This large federation style white timber home standing banks of the Brisbane River could be a beacon or lighthouse for local shipping. The contrast of the stark white timber outlines against the lovely manicured green grassy banks and tree foliage draws the attention of tourists and all passers by as they travel by ferry along the river.
The State Heritage Register provides the following information. A full register listing can be found here https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/heritage-register/detail/?id=600218
Cremorne is a substantial, single-storeyed, high-set timber residence erected c1905-06 for Brisbane publican James Denis O'Connor. It was designed by the firm of Eaton & Bates, Sydney-trained architects who built up a substantial Queensland practice from c1894-c1908.
JD O'Connor, born in Ireland c1860, had immigrated to South Australia in 1878, and was in business in Adelaide before moving north to Queensland, reputedly for health reasons, in 1889. His brother, Denis O'Connor, was already a well-known Brisbane publican, connected from at least 1884 with a number of Brisbane hotels, including the Globe, Dunmore Arms, O'Connor's Family Hotel [at Stones Corner], Oriental [later the Wickham] (QHR600213) from 1890, and later with the Prince Consort (QHR600212) in Fortitude Valley. JD O'Connor held the licence to the Stanley Hotel at the corner of Stanley Street and Boggo Road, Woolloongabba, 1890-96.
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