Some of the earliest buildings in the townships that had been erected at Cleveland in the early 1850s, as part of an unsuccessful attempt to establish Cleveland as a tourist spot, remained unoccupied for several years until they were turned into a hotel and boarding house.
These buildings had been erected at Cleveland in the early 1850s as part of Bigge's unsuccessful push to establish Cleveland as the principal port of the Moreton Bay region. Amongst the earliest buildings in the township, they appear to have remained unoccupied for several years until taken up as Cassim's Family Hotel and Boarding House. 
