Find • Sweet, Samuel White, 1825-1886 • Results 811 to 840 of 1,125
St. Peter's Cathedral
St. Peter's Cathedral.
Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide
Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide, looking towards Montefiore Hill. The nearest lamp post stands on the boundary between Acres 705 and 704. The post and rails fence to the left marks the boundary of the parklands, where the Adelaide Oval is situated.
Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide
Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide. This view from across the park shows Saint Peter's Cathedral towering above nearby houses. Its bell towers are yet to be added (1902). The near side of the cottage on the left is approximately 80 yards east of Union Street.
Adelaide Children's Hospital
Adelaide Children's Hospital.
Adelaide Children's Hospital
Adelaide Children's Hospital, 1880.
Brougham Place
[General description] This view shows Brougham Place houses silhouetted against the sky with the road in the foreground. On the right is a large two storey gentleman's residence with a portico and bay window, the windows having wooden shutters. The next two dwellings along are modest single storey cottages. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 736 / Brougham Place, North Adelaide / 1873-86'.
Strangways Terrace
Strangways Terrace. Left side of house is 75 yards east of the western boundary of acre 756. Frontage: 17 yards. This two storey bluestone house has a bow window to one side of the frontdoor. The house is named Parramatta Villa and has an established front garden filled with shrubs and bushes. It was built in 1871, designed in the Victorian Period by architects Rowland Rees. GH Catchlove also employed these architects to build another large house next door at number 55 Strangways Terrace. All the embellishments were made of wood. The carved wooden capitals in the form of bunches of grapes to the verandah and balcony posts are unique. The original owner, George Henry Catchlove arrived in Adelaide on board the "Hooghly" in 1839 with his widowed father. Together with other syndicate members GH Catchlove owned property in what is now Eden Hills.
Strangways Terrace
This two storey bluestone house has a bow window to one side of the frontdoor. The house is named Parramatta Villa and has an established front garden filled with shrubs and bushes. It was built in 1871, designed in the Victorian Period by architects Rowland Rees. GH Catchlove also employed these architects to build another large house next door at number 55 Strangways Terrace. All the embellishments were made of wood. The carved wooden capitals in the form of bunches of grapes to the verandah and balcony posts are unique. The original owner, George Henry Catchlove arrived in Adelaide on board the "Hooghly" in 1839 with his widowed father. Together with other syndicate members GH Catchlove owned property in what is now Eden Hills. See also B 10762.
Jeffcott Street
Whinham College, Jeffcott Street.
Archer Street, North Adelaide
[General description] Looking along Archer Street to the distant hills. Shops on the corner are a retail butcher on the left, established 1868 and opposite is a chemist and telegraph office. The Archer Street Methodist Church is further along the street. [On back of photograph] 'Acres 821, 786 / Archer Street, looking east from O'Connell Street / 1875-76'.
LeCornu's O'Connell Street
The premises of Philip LeCornu's Furniture Warehouse, Cabinet Maker and Undertaker, Corner of O'Connell Street, east side, and Archer Street, North Adelaide. In 1854 Phillip Le Cornu migrated to South Australia from Jersey in the Channel Islands.In 1861 he leased a small shop and stable in North Adelaide and started to produce furniture and a sideline undertaking business. The photograph shows a two storey building next to two single storey ones which are displaying furniture in every possible position - footpaths, balcony and under verandahs. Two ornate baby carriages can also be seen among the furniture.
Tynte Street
Tynte Street, north side, Baptist Church which was opened in 1870. The building is Venetian in style and seated 600 people all with a clear view of the preacher. Members of the congregation were known for their free thinking, liberalism and welcomed everyone no matter what denomination. In 1876 the church acquired its first organ which was the largest pipe organ in the state and was equipped with mains water driven bellows.
Tynte Street
Tynte Street, North Adelaide.
Tynte Street
Tynte Street, north side, Public School, far side of school is 40 yards west of Margaret Street and frontage is 48 yards. The school was founded in 1877 and was one of the oldest schools in South Australia.
O'Connell Street, North Adelaide
[General description] Looking south along unsealed O'Connell Street with shops on either side. On the right William Pullin's butcher shop is next to Springett's Grocery store. [On back of photograph] 'Acres 876, 877,865 / Looking south from a point a little north of Gover Street / Springett's store (on the right) is on the south western corner of Gover and 'O'Connell Streets / The near side of the Royal Oak Hotel is 45 yards south of Gover Street'.
Brougham Place
Brougham Place, east side, right side of the house is 58 yards south of Stanley Street and frontage is 15 yards. The building shown is the North Adelaide Congregational Church Parsonage. The church itself grandly stands on the hill above North Adelaide and was erected between 1860 and 1872. The photograph shows a two storey stone building with a balcony over the portico. A return verandah covers part of the downstair floor. A lady can be seen standing in the driveway to the house. A lower storey can be seen under the house to the right.
Stanley Street
The Congregational Church on the south eastern corner of Stanley Street and Brougham Place. The baroque church on the hill was begun in 1860 and was finished in 1872. The tower was added in 1872 and large and extensive buildings were added at the rear of the church in approximately 1877. It is similar to St Phillip's Church in Birmingham which was completed in 1715.
Adelaide From Montefiore Hill
View of Adelaide from Montefiore Hill.
North Adelaide View
View of Lower North Adelaide looking from Stanley Street towards the Adelaide foothills.
East Park Lands, Adelaide
[General description] Cattle grazing in the Adelaide parklands. The padddocks are lined with young eucalyptus trees and all fencing is post-and-rails. The city of Adelaide can be seen in the distance. [On back of photograph] 'East Park Lands, Adelaide / 1873-86 / From a point near junction of Dequetteville Terrace and Rundle St, Kent Town'.
Adelaide, from Montefiore Hill
Adelaide, from Montefiore Hill.
Parklands, Adelaide
Adelaide Parklands looking east from East Terrace from a point about 60 yards north of Wakefield Street. The area in the foreground has been planted with young olive trees. This olive grove was planted in 1870. In 1971 George McEwin, founder of Glen Ewin Jam factory, urged the Adelaide Council to graft the large number of olive trees on the East Park Lands, implying the seedlings were planted the previous year or earlier. This photograph shows paths criss crossing the Parklands between East Terrace and Dequetteville Terrace and the Adelaide hills looming in the distance.
Adelaide Bridge
[General description] This view of the river and bridge features a number of rowboats moored at its banks. The two nearest boats are named the'Ripple" and the 'Stella", and the name A. Jensen appears on one of them. Two men lean on the railings of the bridge, which was opened in 1877. [On back of photograph] Adelaide Bridge, River Torrens / probably in the eighteen eighties'.
Adelaide Bridge
Adelaide Bridge, King William Road, looking south. This iron bridge was opened in 1856, widened in 1877 and converted to a two lane bridge in 1884. A large Coat of Arms adorns the railings over the river. King William Road can be seen travelling south to North Terrace and the Post Office Tower is in the background.
City Bridge and Torrens Lake
City Bridge and Torrens Lake showing various rowing boats and crews practising on Torrens Lake. Several spectators are standing on the bridge watching the activity.
City Bridge, King William Road
City Bridge, King William Road was completed in 1877. It consisted of 200 tons of wrought-iron plate girders manufactured in England. The roadway consisted of corrugated iron plates.
City Bridge, King William Road
City Bridge, King William Road was built in 1877 and was the second bridge built in this spot. However it was considered out of date by 1920 when a new bridge was constructed which was the same width as King William Road, thus preventing the congested bottleneck which had occurred with the introduction of trams.
Adelaide City Bridge
Adelaide City Bridge, looking east.
Adelaide Oval
[On back of photograph] 'Panoramic view of Adelaide looking south from Montefiore Hill / Adelaide Oval in the foreground / 1872-1866'.
Botanic Gardens
Botanic Gardens.