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About Time:
South Australia’s History Festival
1st to 31st May 2014
CITY CENTRE WALKING TOURS
Tuesday 6th May 2014 or Tuesday 20th May 2014
CITY NORTH WALKING TOURS
Thursday 8th May 2014 or Thursday 22nd May 2014
BICYCLE TOURS
Sunday 18th May 2014 or Sunday 25th May 2014
www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/great-buildings
What is ‘City of Adelaide:
A City of Great Buildings’…?
Throughout May 2013, Adelaide City Council asked Adelaide residents,
workers, students and visitors to nominate and vote for their favourite
buildings in the CBD, North Adelaide or the Park Lands.
We received great feedback from the public and had an overwhelming
response of 192 buildings submitted and 5372 votes cast.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to submit or vote!
The buildings submitted throughout May 2013 along with the number of
votes each building received were presented to the City of Great Buildings
Panel in June-July 2013.
This panel of experts, appointed by Adelaide City Council, reviewed and
shortlisted the buildings received to create a 'final list'.
This all-encompassing list of 62 buildings highlights the City of Adelaide’s
architecture and heritage and contains:
• buildings from all parts of the City of Adelaide (North Adelaide, CBD,
South East, South West and the Park Lands)
• a range of building eras to reflect the evolution of the City of Adelaide
• a range of building types to reflect the diversity of built form in the City
of Adelaide
• buildings unique to the City of Adelaide, South Australia and Australia
From landmark heritage churches to early dwellings, and contemporary
university buildings to intricate glasshouses, this list truly has something
for everyone!
Contents
City Centre Walking Tour – Page 1
Epworth Building
T & G Building
Torrens Building
Stock Exchange
BankSA
Supreme Court
Executor Trustee
Building
Town Hall
Beacon House
Electra House
Darling Building
Alliance Assurance
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Treasury
Maughan Church
Tattersalls Building
Reserve Bank
GPO
City North Walking Tour – Page 10
Beehive Corner
Ayers House
Institute Building
Young’s Shoe Store
Waterhouse House
Adelaide Club
Bertram House
Bonython Hall
Parliament House
Adelaide Arcade
Elder Hall
Fruit and Produce
Exchange
Mitchell Building
Botanic Hotel and
Chambers
Old Parliament House
Art Gallery
Police Barracks
Bicycle Tour – Page 19
Maughan Church
House and Shop
Advanced School
for Girls
Mosque
Training School
Adelaide High School
Model School
Brewing Offices
Smyth Chapel
Hawke Building
Wests Coffee Palace
Queens Theatre
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In 1900 the three branches of the Methodist Church, the
Wesleyans, Bible Christians and Primitive Methodists united
for a variety of reasons and saw a merging of funds and
properties. After a period of consolidation this building was
constructed in 1926 as purpose built administrative offices.
The new premise was called the Epworth Building to
commemorate John Wesley's birthplace in the county of
Lincolnshire, England.
The architects were English and Soward and C. H. Martin
was the builder.
The complex has been recognised by the Australian Institute
of Architects (SA Chapter) as nationally significant 20th
Century architecture.
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The former Stock Exchange was crucial to the State's financial
affairs. The building is indeed a handsome one, being one of the
few federation Edwardian style buildings in the City of Adelaide.
Jointly designed by architects H.E. Fuller and H.A. Dunn, it
was constructed by master builder Walter C. Torode in 1901 to
commemorate the Australian Federation.
Although damaged by fire in 1938 and again in 1982 the building
was empathetically restored on both occasions. The impressive
Morris and Co. stained-glass window in the main stairwell
somehow survived both fires.
The complex has been recognised by the Australian Institute
of Architects (SA Chapter) as nationally significant 20th
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Executor Trustee Building
22 Grenfell Street, Adelaide
This building is associated with the notable South Australian
company, the Executor Trustee and Agency Company of South
Australia Limited. The company was the second trust company
in Australia and was formed in 1879, one year after the first
founded in Melbourne.
The company occupied a series of offices before deciding to
construct their own in 1922. W.H. Bagot and Laybourne Smith
were joint architects with C.E.W. Parsons, and F. Fricker was
the builder.
82-88 King William Street, Adelaide
This was one of Adelaide's earliest high-rise buildings and for
a number of years was the landmark in King William Street.
The site was purchased by the T & G Society in 1912 to house
the new offices of the South Australian branch. The architect
was K.A. Henderson (Henderson, Alsop and Martin) and
McLeod Brothers of Sydney were the building contractors.
The eleven storey building was constructed in 1925 to a
height of 132 feet, the then maximum height allowed in the
City of Adelaide.
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Alliance Assurance Building
T & G Building
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BankSA
20 Grenfell Street, Adelaide
97 King William Street, Adelaide
As the original head office of the Alliance Assurance Company
(first recorded in 1856) this building illustrates the development
of the insurance industry.
This reinforced concrete, stone and brick office was completed
in 1927 by builders J. King and Son and designed by architects
J.A. Kethel of Sydney, and Rutt and Lawson of Adelaide.
The Savings Bank of South Australia's old headquarters on
Currie Street became inadequate and in the 1930s this site
was purchased for a new head office building.
Architects McMichael and Harris drew up plans for the new
structure and construction began in 1939 by Fricker Bros.
The outbreak of the war caused labour shortages and major
delays with materials, the offices opened in 1943 much later
than originally estimated. The building with its basement and
nine floors rose to the maximum height allowed at the time
by the building regulations.
The complex has been recognised by the Australian Institute
of Architects (SA Chapter) as nationally significant 20th
Century architecture.
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Tattersalls Building
14 Grenfell Street, Adelaide
The history of this building is very much that of the South
Australian Tattersalls Club (SATC), for which it was built. For
a time it was a registered racing club, and for a long period the
arbiter in betting disputes. Designed by Garlick and Jackman,
this heavily detailed building is unusual for its obvious duality
as a result of two stage construction, the western part in
1916-1917, and the eastern part in 1927-1928.
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Treasury
128 King William Street, Adelaide
142-160 King William Street, Adelaide
The Corporation of the City of Adelaide was created in 1840 and
was the first in Australia.
Fourteen years later the present Adelaide Town Hall was built,
becoming the premier venue for concerts, civic receptions,
club meetings and public gatherings in the City and the State.
When the Adelaide Town Hall was built it was the most significant
structure in King William Street, the tallest, grandest and
most expensive.
After it was built, specific conditions regarding style and materials
were stipulated by architect Edmund Wright for all other buildings
to be constructed on the corporation acre, Town Acre 203. These
buildings include the former Prince Alfred Hotel, Eagle Chambers,
Gladstone Chambers and Queens Chambers which are integral
to the Town Hall complex.
These buildings were effectively the centre of South
Australian government and administration from the
late 1830s until the 1960s. All the important colonial
officials and later, state cabinet and the premier
were accommodated here and much other business
conducted including the work of the Governor and
Chief Secretary's Office, Treasury, Survey, Crown Lands,
Public Works and Attorney General.
The original building on Town Acre 236, was designed
by civil engineer, George Strickland Kingston in 1839
however most of this building was demolished to
make way for the two and three storey buildings that
were constructed between 1858-1907 to the designs
of colonial architect Edward Angus Hamilton and later
Charles Edward Owen Smyth.
The Treasury Building was constructed in seven major
sections yet presents a unified appearance to Victoria
Square and includes a majestic internal courtyard.
Electra House
131-133 King William Street, Adelaide
Built in 1901 for the Mutual Life and Citizen's Assurance
Company Limited (MLC) the building is also associated
with the Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph
Co. Ltd which was responsible for providing telegraphic
communication from Europe to connect with South Australia's
overland telegraph.
The architect was John Quinton Bruce in association with
William Cumming and Ernest Bayer.
The building became known as Electra House in 1940,
named after the Greek legendary figure, Electra, 'the
bright one'.
The figure brackets supporting the balconette are very
distinctive and are rare in Adelaide.
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General Post Office
141-159 King William Street, Adelaide
The Adelaide Post Office began in a hut by the River
Torrens soon after the site for Adelaide was decided
upon. It was moved to successively larger buildings
until 1865, when a design competition was held for a
new premises purpose built to house the GPO and the
Telegraph Station. Finally four architects influenced the
design, Edmund William Wright, Edward John Woods,
Edward Angus Hamilton and Robert George Thomas.
The building became the most expensive building
constructed by the government to that date and
workers on site included eighteen stone cutters, ten
carpenters, four metal smiths and fifteen labourers to
complete the major project.
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Reserve Bank
182-188 Victoria Square, Adelaide
There are few buildings in Adelaide of this design and
constructional quality.
The building was designed by the Commonwealth Department
of Works and built by Dillingham Construction Pty Ltd in 1963.
The former Reserve Bank of Australia building is well articulated,
divided into three sections: a base emphasised by the
surrounding solar screen, a shaft faced with light coloured marble
covering slender columns that rise the height of the building and
a capital, consisting of a white sculptured cap that seems to float
above the roof of the building.
The complex has been recognised by the Australian Institute
of Architects (SA Chapter) as nationally significant 20th
Century architecture.
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Torrens Building
190-220 Victoria Square, Adelaide
The Torrens Building was designed to meet the
requirements of the Public Works and RegistrarGeneral's Department.
As usual with public buildings, a design
competition was held for the design, it was won
by a Melbourne based architect, Michael Egan.
The foundations and cellars were constructed
of Glen Osmond stone by Robert Huckson.
James Shaw tendered successfully to build
the superstructure in November 1879 and
the building was complete and occupied
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Supreme Court
261-279 Victoria Square, Adelaide
The present building was designed as a Local and
Insolvency Court.
Sources suggest that Robert George Thomas was
the architect however George Thomas Light may
also have had some role in the design.
During construction by Brown and Thompson in
1866-1869 the building excited high praise for its
imposing facade to Victoria Square classically
derived in the Palladian manner.
In 1873 it became the Supreme Court which Sir
Samuel Way, perhaps the most accomplished
and best known of South Australia's chief justices,
presided over from 1876 until his death in 1916.
This grand structure forms part of the state's most
important group of law buildings in a distinct
precinct to the south and south-west of Victoria
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Beacon House
181-189 Victoria Square, Adelaide
The MLC building was Adelaide's first post-war skyscraper and
a 'benchmark' building embodying advances in construction
techniques (such as curtain walling) which have since altered
the face of the central business district.
The architects were Bates, Smart and McCutcheon of Melbourne,
assisted in Adelaide by Lawson, Cheesman, Doley and Partners.
Construction started in 1955 by Fricker Brothers and finished
in 1957.
The complex has been recognised by the Australian Institute
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This building was designed by architect E.H McMichael and
erected for the prominent mercantile firm of John Darling and
Son in 1916. Although John Darling Senior and Junior died
before its completion, the building reflects the success of the
firm and the importance of the Darling family. It remained in the
ownership of John Darling and Son Proprietary Ltd until 1958.
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This contemporary Gothic Church and mission was designed
by Adelaide architects Brown & Davies in association with
Eric Von Schramek.
Construction began in early 1964 by F Fricker Ltd at the
same time as the demolition of the original Maughan
Methodist Church, built on this site in 1864.
The Church acquired the licence for Radio Station 5KA in
1943 and opened in December that year. The station was
closed for a time during World War II under the suspicion
of supplying information to the enemy in code.
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This building occupies one of the most prominent sites in the City
of Adelaide.
The original building on this site was constructed in the 1840s
and housed many prominent tenants including architect Edmund
Wright and the office of the Adelaide Times newspaper. By 1849,
the corner was widely known as Beehive Corner.
The current Gothic Revival style building was constructed in
1895-1896 for Henry Martin. English and Soward are the likely
architects as they had designed other developments for Martin
such as the Tavistock Building in Rundle Street.
For over a century, "meet you at the Beehive Corner" has been a
common phrase among Adelaideans when nominating a meeting
place in the city.
55 Rundle Mall, Adelaide
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Fruit and Produce Exchange
East Terrace, Grenfell Street,
Rundle Street and Union Street, Adelaide
When C.J. Young's Shoe Co. was rebuilt in 1925-1926, it was
described as an artistic addition to the architecture of Rundle
Street (now Mall).
Novel methods were used to rebuild the shoe store, for in order
to allow business to proceed, the architects Charles W. Rutt and
Lawson, had to arrange for the top storey to be built first. This
was done by implanting a number of girders into the walls of the
two neighbouring buildings, which had also recently been rebuilt.
The Georgian style facade is dominated by the large bow window
and the use of glazed brickwork is unusual for Adelaide giving the
building a distinctive appearance.
Bertram House
Adelaide Arcade
Adelaide Arcade, the first arcade erected in Adelaide, opened in
December 1885 and was funded by Saul Solomon, Lewis Henry
Berens, Joachim Matthias Wendt, Robert Carr Castle, Hermann
Koeppon Carl Wendt, Emanuel Cohen and Patrick Gay.
The design by Withall and Wells is the most important of their
work to have survived and the extensive use of high quality
materials, extravagant detailing and electric lights suggest that
the firm was extremely progressive.
During the depression, Adelaide Arcade offered one year's free
lease to tenants. Adelaide Arcade is testimony to the period
during which Rundle Street (now Mall) was transformed into a
retail area of great renown.
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By the 1890s there was great competition for stalls in the East
End due to the extensive growth of the gardening trade, with an
overflow of traders spilling on to the streets.
In circa 1900, William Charlick, a proprietor of Charlick
Brothers (a large fruit, potato and grocery business) decided
to 'remedy the evils' by purchasing this land near the old market
to build an extension. Negotiations with the East End Market
Company failed and Charlick decided to establish a new,
up-to-date market.
Designed by Henry J. Cowell the market was open for trade
in May 1904. Three further extensions were made soon after,
Vardon Avenue, Rundle Street and Union Street.
This building was erected in 1897-1898 for the British and
Foreign Bible Society, one of the largest publishing movements in
the world. Constructed of red terracotta brick with Glen Osmond
bluestone base and stucco dressings the gothic style building
was designed by Alfred Wells and built by W. Rodgers.
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Botanic Hotel and Chambers
301-310 North Terrace, Adelaide
This traditional Victorian terrace of buildings is one of the most
substantial developments completed during the boom period
from the late 1860s to the mid 1880s and demonstrates the then
vigour and confidence in South Australia.
The complex, constructed of Glen Osmond stone, was designed
by architect Michael McMullen and built by J. Barry in 1876-1877
for Richard Vaughan. In 1862 Vaughan established the nearby
East End Market for selling general produce.
The complex occupies one of the most prominent corner
positions in the City of Adelaide and acts as an admirable
'bookend' to the streetscape of North Terrace along with the
Newmarket Hotel in the west.
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Waterhouse House
261 North Terrace, Adelaide
This imposing building is one of the few survivors of the fashionable
homes which once graced North Terrace.
In 1881 two small dwellings on this site were demolished to make
way for this house, commissioned by Thomas Greaves Waterhouse,
a successful businessman, and designed by architect William McMinn.
Several notable South Australians occupied the house including wine
and spirit merchant and politician, Sir William Milne (appointed a
knight of the realm in 1876), and architect Walter Hervey Bagot.
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Bonython Hall
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Ayers House
287-300 North Terrace, Adelaide
This gracious bluestone mansion is the last of its kind
on North Terrace, apart from Government House.
Ayers House is named after its most famous resident,
Sir Henry Ayers KCMG, who was a pre-eminent public
figure in colonial South Australian life.
The origins of the house date from 1846 when it was
first built of brick. Ayers transformed the premises into
an elegant bluestone mansion with its circular front rooms
and Kingston style porticoes via extensive alterations
and additions during the 1850s-1870s. A sympathetic
conservatory was added in 1985.
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North Terrace, Adelaide
This massive hall stands defiantly on a site which was nearly
lost to a road building scheme to extend Pulteney Street
northwards, mooted shortly before the construction
of the hall.
In 1930 the University of Adelaide received a large donation
from Sir John Langdon Bonython to construct a 'Great Hall'
similar to those at the universities of Melbourne and Sydney.
The design by Walter Hervey Bagot of Woods, Bagot,
Laybourne Smith & Irwin successfully created a medieval
structure in the tradition of the old British universities. Built of
Murray Bridge limestone, Bonython insisted upon a sloping
floor as he wanted the hall to be used for ceremonial purposes
and not for such frivolities as dancing.
The complex has been recognised by the Australian Institute
of Architects (SA Chapter) as nationally significant 20th
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Elder Hall
North Terrace, Adelaide
This building is part of a prominent ensemble of buildings
belonging to the University of Adelaide and notable elements
along North Terrace.
Sir Thomas Elder made a generous donation in 1898 to
provide a permanent home for the School of Music founded
in 1884. The Florentine Gothic style hall was designed by
F. J. Naish to seat 1000, with an orchestra and chorus room
for 300. Built by Walter C. Torode, the hall is constructed of
freestone from Stirling West with the dressings, quoins and
turrets of Mount Gambier freestone.
At the time, apart from the Town Hall, this was the only other
venue for music performances and many fine concerts were
held here. It was home to all studies,
degree ceremonies and examinations until the construction
of Bonython Hall.
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Art Gallery
North Terrace, Adelaide
South Australia had an art collection well before it had a
permanent art gallery. In 1856 Christopher Hill established
the South Australian Society for the Arts and from 1859 it
was incorporated with the Public Library and Museum and
used rooms in the Institute Building.
The Gallery and growing collection moved to several sites
before a bequest from Sir Thomas Elder assisted the
government to build a proper gallery. The gallery's curator
H. P. Gill and superintendent of Public Works C. E. Owen
Smyth worked together on the design and in 1898 contractor
N. W. Trudgen started building work. This is known as the
Elder Wing.
In 1936, to commemorate South Australia's centenary,
a bequest from Alexander Melrose assisted with doubling
the size of the Gallery. A new facade, entrance vestibule
and the Melrose Wing were built under the supervision of
A. E. Simpson. A new north wing was opened in 1962.
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Mitchell Building
North Terrace, Adelaide
Police Barracks
The Mitchell Building was the first to be built in the university
grounds, and until the end of the nineteenth century was the
venue for administration and all the teaching for five different
faculties. The library was in this building until 1932 and until
1900 was used as the 'great hall'.
Plans for such a building to be established began in 1876, but
it was to be six years of controversy over design competitions
and designs for the building before it officially opened.
The final modern Gothic design was accredited to William
McMinn with assistance from E. J. Woods; however the
design seems to be influenced by Melbourne architect
Michael Egan's competition entry. Brown and Thompson
were the builders.
Off North Terrace, Adelaide (behind Museum)
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The Mounted Police Barracks and the Armoury complex
include some of the earliest surviving government buildings.
Associated with the South Australian Police Force both were
purpose built as part of a group surrounding a large quadrangle
and enclosed by iron swing gates surmounted by arches.
The barracks building was originally single storey built of
limestone and brick with a slate roof. It was designed by
colonial engineer Captain Freeling and constructed by J. H.
Walker in 1851. In 1882 the building was extensively modified
with the addition of another storey.
In 1854 additions were built including the armoury and
residential accommodation. These were designed by
W. Bennett Hays and built by W. Lines.
The armoury was also originally a single storey building but
it was very tall with a steep roof and was easily divided into
two floors in 1857.
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Institute Building
North Terrace, Adelaide
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North Terrace, Adelaide
Act 16 of 1855-1856 stated that the South Australian Institute
was to be established under the control of a board of
governors and was to include, a public library and museum,
and conduct lectures on a variety of subjects and to include,
by affiliation, a union of all the colony's cultural societies.
This expanding Institute needed a suitable premise. Colonial
architect Edward Angus Hamilton prepared the designs,
contractor William Lines completed the foundations and
English & Brown built the superstructure during 1859.
However this new building was only the first stage. The north
wall was left unplastered and the second stage, designed by
superintendent of Public Works, C. E. Owen-Smyth
to match Hamilton's southern section was built in 1906.
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Adelaide Club
165-167 North Terrace, Adelaide
Since its erection in 1863-1864, this building has represented
the male gentry of South Australian society who controlled
South Australia's mercantile, political and rural pursuits.
The building was sponsored by a group of mainly English
and Scottish merchants, professionals and farmers and
most of South Australia's 'great capitalists' were members.
Ironically only a few of them would have been considered
'gentry' in Great Britain but they took the opportunity
to prosper during the establishment of the Colony and
placed themselves and their families as the ruling class
of South Australia.
The architects were G & E Hamilton. The buildings
foundations and the basement were built by English
and Brown and the contractor for the completion of the
building was William Lines.
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This monumental structure is Adelaide's second Parliament House
and was built in two sections 50 years apart. As one of Adelaide's
most important buildings, it was the centre of much controversy
with regard to its siting, design, materials and construction.
The original design by E. W. Wright and Lloyd Tayler was modified
by colonial architect E. J. Woods prior to construction by the
Kapunda Marble Company. In mid 1885 works on the west
wing stopped and the contract broken throwing over 100 men
into unemployment during the depression. By early 1886 a new
contract was signed with James Shaw which saw the hiring of
95 men at the site and a further 60 at the quarry. Works were
completed mid 1889.
In 1934, Sir Langdon Bonython gifted the money to complete the
east wing of this building to commemorate the 1936 centenary of
the foundation of South Australia. Works were undertaken by Slater
under the supervision of the government architect, A. E. Simpson.
Works were completed mid 1939.
The resulting marble palace occupies a major intersection and is
impressive on all four sides.
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Old Parliament House
North Terrace, Adelaide
Old Parliament House was constructed in stages between
1843 and 1875. The building incorporates examples of the
work of colonial architects E. A. Hamilton, W. Bennett Hays
and E. J. Woods.
The Elizabethan facade uses contrasting building materials
of red brick and white limestone.
It is remarkable that this building has survived given the
unrelenting complaints about the chambers by members
of parliament from as early as 1858 until as recently as
the 1960s.
During WWII this building was used as recruiting offices.
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Maughan Church
2-30 Pitt Street, Adelaide
This contemporary Gothic Church and mission was designed
by Adelaide architects Brown & Davies in association with
Eric Von Schramek.
Construction began in early 1964 by F Fricker Ltd at the same
time as the demolition of the original Maughan Methodist
Church, built on this site in 1864.
The Church acquired the licence for Radio Station 5KA in 1943
and opened in December that year. The station was closed for
a time during World War II under the suspicion of supplying
information to the enemy in code.
The complex has been recognised by the Australian Institute
of Architects (SA Chapter) as nationally significant 20th
Century architecture.
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The former Advanced School for Girls, the first state secondary
school, opened in 1879 in Franklin Street and provided education
for girls beyond primary level.
As enrolments grew the Superintendent of Public Buildings, C.E.
Owen Smyth designed this purpose built brick two storey school
which was built in 1891 by J.J. Leahy.
There was no equivalent school for boys until 1908 when the
Continuation School for Boys was established.
Later that year the two schools combined to become Adelaide
High School.
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109-119 Grote Street, Adelaide
The former Teachers Training School was designed by Edward John
Woods and erected in 1875-1876 by builders Brown and Thompson.
In 1908 the Continuation School for Boys was established in this
building. Later that year the school combined with the Advanced
School for Girls to form Adelaide High School.
In 1909 the single storey Gothic style school was cleverly
transformed into a two storeyed Tudor style building by C.E. Owen
Smyth. The work was undertaken by J.J. Ashman.
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Model School
121-129 Grote Street, Adelaide
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Smyth Chapel
West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide
Built as a memorial to the Very Reverend John Smyth, the design by
E.J. Woods was chosen as a result of a competition conducted by
the Smyth Memorial Fund Committee in the later part of 1870.
Constructed of bluestone with freestone dressings by Peters and
Jones, it is octagonal in plan with an open timber roof rising from
each angle and surmounted bell turret. Each of the buttresses were
once adorned with a carved gargoyle.
The Chapel is part of the West Terrace Cemetery, a place where
approximately 150,000 burials have occurred since the Cemetery's
inclusion in Light's plan of 1837.
The former Model School's primary objective was to standardise
education methods and principles for the State's public schools.
It was designed by Edward John Woods, as a result of a design
competition, and built by T. Martin and Son in 1873-1874.
The Gothic style school was divided into three sections to
accommodate separately boys, girls and infants. A turret in the
centre of the roof contained a bronze bell with a sonorous tone.
In 1908 it formed part of the Adelaide High School.
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The Adelaide Mosque is a striking visual icon in the City's southwest and is reputedly the oldest permanent mosque in Australia.
Built between 1888-1889, this building is one of the few relics
of Afghan immigration to South Australia and embodies, in built
form, Afghan and Mohammedan culture which is otherwise not
significantly represented.
The distinctive minarets are a later addition, added in 1903.
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Adelaide High School
West Terrace, Adelaide
Originally constructed in 1848 as a three roomed cottage for
George Dawson, the building was extended by the erection of
a one roomed shop in 1857.
By 1862 George Dawson's widow, Elizabeth, and their daughter,
also named Elizabeth, owned the land.
In 1913 the property was purchased by Martha Standley and
remained in the family for over 100 years.
The appearance of the property has changed little since its
original construction.
Mosque
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At a state and local level the Adelaide High School
is historically significant both because of its link with
the state's first high school, and also an example of
post war development.
The nation-wide design competition attracting over
60 separate designs was won by Sydney architects
Edward B. Fitzgerald and John K. Brogan in 1940.
However, the outbreak of war delayed construction
until 1947. The new Adelaide Boys High School
opened in 1951 having been constructed by
A.W. Baulderstone.
In 1977-1978 the school became co-educational.
The complex has been recognised by the Australian
Institute of Architects (SA Chapter) as nationally
significant 20th Century architecture.
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Brewing Offices
222-228 Hindley Street, Adelaide
These offices were built in 1940-1941 as the administrative
headquarters for the South Australian Brewing Company Ltd.
The work of prominent Adelaide architect Frank Kenneth
Milne, the building was constructed by William Essery &
Sons whom Milne often recommended as the builders.
The company consolidated its two production facilities
on its site in Thebarton and the West End Brewery on
the Southern side of Hindley Street was demolished in
1982-1984 and this building sold.
The complex has been recognised by the Australian
Institute of Architects (SA Chapter)
as nationally significant 20th Century architecture.
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Wests Coffee Palace
104-120 Hindley Street, Adelaide
Leopold Conrad, for whom the complex was erected, began trading in
Hindley Street in 1869 as a butcher and smallgoods manufacturer. His
two sons, Albert Selmar and Frank Herbert were trained as architects.
In 1902 Conrad's old shops were pulled down and by the end of
1903 a group of twelve shops and dwellings had replaced the earlier
buildings. Conrad named the complex Austral Stores, the building
was designed by A.S. Conrad and built by W.B. Bland.
The complex remains an excellent example of the florid freestyle so
typical of the Edwardian period. The facade is dominated by twin three
storey towers with flanking pavilions. Constructed of brick with stuccoed
dressings, the complex is reminiscent of the Adelaide Fruit and Produce
Exchange which was built around the same time and also part of the City
of Great Buildings final list.
The complex has been recognised by the Australian Institute of Architects
(SA Chapter) as nationally significant 20th Century architecture.
Hawke Building
55 North Terrace, Adelaide
Queens Theatre
The strikingly modern Hawke Building on the University
of South Australia’s City West campus was completed
in May 2007.
It was named after former Australian Prime Minister
Bob Hawke – the first Australian Prime Minister born
in South Australia.
This landmark building was designed by John Wardle
Architects (in association with Hassell Architects) and
includes a Civic Gallery, an auditorium, a forum space,
and the second largest public art gallery in the state.
The complex concrete and glass façade was modelled
in 3D and required a specialist façade engineer. The
design also introduced a number of innovative materials,
including high performance glazing, profiled copper
panels, rendered sheeting, and zinc plate cladding.
This building has won several awards.
Playhouse Lane, Adelaide
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The first serious attempt to provide a major theatrical venue in
Adelaide was made in 1840 soon after the ventures in Sydney
and Hobart.
Queen's Theatre was built by the merchants Vaiben and Emanuel
Solomon and opened on 11 January 1841 with John Lazar playing
the leading male role in Othello.
In 1843 negotiations between the government and E. Solomon led
to the internal adaptation of the theatre for use as the Magistrates
Court, Supreme Court and Police Court.
In 1846 George Coppin arrived in South Australia and remodelled
and enlarged the old Queen's Theatre building to form the Royal
Victoria Theatre which opened on 23 December 1850.
In December 1877 Messrs Formby and Boase opened their horse
and carriage bazaar in the former theatre and adjoining buildings.
Alterations to the theatre structure were made to place stalls,
a ring and offices within the auditorium and stage areas.
The façade has been preserved and the theatre is still available
for hire for public events.
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Adelaide City Council would like to thank the
following project supporters:
Australian Institute of Architects (SA Chapter)
History SA
National Trust of South Australia
Office for Design + Architecture
University of Adelaide
University of South Australia + Architecture Museum
This initiative was inspired by the highly successful
Chicago and Glasgow Landmarks Projects.