 Commercial businesses sprang up on the main street (Albert Street), and many fine buildings were erected, including the Post Office, Police Station & Court House (1864), Institute Hall, Town Hall (1909), a butter factory (1889), a school, a hospital, a coach-house, hotels, churches and business houses.Most of the buildings in use at this time still stand today.William Beavis Randell's son, William Richard Randell, would build the first Murray River paddlesteamer in Gumeracha in 1852.