934, the hotel was purchased by Bill Trythall from the former owner, who had a foreign-sounding name.[1] As a result, the building was saved from damage.[1]
In 2011, it went into receivership as a result of declining clientele.[3] In January 2013, it was purchased by a new owner.[4] Their use of "skimpies", i.e. topless waitresses, is good for tourism.[5]
The hotel has been listed on the State Heritage Register since 1997.[1]