Post Office (Site) 1892-1909
National Bank & Frank Leake Solicitor 1909-1914
Post office facilities in Beverley were first established in the late 1850s.
In 1892, local builder Ephraim Fairhead and Thomas Davey were awarded the contract to build a new two storey post office next to the railway station. It was designed by the Government Architect of the period, George Temple Poole in Federation style that responded to the 1886 railway station building. He also designed the 1894 Beverley School (No.3) and 1897 Court House (No.18).
By 1906, it was reported that rain came in through the roof, the walls were cracked and the kitchen drain overflowed into the water tank that stored the Postmaster’s family’s drinking water.
By 1907 it had become inadequate and a site for a new post office was being sought. In 1908, three sites were on offer for the new post office that opened in 1909. (No.4)
After the Post Office function was relocated, the building was occupied by the National Bank and the office of solicitor Frank Leake until in 1914, when the building was condemned by the Beverley Roads Board as a menace to traffic, as it blocked a clear view of the railway line at the Vincent Street crossing. The building was demolished in 1914.
In 1892, local builder Ephraim Fairhead and Thomas Davey were awarded the contract to build a new two storey post office next to the railway station. It was designed by the Government Architect of the period, George Temple Poole in Federation style that responded to the 1886 railway station building. He also designed the 1894 Beverley School (No.3) and 1897 Court House (No.18).
By 1906, it was reported that rain came in through the roof, the walls were cracked and the kitchen drain overflowed into the water tank that stored the Postmaster’s family’s drinking water.
By 1907 it had become inadequate and a site for a new post office was being sought. In 1908, three sites were on offer for the new post office that opened in 1909. (No.4)
After the Post Office function was relocated, the building was occupied by the National Bank and the office of solicitor Frank Leake until in 1914, when the building was condemned by the Beverley Roads Board as a menace to traffic, as it blocked a clear view of the railway line at the Vincent Street crossing. The building was demolished in 1914.