Business premises, Goulburn Street for Samuel Hordern Esq. ca. 1903 / Albert Bond, Architect
Business premises, Goulburn Street for Samuel Hordern Esq. ca. 1903 / Albert Bond, Architect
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Date
ca. 1903
Call Numbers
PXD 1048
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Physical Description
Contents
4 architectural drawings - 55.5 x 96 cm - pen and wash, on linen backing
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Research & study copies allowed
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Scope and Contents
Contents
These plans are for Anthony Hordern and Sons New Palace Emporium, situated at George, Goulburn and Pitt Streets, up to Swan Street and completed in September 1905. It consisted of 4 blocks (A - D), separated by laneways. Lifts were located in the laneways separating the blocks. Bridges crossed the lanes on each floor. The building opened on Sep...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Business premises, Goulburn Street for Samuel Hordern Esq. ca. 1903 / Albert Bond, Architect
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
On 10 July 1901, the Anthony Hordern and Sons Palace Emporium, a conglomeration of buildings in the Haymarket (on George, Pitt, Gipps and Hay Streets), was destroyed by fire. The Exhibition building in Prince Alfred Park was immediately leased from the Council and business resumed the next day. In December 1901 construction was completed on a new...
Signature / Inscriptions
"Albert Bond, Architect" Signed at lower right
Conservation note
No. 3 attached drawing torn
Mathematical data
Scale 1/8th inch to one foot
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Carol Ryall, May 2009.
Administrative / Biographical history
The building was designed by architect Albert Bond (1841?-1923?) (who had designed and erected the Hordern Palace Emporium at Haymarket). Bond had been the first full time City Architect from 1873 to 1877 and had designed parts of the Sydney Town Hall. His offices were located at 131 Pitt Street in 1902.
References:
“Buildings and wor...
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Call Numbers
PXD 1048
Record Identifier
92eV600Y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eV600Y
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Reference code
872515
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