Proposed town hall and Institute at Unley |
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| Title : | Proposed town hall and Institute at Unley |
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| Source : | Jackman Gooden Architects, BRG 238/1/428 | ||
| Date of creation : | ca. 1880 | ||
| Format : | Architectural drawing | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
The Unley Town Hall and Institute is located on the corner of Unley Road and Oxford Terrace on land presented to the Unley Corporation by Edmund Trimmer in 1876.
The building was constructed in bluestone in 1880 by John Wark for the sum of 1950 to a design by the architects English and Soward. The building consisted of four large rooms to accommodate the library and reading room, office and meeting room. Its facade was enhanced with fluted pilasters and cornices. Today the building houses the Unley Library following some extensive renovations which have involved exposing the original ceiling. |
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| Related names : | Unley Town Hall Unley Institute |
| Coverage year : | 1880 |
| Period : | 1852-1883 |
| Place : | Unley |
| Region : | Adelaide metropolitan area |
| Further reading : | Payne, G. B. History of Unley, 1871-1971 Unley, S. Aust.: Corporation of the City of Unley, [1972]
Jensen, Elfrida Colonial Architecture in South Australia, Adelaide: Rigby, 1980 Peake, Andrew Guy The Unley Institute, South Australian genealogist, vol. 23, no. 1 (February 1996), p. 23-25 |
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