Find • Sweet, Samuel White, 1825-1886 • Results 781 to 810 of 1,125
King William Street, Adelaide
[General description] This three storey stone building at 79 King William Street is the premises of R.H. Wigg & Sons, wine merchants and grocers. Two gentlemen posing in the entrance might be the proprietors. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 171 / King William Street, west side / Left side of centre building is 50 yards north of Waymouth Street / Frontage: 12 yards'.
Virgoe Son & Co., Waymouth Street
Premises of Virgoe Son & Co, Importers, Waymouth Street, north side. Right side of the building is 22.5 yards west of Waymouth Street and frontage is 10 yards.
King William Street, Adelaide
[General description] Three towers on King William Street. The Town Hall on the left, the Advertiser building on the right and the Town Hall in the middle. Victoria Square is in the distance. [On back of photograph] 'Acres 202, 203, 237, 171 / King William Street, west side / 1875-1883'.
King William Street
King William Street, west side showing the General Post Offrice and the Advertiser Building. Buildings inbetween include George Robertson Stationer and Bookseller, HT Davie, J Hill and Company. These business all have verandahs which reach to the kerb. Hitching posts can be seen dotted along the road. A few horse drawn carriages and carts are waiting in the street
King William Street, Adelaide
[General description] Taken from the Victoria Square gardens, this view shows a well dressed couple posing for the photographer by the Square gates. Behind them city buildings can be seen on either side of King William Street with the General Post Office on the left and the Town Hall prominent on the right. [On back of photograph] 'King William Street, looking north from Victoria Square / 1874-83 / Presented by Mrs. E.H. Burchell'.
King William Street
Town Hall, King William Street showing the Eagle Chambers on the Pirie Street side. The Town Hall was designed by Wright and Woods and built in 1863-6. Its portico and tower influenced later buildings. The building attached to the Town Hall on the right was originally the Prince Alfred Hotel. Eagle Chambers attached to the left of the Town Hall was built in 1874.
King William Street
King William Street, east side showing Adelaide Town Hall which was built in 1863-66 to the design by Wright and Woods. The graceful tower has yet to house clocks.
King William Street, Adelaide
[General description] The main focus of this view is Eagle Chambers ( on the left) and the Adelaide Town Hall (centre). The General Post Office is seen on the right. Traffic is horse drawn on the unsealed road. [On back of photograph] 'Acres 203, 236 / Town Hall, King William Street, east side / 1875-79'.
King William Street
South corner of King William Street and Pirie Street showing Eagle Chambers which was built in 1874. The architect was EJ Woods and also Gladstone Chambers was added in 1874. Eagle Chambers is the name of the three storey building on the corner of Pirie Street and King William Street. It has a balustraded parapet around the roofline.
Pirie Street
Pirie Street, south side, National Hotel, frontage of the Hotel is 33 yards. The left side of the hotel is about three yards east of the western alignment of Devonshire Place. There is a hand drawn map of the exact location on the back of this photograph. This hotel was also known as Swiss, Tivoli, National and is now listed on the National Trust Register. At the time of this photograph the National Hotel proprietor was LF Wicklein. Trees outside the hotel provide shade for patrons.
Victoria Square
Victoria Square looking from the northern end through to King William Street. The pathway is bordered with small shrubs set in lawn. The towers of the Town Hall and Post Office stand like sentinels either side of King William Street.
Victoria Square
Victoria Square showing the north western portion which contains the Post Office and Public Offices. The gardens displaying low trees are contained by railings. Horse drawn carriages are parked in the centre of the square. Power poles can be seen at intervals along the surrounding streets. It is ten to eleven on a sunny morning and people are making use of the shade outside the public offices.
King William Street
Post Office and Government Offices, King William Street, Flinders Street and Victoria Square. A part of the north east gardens behind railings can be seen in Victoria Square.
King William Street
General Post Office, King William Street.
King William Street, Adelaide
[General description] King William Street, west side, looking south from North Terrace to the distant Town Hall and General Post Office. The Gresham Hotel is on the right, next building along is Johnson's Pantheon Boot factory. Horse cabs stand in the centre of the unsealed road.
Franklin Street
Franklin Street, south side showing Trenerry butcher's shop erected in 1879, the left side abuts Trenerry Court; Frontage: 14 yards. The two storey sandstone building has accommodation on the first floor for the owner and his family. At street lovel carcasses hang in the open window of the butchers shop. Three butchers wearing their aprons are standing outside the wholesale and retail butcher and sausage maker shop.
Franklin Street
Franklin Street, south side showing the premises of Coach Builders Morcombe & Clarke. The right side is 35 yards east of Pitt Street. The frontage of the two buildings is 12 1/2 yards. Carriages and workers are outside the building.
Victoria Square
Victoria Square, west side, showing Torrens Chambers. The left side is 52 1/2 yards south of Franklin Street. Frontage: 8 yards. The first floor of the Torrens Chambers housed the offices of Government Architect William McMinn in 1876. Some of McMinns projects include the General Post Office, alterations to the Supreme Court and the design of various hotels.
Victoria Square
Victoria Square, west side. The left side of Torrens Chambers (extreme left) is 52 1/2 yards south of Franklin Street. The left side of the Windsor Castle Hotel (portion shown on extreme right) is 10 yards south of Franklin Street. The Windsor Castle Hotel was built in 1850 and was rebuilt about 1880. The building occupying the centre of the row of buildings houses the offices of the London and Lancashire Fire and Life Insurance Company Limited and various other business agents.
Victoria Square
Victoria Square looking from a height across to Wakefield Street. Various church steeples can be seen over the rooftops. The octagonal tower of the Unitarian Church is visible in Wakefield Street. Horses and carriages are parked in Victoria Square. The Government Building (Torrens Building) was designed by Melbourne architect Michael Egan and built between 1879 and 1881. It held the Public Works Department and the Registrar General Department. Iron railings replaced the wooden fences in Victoria Square between 1883 and 1894.
Flinders Street
Flinders Street, looking east from Victoria Square. The building on the extreme right which was erected in 1870 occupies the south east corner of Flinders Street and Victoria Square. It has two storeys, quoins at the corners of the building, shutters on the windows and a parapet has been built around the roof. Two church steeples can be seen on the northern side of Flinders Street.
Gawler Place
Gawler Place, east side, Left side of premises is 37 yards south of Flinders Street, frontage: 26 yards.
Training School and Model School, Grote Street
Training School (Left) and Model School (Right), Grote Street, South side. The Model School was built in 1874 and featured a pointed Gothic arch which was associated with seats of learning. The central fleche was taken down at some time but it is still a good example of an early school built by the Government of South Australia. Next door the Training School for Teachers was originally a Tudor design and was erected in 1876. It was also a bluestone building which has now been rendered. The two storey building with its imposing Northern and Western walls and wrought iron gates shows rich neo-gothic decoration. A second storey was added in 1909-10.
'Landunna', Hutt Street
Hutt Street, west side. 'Landunna', residence of John Rounsevell. The extreme left is 17 yards north of Angas Street. Frontage: 24 yards. In 1956 this building became the Naval, Military and Airforce Club. A note on the back of the photograph states "Mr John Rounsevell has just put up at the corner of Hutt and Wakefield Streets a house of 20 rooms. The material is from the Glen Osmond and Mitcham quarries and the house which has been built in the best style cost one thousand, seven hundred and fifty pounds." Observer 11 January, 1873, page 10g.
Victoria Square
Victoria Square, Supreme Court between 1880-1883. Compare this with B 4137, taken after the erection of iron railings around Victoria Square. The Supreme Court building was built in 1869 of Tea Tree Gully sandstone and features three arched entrances, cast iron gates and Ionic columns. It is topped by a balastraded parapet and a pediment displaying the British Coat of Arms.
King William Street
King William Street, Crown and Sceptre Hotel.
St. Luke's Church, Adelaide
St. Luke's Church, Adelaide viewed from Whitmore Square, west side. The church was consecrated in 1856. The builder was Thomas Hall and architect was EW Wright. The chancel became decayed and was replaced in 1899.
Gilbert Street
Eastern corner of Gilbert Street and Norman Street showing the Draper Memrial Church named after Reverend DJ Draper who was drowned when the "London" sank in 1866. The church with the Gothic spire was designed by James Cumming in 1867. It was demolished in 1971.
Avenue Road
[General description] These two large stone houses, designed by architect Daniel Garlick and built in 1873 appear to be identical. They are two storey with basements. The wall and cast iron fences were constructed at the time. The Congregational church tower can be seen in the distance. [On back of photograph] 'Acres 701, 716 / Avenue Road, (Roberts Place) west side 1874-86 / Far side of the two storey house on the right is 63.5 yards north of Pennington Terrace'.
Pennington Terrace
Pennington Terrace showing the first portion of St Peter's Cathedral consisting of the santuary, transept and part of the nave which was started in 1869 and finished in 1876. Small surrounding cottages were later demolished to make room for the later additions to the Cathedral.