1 SCHOOL OF ARTS 8 SITE OF THE OLD CENTRAL Built in 1907, this was originally the STATE SCHOOL centre of cultural and adult educational This was the site of one of Cairns' activity in Cairns. Now restored it original schools gazetted and opened in houses the Cairns Museum. Note the 1884. It closed in December 1994. nails still in the front post - this is where All that is left of the educational funeral notices used to be posted. institution are some of the large, old mango trees.

2 HIDES' CORNER 4 PALACE THEATRE 6 QANTAS BUILDING 9 FORMER CAIRNS CITY COUNCIL Built in 1930, Hides displays spacious The second theatre in Cairns to be called the Formerly Collins Chemist and built in 1923. CHAMBERS AND PARK verandas, a truncated corner and unusual Palace, was designed by Harvey Draper in 1913. W.A. Collins was Mayor of Cairns during the This Inter-War Academic Classical style sunhoods above its unprotected second The theatre first opened on 21 Dec 1914 & period 1927-37. building acted as the seat of local floor windows, all typifying a tropical was remodelled in 1924. government from 1930 to 1998. atmosphere and architectural style. It has been remodelled to incorporate the new city library.

3 LANNOY HOUSE (MAZLINS) 10 NIGHTCLUB This rendered brick building was erected Alfred Taylor's plumbing works in 1927/28 for Octavius Lannoy. occupied the site from 1890 until it was The top floor was built as a cabaret and remodelled in 1929 for an electrical housed the Trocadero Dance Hall popular showroom. The building has been gutted during World War II. by fire on three occasions (in 1929, CLAUSON HOUSE 131 LAKE STREET 5 7 1946, and 1984), and subsequently Restored by Mr. Clauson, a jeweller, it is Erected in 1923-24, it was built by the Jack rebuilt. another example of traditional tropical Hunter family, residents of Thornborough. architecture with wide timber verandas and The owners lived above the shop. decorative balustrade. CAIRNS REGIONAL GALLERY ATI 11 RM ON Formerly the Public Curator's offices and O the State Government Insurance Office. F N Opened in1936 it features arched I window openings and Ionic columns rising through both storeys. The building was restored and became the home of the Cairns Regional Gallery in 1995.

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17 13 ESPLANADESHIELDS ST. 16 11 12 15 18 14 19 12 OLD COURT HOUSE 10 Construction of this low-set concrete building with a 20 5 simple classic facade was begun in 1919. ABBOTT ST. 22 Now restored, it features wide timber verandas on 3 4 21 the rear and side elevations and a crest over SPENCE ST. the entrance door. It replaced the original Cairns Court House, which was opened 9 6 LAKE ST. in 1884. 2

8 1 13 THE CAIRNS POST This impressive Inter-War Academic Classical building has undergone a few changes. The original building, 7 completed in 1908, had only the 3 northern bays and APLIN ST. GRAFTON ST. extended to its present 8 bays in 1924.

14 KEEBLE'S BUILDING 20 THE BOLAND CENTRE Built in 1926 in a simple This ornate three-storey building was 17 classic style, with squat, square erected in 1912-13 for Michael Boland, capitalised pilasters and a frieze OLD TELEGRAPH OFFICE an Irishman who from 1887 was a ornamented by plaques. Keeble was Reflects the architectural style of trader in the Cairns and Tableland one of the early settlers. Starting as a the Post Office. Notice the similar detailing district. This is largely in its original form drover, he was later involved in plans for around the main entrance. The telegraph,which although changes have been made at a sugar mill at Freshwater and the preceded the telephone system, came to Cairns street level and internally. formation of the Cairns Harbour Board. in 1879, linking North Queensland to the rest of the world.

15 MARITIME HOUSE 21 CENTRAL HOTEL Designed by Harvey Draper and The Central Hotel was constructed in constructed in 1914 by Bell & McKenzie 1909. The building incorporated the old BOLANDS ON SPENCE EARL COURT for the Howard Smith Shipping Co. 18 19 Bank of North Queensland building, This building, now considerably altered, was Formerly the National Bank of Australasia, this The first floor was reached by a stairway which was constructed in 1890. constructed in 1902 by Bulcock Bros. for building was constructed in 1926. It was with a cedar-moulded hand-rail which The Central's exterior at the second level Michael Boland. It was one of the first concrete subsequently converted in the 1970s into small can still be seen from the entrance on is still in its original form, with wide buildings in the town. shops. Earl Court still reflects the austere the left hand side of the building. timber verandas & a decorative iron lace architectural style popular among banking balustrade. institutions of its era.

16 FORMER CAIRNS POST OFFICE 22 QUAIDS REAL ESTATE Erected in 1937 was Cairns fourth post Formerly the Adelaide Steamship Co, office and the third on this site (the first this unusual Spanish-Revival style in1886 and the second in 1907). It is building was designed by architect an Inter-War Classic Style. The building Harvey G. Draper and built by Wilson has now been renovated and adapted and Baillie in 1910 at a cost of £2970. inside for business purposes. Most of the building's exterior is still in its original form although the ornate plasterwork was added at a later date.