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Pirie Street, Adelaide
Wesleyan Church and manse, south side of Pirie Street, Adelaide. Built in 1850 it was the Methodist 'cathedral' with seating for over 1000. In 1969 it amalgamated with the Stow Congregational Church and was demolished in 1972. Construction work on the right is probably part of the Town Hall. The far side of the church is 75 yards east of King William Street and the near side of the manse is 81 yards west of Gawler Place.
Pirie Street, Adelaide
[General description] The Pirie Street Wesleyan Church and Manse. The foundation stone of the church was laid on the 15th July, 1850, and the building was finished in the early 1850s. It was demolished in 1964 due to structural problems and declining congregations. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 204 / Pirie Street, south side / 1905 / Wesleyan Church and Manse. Left side of Manse is 81 yards west of Gawler Place. Extreme right side of church is 75 yards east of King William Street.'
Pirie Street
Pirie Street, south side. Epworth Building erected in 1926. Pirie Street frontage is 24 yards. Far side of building is 47 yards west of Gawler Place. February 1927.
Pirie Street, Adelaide
[General description] This six storey building was constructed as an investment for the Methodist Church and to house administrative offices for the Church and the Methodist Book Depot (later renamed the Epworth Book Depot). The style is Gothic with a strong ecclesiastical feel. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 204 / Pirie st., south side / Epworth Building / 1928 / Frontage: 24 yards / Far side is 77 yards west of Gawler Place / Reproduced in "Chronicle", July 7th, 1928'.
Pirie Street
Pirie Street, south side, 16 October 1978, left side of building is 95.5 yards west of Gawler Place and frontage is 9 yards.
Pirie Street
Pirie Street, south side, frontage of Simpson building is 42 metres and left side is 40 metres east of Gawler Place. The Simpson building was used to house the PMG (Postmaster General)/Telecom adult technician-in-training scheme, a training school which taught basic technical aspects of telecommunications and metalwork skills in classroom environments, from 1948 until the mid 1980s.
Pirie Street, Adelaide
[General description] Cars, pedestrians and city buildings in Pirie Street. See B 4716 for the completed work on the building with the scaffolding. [On back of photograph] 'Acres 205 and 204 / Pirie Street, south side / November 29th 1927 / The far side of the three storey building in the centre (A.M. Simpson's) is 38.5 yards west of Gawler Place. Frontage: 39.5 yards'.
Pirie street, Adelaide
[General description] A harnessed horse feeds from his nosebag in front of the new State Bank building. This five storey building is of concrete construction with rendered dressings. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 205 / Pirie Street, south side / 1928 / The State Bank was erected in 1926-28. For photo of the building formerly on the site see B 2811 / Site: Far side is 10.5 yards west of Gawler Place / Frontage: 26.5 yards / Reproduced in the "Chronicle", July 7th, 1928'.
Pirie Street, Adelaide
[General description] This is a two storey building with shuttered windows and a portico with square pillars. A Norfolk Island pine tree looks to be outgrowing its position in front of the building. A large lantern hangs from an archway over the front gate where some gentlemen wearing top hats (bank managers?) are posing for the camera. The first branch of this bank was established in South Australia in 1850. [On back of photograph] 'Union Bank, Pirie Street, south side / Left side of Bank is 10 yards west of Gawler Place / Frontage 22 yards'.
Pirie Street
Pirie Street, south side, January 12th 1959. Left side of the central three storey building (marked witrh a dot on the photograph) is 37.25 yards west of Gawler Place. Frontage of the building (from the dot to "x" on the photograph) is 40 yards. For a view of this building in 1910 see B 5381. The Salvation Army's People's Palace can be seen in the distance. Some of the businesses located in the buildings nearer to the camera include: Atkins Limited, The Town Hall branch of the E & S and A Bank Limited, William Brindal and Sons and Epworth Books in the Epworth Building at Number 33 Pirie Street. Epworth Building was built in 1927 as administrative offices for the Methodist Church and the Methodist Book Depot. This unique building was built in the federation gothic design with a seven storey "U" shaped structure and was named after the birthplace of John Weslei in Lincolnshire, England
Freeman Street
Freeman Street, Congregational Chapel. Copied from Kingston's map of Adelaide, 1842. The first Congregational Chapel in South Australia was a temporary structure on North Terrace. George Strickland Kingston was the architect for a building in Freeman Street (now Gawler Place) with the congregation then moving to the Flinders Street site. The chapel was named in honour of the Reverend TQ Stow who conducted the first service in a tent on the Adelaide's Parklands in October 1837
Pirie Street, Adelaide
Pirie Street, Adelaide, south side, December 12th 1922. The right side of Barnet Glass company's building is 36 yards east of Gawler Place. The left side of the People's Palace (adjoining Army & Navy stores) is 13 yards east of Chesser Street. Eyes & Crowle's premises was demolished in 1923 and a new building erected. See B 1539.
Pirie Street, Adelaide
Pirie Street, Adelaide, south side, looking east across Gawler Place. Elliott's Bicycle store is in the centre, and further to the left Eyes and Crowell garage can be seen. The People's Palace is a little further down Pirie Street.
Pirie Street
Pirie Street looking west from a point a little east of Gawler Place. There is no traffic on the wide street. The clock tower of the Town Hall can be seen around the corner in King William Street. A tavern is on the southern side of Pirie Street in the foreground. Women and a small child are standing on the northern side of Pirie Street opposite the Tavern.
MGA Roadster, Pirie Street
An MGA Roadster turning right into Freeman Lane from Pirie Street. Parked on the south side in front of Frank McCabe gem merchants and Super Elliot sportstore are L-R, an AP5 Chrysler Valiant (1964), a Holden FC Special Station Wagon (1958-59), a Ford Falcon Sedan (1960-65) and a Ford Customline (c1955). The Fred Astaire Dance Studio can be seen on the south western corner of Gawler Place and Pirie Street. The banners on the newspaper kiosk include the 'Truth' referring to the Beaumont Children and the 'Advertiser' referring to the upcoming visit to Australia of US President Lyndon Johnson. Photograph taken 7th October 1966.
Adelaide Motors, Pirie Street
The People's Palace and Adelaide Motors, Pirie Street, south side. Right side of the Freemason's Hotel is 64 yards east of Gawler Place. The People's Palace originally housed the German Club but from 1899 the Salvation Army occupied the premises until 1979. In 1938 a third storey was added, faithfully adhering to the building's design. The Freemason's Hotel existed from 1841 until 1978. It was rebuilt in 1880 and has also been known as Freemason's Tavern
Pirie Street, Adelaide
[General description] Alterations and enlargements to the Peoples Palace include an extra storey and two balconies, the cost of this project being around twelve thousand pounds. The architect was Mr. H. T. Griggs and the builders were Messrs. Webber and Williams. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 207 / Pirie Street, south side / April 7th 1939 / Alterations and additions were made to the Peoples Palace in 1938 / Compare with B 5158 / The near side of Peoples Palace is 84 yards east of Gawler Place and frontage is 33 yards'.
Pirie Street
Pirie Street, south side, August 17th 1939, far side of the hotel is 64 yards east of Gawler Place and frontage is 15 yards. The photograph shows Freemasons Hotel which was altered in 1939. See B 9550. Freemasons existed from 1841 - 1978. Mrs Annie Flannagan was proprietor from 1936-1939.
Pirie Street
Freemason's Tavern, Pirie Street, south side. The far side of the hotel is 64 yards east of Gawler Place. The frontage is 15 yards. The hotel existed since 1841 and at the time of this photograph the proprietor was Mrs L Murray. The hotel was known as the Freemansons Hotel from 1886. The owner appears to be WA Jones who, according to a banner on the hotel, was late of the Freemasons Tavern at Wilmington and Quorn.
Pirie Street
Freemasons Hotel, Pirie Street, south side, May 29th 1940, right side of hotel is 64 yards east of Gawler Place and frontage is 15 yards.
Flinders Street
Flinders Street, north side, 26 February 1959, left side of AG Healing's building is 50.5 yards east of Gawler Place and total frontage of building and shops (to "x" mark on photograph) is 57 yards. AG Healing was an Australian manufacturing firm founded in 1896 by Alfred George Healing. They produced bicyles and after diversifying in 1956 they moved to manufacturing television sets, refrigerators and washing machines
Flinders Street
Flinders Street, north side, 7 August 1964, left side of YMCA building is 107.5 yards east of Gawler Place and frontage is 28 yards. This building was opened in 1958 and was demolished in 2004. In 1888 the YMCA began Our Boys Institute with activities that included Bible classes, sporting teams, lectures, debating, choral societies, gymnasium and camps
Flinders Street, Adelaide
Flinders Street, Adelaide, north side, showing a classic Adelaide villa, the residence of Richard Verco. He was born at Callington in Cornwall, England, 12 July 1821, and arrived in South Australia aboard the ship 'Theresa' in 1847. A building contractor, Richard Verco erected some of the largest buildings in the city of Adelaide. The left side of the house is about 52 yards east of Gawler Place.
Flinders Street
Flinders Street, North Side, 21 December 1981, left side of building is 33 yards from Gawler Place, and Flinders Street frontage is 17 yards.
Flinders Street
Flinders Street, North Side, left side of building is 33 yards from Gawler Place and frontage is 17 yards.
Flinders Street, Adelaide
Flinders Street, Adelaide, north side, 25 September 1923. The left side of the Motors building is 60 yards west of Gawler Place. An early truck is parked in front of Motors Limited. For a view of buildings which previously occupied this space, see B 72, B 35, and B 8043. For alterations made in 1948 to the western half of Motors Limited building see B12350. For a view of the eastern half of the building in 1952, see B 12480.
Flinders Street
Flinders Street, north side, left side of Motors premises is 60 yards west of Gawler Place. The photograph shows the newly completed showrooms in 1917. For extensions made to the eastern side of this building in 1923 see B 1755. The staff of over 20 people are standing along side three new cars for sale.
Flinders Street
Flinders Street, north side, 28 October 1952, right side of Arro Motor Company is 34.5 yards west of Gawler Place and frontage is 24 yards. Arro Motor Company building was modernised in 1948. For view of building when it formed part of Motors Limited, see B 1755
Flinders Street
Flinders Street, north side, 30 December 1952. Left side of Motors Limited building abuts the west side of Gawler Place. The frontage of Motors premises is 34.5 yards.For view of this building in 1923 when it formed the eastern half of Motors Limited premises see B 1755
Flinders Street
North west corner of Flinders Street and Gawler Place, 3 May 1963. Looking north west across from a building in Flinders Street to the Motors Limited/Motors Corner business