Preliminary plans for stores and offices, O'Connell and Bligh Streets, Sydney, ca. 1884 / by Benjami...
Preliminary plans for stores and offices, O'Connell and Bligh Streets, Sydney, ca. 1884 / by Benjamin Backhouse
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Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1884
Call Numbers
PXE 1031
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Physical Description
Contents
2 architectural drawings - 26.5 x 38.9 cm and smaller - ink on linen
Other Descriptions
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Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
1. Elevation to Bligh Street - elevation of a four storey building showing entrances to stores and offices and cartway.
2. Elevation of a five storey building showing entrance to offices, cartway, and entrance to Elliot Bros. [i.e. Brothers]
Alternative Titles
Full title
Preliminary plans for stores and offices, O'Connell and Bligh Streets, Sydney, ca. 1884 / by Benjamin Backhouse
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
These plans were probably drawn for Elliott Brothers Limited, a wholesale druggist firm. Some time between 1884 and 1886 they moved into premises in Bligh and O’Connell Streets, Sydney. The Sands Sydney and suburban directory for 1884 lists this business at 72-74 Pitt Street. The 1886 directory lists them at 33 Bligh Street and 18 to 22 O’Connel...
Signature / Inscriptions
Inscribed in red ink 'B. Backhouse Archt., Belmore Chambers, Sydney'
Description source
Title taken from plans
Mathematical data
Scale 1 inch = 16 feet
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Adrian Barker, 2010
Administrative / Biographical history
Benjamin Backhouse (1829-1904), an architect and parliamentarian, was born in England where he trained under his father as a stonemason and builder. He emigrated to Victoria in 1853 where he worked as a builder and later as an architect and surveyor in Geelong and Ballarat. After returning to England in 1860, he arrived in Brisbane in 1861 where...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXE 1031
Record Identifier
93QVdV41
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/93QVdV41
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Reference code
899574
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