Parkes. This old gold mining town was named after Sir Henry Parkes the leader of the Federation Movement in Australia. He was also Premier of New South Wales. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Parkes. This old gold mining town was named after Sir Henry Parkes the leader of the Federation Movement in Australia. He was also Premier of New South Wales. / denisbin
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| 説明 | Some Historic Buildings in Parkes. •The Royal Hotel. Built in 1881 by Mrs Fletcher whose husband established the first Royal hotel in 1871. Built with 20 guest rooms and stabling for 23 horses. This is where Sir Henry Parkes used to stay when visiting the town. 217 Clarinda St. Clarinda St was named after Sir Henry Parke’s wife. •Methodist church hall in ochre red brick with buttresses and three thin spires in Gothic style. Ornate gable facing the street. The Methodist Church is an example of a Federation Gothic building in red brick with white stucco bandings and quoins. •Parkes Post Office with the clock. The first Post Office was built in 1871 as a single storey structure. Rebuilt as a two storey structure in 1880 after the telegraph had reached Parkes in 1875.It has endured several major renovations since 1880 with rounded Art Deco style windows on the lower storey. •The Courthouse in Currajong St. Earliest Courthouse was erected 1875.The current one was erected in 1896 and the architect was Walter Vernon. It has three layers of rooves up to a clerestory window. •The Parkes Police Station was built in 1872 at 2 Court St. Architect was Colonial Architects James Barnet. •Parkes Convent Bed and Breakfast in Currajong St. Built in 1910 as the Catholic presbytery then it became the convent of the Sisters of St Joseph by 1918 as they ran their convent school. In 1923 it was remodelled and taken over by the Sisters of Mercy until 1986 but they sold the convent in 1983. 33 Currajong St. •Presbyterian Church. The first church was built between 1890 and 1893 when Reverend Smythe was the minister. The current church was built in 1919 at a cost of £3,000 and opened in May 1919. The 1890 church became the church hall. A new Memorial Hall was built in 1955. •Anglican Church. An arts and crafts interwar Gothic revival church. Built in 1926 at a cost of £14,000. It is one of the most significant buildings in Parkes architecturally as it has no arched Gothic windows but the mass and towers still give it a Gothic appearance. The architect was Louis Williams of Melbourne a devotee to the interwar Gothic style. It adjoins the parish hall of 1889. North west end of the church added in 1955. •Balmoral House. Built in the 1880s with proceeds from gold mining. It is a grand Italianate style two storey house with bay windows which were all the rage in the mid-1880s. Avoids symmetry and has fine cast iron lacework on the verandas. It was built by William Hazelhurst the towner of Phoenix gold mine one of the richest of the region. But alas Hazelhurst died almost penniless. In Hill St opposite the school.•The NAB bank 230 Dalton St on Chamberlain Square. Red brick with classical features such as a balustrade around the roof line. A cube building with pilasters on the walls. Built in 1925 for the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney. Heritage listed as an interwar neo classical building. Sir Henry Parkes’ statue in Chamberlain Square in front of the NAB Bank. •The railway station dates from 1893. May St. Opposite is the Railway Hotel built in 1915. •During World War Two the current Telstra building was the Small Arms factory an offshoot of the Arms factory of Lithgow. From Clarinda Street walk up Court Street. On the left is the Royal hotel, on the right is the Methodist church and church hall; and on next corner left is the Post Office and on the right is the Courthouse. Next to the Courthouse is the Convent B & B (1910). If you continue along Currajong Street you will see the Catholic Church on the next corner. Continuing along Court Street on the next corner is the old Police Station and cells. On the northern corner is the Presbyterian Church. Turn left here into Hill Street. On the next corner on your left is the Anglican Church. Continue along Hill St and next on your right is the beautiful Balmoral House. Return to the main street- Clarinda St. If you go north of the Royal Hotel you will see the old NAB bank on the right on a corner. |
| 撮影日 | 2019-01-03 13:33:47 |
| 撮影者 | denisbin |
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