ROCKLAND – A historic hotel is going condo.

The owner of the Wayfarer East Hotel, a restaurant and tavern that was closed in September 2004, is planning to turn the landmark building into Narragansett Condominiums.

Before World War II, the building was called Narragansett Hotel, Rockland Historical Society President Harold Simmons said Friday. Simmons is also assistant code enforcement officer.

Simmons had old postcards of the building: One postcard was made of aluminum, showing the Narragansett with awnings on every window, and one was from the 1950s or 1960s when it was the Rockland Hotel.

The four-story building, which towers over the city’s downtown, will have eight condominium units – two commercial units on the first floor and two residential units on each of the upper three floors.

The building sits on a 6,320-square-foot lot on the corner of Park and Union streets.

One of the commercial tenants will be Goodnow’s Pharmacy, currently located on the corner of Park and Main streets in the historic Spear Block. The drugstore is being displaced by Camden National Bank, which will be spending $1.7 million to renovate the building for a bank, retail or residential space.

Wayfarer owner Colin Wentworth could not be reached for further information and project costs. The project will have to go through subdivision review.

According to plans filed at the code office, Goodnow’s will occupy the south side of the building and a mercantile tenant will use the opposite side. The residential condos each will have a living room-dining area, kitchen, study, bath, bedroom and laundry. On the south side, condos will have 856 square feet of space. On the north side, units will be 953-square-foot spaces.

Other applications received by the code office this week include:

. A change of use request from Royce Wright of Rockland, who plans to open a restaurant called Union Street Grille in the old Rockland train station. That project is estimated to cost $75,000 and be completed in three months.

. C&B Holdings Inc. has presented a proposal to open an Amato’s take-out restaurant at 77 Park St., where Turning Tide had wanted to open a methadone clinic.

That project is estimated to cost $150,000 and be completed in 60 days.