O F G R Y E T A I T C BUILDINGS ADELAIDE HISTORICAL WALKING TRAIL CITYOFADELAIDE.COM.AU/HERITAGE THIS WALK IS APPROXIMATELY 1.6 KM IN TOTAL. PLEASE ALLOW 1 HOUR TO COMPLETE NORTH TCE KING WILLIAM ST WILLIAM KING GAWLER PL PULTENEY ST FROME ST HINDLEY ST RUNDLE MALL RUNDLE ST 5 4 3 CURRIE ST GRENFELL ST 6 7 2 A D E L A I D E C I T Y C O U N C I L . C O M / HER I T A G E WAYMOUTH ST PIRIE ST 9 8 1 START FINISH 16 10 11 CUSTOMER/VISITOR CENTRE (25 PIRIE ST) FRANKLIN ST FLINDERS ST 15 12 13 GROTE ST WAKEFIELD ST GOUGER ST ANGAS ST 14 KEY Walking Trail Sites Park Lands EXPLORE THE BUILDINGS VOTED BY THE PEOPLE OF ADELAIDE AS THEIR FAVOURITES! 1. EPWORTH BUILDING, is indeed handsome, being one of the few occupied a series of offices before constructing 33 PIRIE STREET federation Edwardian style buildings in the City their own in 1922. WH Bagot and Laybourne In 1900 the three separate branches of the of Adelaide. Jointly designed by architects HE Smith were joint architects with CEW Parsons. Methodist Church united. After a period of Fuller and HA Dunn, it was constructed in 1901 4. ALLIANCE ASSURANCE BUILDING, consolidation, this gothic style building was to commemorate the Australian Federation. 20 GRENFELL STREET constructed in 1926 as administration offices. Although damaged by fire in 1938 and again in As the head office of the Alliance Assurance The architects were English and Soward. 1982 the building was empathetically restored. Company (first recorded in 1856) this building It was named Epworth Building to commemorate The original Morris and Co. stained-glass illustrates the development of the insurance John Wesley’s birthplace in the county of window in the main stairwell somehow survived. industry. This reinforced concrete, stone and Lincolnshire, England. Wesley is credited with Head north towards Grenfell Street and brick building was completed in 1927 and jointly the foundation of the evangelical movement cross at the pedestrian crossing with care. designed by architects JA Kethel of Sydney, known as Methodism. 3. EXECUTOR TRUSTEE BUILDING, and Rutt and Lawson of Adelaide. Head north down Exchange Place. 22 GRENFELL STREET 2. STOCK EXCHANGE, This building is associated with the Executor 53-57 EXCHANGE PLACE Trustee and Agency Company of South The former Stock Exchange was crucial Australia. It was formed in 1879, one year to the State’s financial affairs. The building after the first was founded in Melbourne. They 5. TATTERSALLS BUILDING, The architect was John Quinton Bruce in 13. TORRENS BUILDING, 14 GRENFELL STREET association with William Cumming and 190-220 VICTORIA SQUARE The history of this building is very much that of Ernest Bayer. The Torrens Building was designed to meet the South Australian Tattersalls Club (SATC), for The building became known as Electra House in the requirements of the Public Works and which it was built. For a time it was a registered 1940, named after the Greek legendary figure, Registrar-General’s Department. As usual with racing club, and for a long period the arbiter Electra, ‘the bright one’. public buildings, a design competition was held. in betting disputes. Designed by Garlick and The figure brackets supporting the balconette It was won by a Melbourne-based architect, Jackman, this heavily detailed building is a result are very distinctive and are rare in Adelaide. Michael Egan. of two stages of construction, the western part The foundations and cellars were constructed 10. GENERAL POST OFFICE, in 1916-1917, and the eastern part in 1927-1928. by Robert Huckson and James Shaw built the 141-159 KING WILLIAM STREET Cross at the traffic lights and continue south superstructure. The building was completed by The first post office began in a hut by the River along the eastern side of King William Street. the end of 1881. Torrens soon after the site for Adelaide was Continue south along Victoria Square. Turn 6. T & G BUILDING, decided upon. It was moved to successively right onto Angas Street and cross over to 82-88 KING WILLIAM STREET larger buildings until 1865, when a design the western side of the Square. The site was purchased by the T & G Society competition was held for a purpose built in 1912 to house the new offices of the premises to house both the post office and 14. SUPREME COURT, South Australian branch. The architect was the telegraph station. Four architects influenced 261-279 VICTORIA SQUARE KA Henderson. the design; Edmund William Wright, Edward The present building was designed as a Local The eleven-storey building was constructed in John Woods, Edward Angus Hamilton and and Insolvency Court. Sources suggest that 1925 to a height of 132 feet, the then maximum Robert George Thomas. The building became Robert George Thomas was the architect; height allowed in the City of Adelaide, making the most expensive building constructed by the however, George Thomas Light may also have it a landmark in King William Street. government at the time and workers on site had some role in the design. included eighteen stone cutters, ten carpenters, During construction in 1866-1869 the building 7. BANKSA, 97 KING WILLIAM STREET four metal smiths and fifteen labourers. excited high praise for its imposing facade The Savings Bank of South Australia’s old Turn left onto Flinders Street. to Victoria Square classically derived in the headquarters on Currie Street became Palladian manner. inadequate and in the 1930s this site was 11. TREASURY BUILDINGS, In 1873 it became the Supreme Court which Sir purchased for a new head office building. 142-160 KING WILLIAM STREET Samuel Way, perhaps the most accomplished Architects McMichael and Harris drew up plans These buildings were effectively the centre of and best known of South Australia’s chief for the new structure and construction began in South Australian government and administration justices, presided over from 1876 until his 1939. The outbreak of the war caused labour from the late 1830s until the 1960s. All the death in 1916. shortages and major delays with materials; the important colonial officials and later, state offices opened in 1943 much later than originally cabinet and the premier were accommodated Head north along Victoria Square. estimated. The building with its basement and here and much other business conducted 15. MLC BUILDING (BEACON HOUSE), nine floors rose to the maximum height allowed including the work of the Governor and Chief 181-189 VICTORIA SQUARE at the time by the building regulations. Secretary’s Office, Treasury, Survey, Crown The MLC building was Adelaide’s first Lands, Public Works and Attorney General. 8. ADELAIDE TOWN HALL, post-war skyscraper and a ‘benchmark’ The original building was designed by George 128 KING WILLIAM STREET building embodying advances in construction Strickland Kingston in 1839; however, most of techniques (such as curtain walling) which have The Corporation of the City of Adelaide was this building was demolished to make way for since altered the face of the central business created in 1840 and was the first in Australia. the two and three storey buildings that were district. Constructed between 1955-1957, the Fourteen years later the Adelaide Town Hall was constructed between 1858-1907 to the designs architects were Bates, Smart and McCutcheon built, becoming the premier venue for concerts, of Edward Angus Hamilton and later Charles of Melbourne, assisted in Adelaide by Lawson, civic receptions and public gatherings in the Edward Owen Smyth. Cheesman, Doley and Partners. City and the State. Despite the several construction periods, the A weather beacon was installed on the roof When built it was the most significant structure building presents a unified appearance to in 1958 consisting of red and white lights. A in King William Street, the tallest, grandest and Victoria Square. small pocket card was produced explaining most expensive. Specific conditions regarding Cross Flinders Street with care and continue the signals indicating the forecast weather. style and materials were stipulated by architect south along Victoria Square. Edmund Wright for all other buildings to be Turn left onto Franklin Street. 12. RESERVE BANK, constructed on the corporation acre. 16. DARLING BUILDING, 182-188 VICTORIA SQUARE Continue south along King William Street. 28-30 FRANKLIN STREET There are few buildings in Adelaide of this design The next two sites are on the western side. This building was designed by architect and construction quality. 9. ELECTRA HOUSE, EH McMichael and erected for the prominent Designed by the Commonwealth Department 131-133 KING WILLIAM STREET mercantile firm of John Darling and Son in 1916. of Works in 1963, the former Reserve Bank Although both John Darling Senior and Junior Built in 1901 for the Mutual Life and Citizen’s of Australia building is well articulated and is died before its completion, the building reflects Assurance Company (MLC) the building was divided into three sections: a base emphasised the success of the firm and the importance of also associated with the Eastern Extension by the surrounding solar screen, a shaft the Darling family. Australasia and China Telegraph Company faced with light coloured marble covering which was responsible for providing telegraphic slender columns that rise the height of the While in the area, why not treat communication from Europe to connect with building, and a capital, consisting of a white yourself and visit the Adelaide South Australia’s overland telegraph. sculptured cap that seems to float above the Central Markets…? roof of the building. Of note is the inward curved facade to the east and west..