Fingal - Places to See

Historic Buildings
The town has a number of historically significant buildings, particularly in Talbot Street, the town's main street. The Holder Brothers Store dates from 1859 and nearby is the old Tasmania Hotel, constructed, in part, from the stones which were originally used to build the Prison barracks in the 1840s. It became a hotel in the 1850s and is now the local Tourist Centre. It sells arts and crafts from the district.

Also in Talbot Street is the Fingal Hotel, a two storey hotel built in the 1840s which, in the spirit of the town's name, has a fine collection of Scotch whiskies - reputedly the largest in the southern hemisphere. And, at the west end of the street, opposite the Town Hall (1882) is St Peter's Anglican Church, the town's oldest church which was consecrated in 1867.

In Seymour Street, which runs south from Talbot Street, there are a number of historically significant buildings. The local primary school, with some modern additions, dates from 1884 (it is one of the oldest primary schools in Tasmania) and Uniting Church (1881) and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church (1880) indicate a period when, towards the end of the nineteenth century, the town was growing rapidly.