The Port Macquarie Historical Society Inc celebrated its 50th Anniversary in June 2006 with a Garden Party for members and in December 2006 hosted a Morning Tea in the presence of its Patron, NSW Governor Professor Marie BASHIR AC, CVO.
The original two storey building was constructed in 1836 using convict bricks and was used as a General Store and residence. Today the building contains the old shop and kitchen on the ground floor, a parlour, dining room, bedroom and nursery upstairs displaying a range of artefacts dating back to the 1830s. The original rain water tank is the feature of one room next to the old courtyard.
