Gabriel, Francis, c. 1908, Photograph, B 2112
Grant's Coffee Palace, Hindley street, Adelaide. Designed by architect Albert Selmar Conrad, and built in 1903, the Austral Stores originally comprised 12 shops and dwellings. After 1908 the building operated as Grant's Coffee Palace, a 'coffee palace' being a popular alternative to hotels after the growth of the temperance movement. In 1919 it was taken over by John West, and has been known as West's Coffee Palace ever since. The paired and turreted towers, projecting gables, red brick and render walls, Byzantine details and steep terracotta tiled roof are characteristic of the Federation period. Right side of Grant's is 36 yards west of Victoria Street and frontage is 62.5 yards. For views taken in 1960, see B 14327-29.