Blackwood. Old 19th cenury two storey house on Coromandel Parade. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Blackwood. Old 19th cenury two storey house on Coromandel Parade. / denisbin
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| 説明 | Blackwood was only created as a town subdivision in 1879 because work was about to start on the Hills railway line to Nairne. Prior to this time the local centre of importance was Coromandel Valley which had an institute, school, and Anglican and Methodist churches and cemetery, bakery and jam factory. The main landowner of the Blackwood area from 1852 was Daniel Johnson. •The Blackwood War Memorial was unveiled on 11 June 1921. The water fountain memorial was erected in memory of 16 year old Frank Collins who, on 8 October 1927, attempted to save his friend Rodney Saint from drowning in Sturt River. The boys were playing by a deep waterhole when Rodney got into difficulties. Frank tried to save him but drowned too.•There was a weatherboard Blackwood Methodist church built in 1881 in Young Street where the ANZ Bank is now located. In 1917 it was moved to its current location at Five Ways by a bullock team. In 1921 the foundation stone of the new church was laid and the present church, built by Albert Hewett for £2360. •The Methodist manse was next door but it was demolished in 1972 for tennis courts. •Magnet Shopping centre was a grand mansion called Caithness which was originally built as a Temperance Hotel around 1880. Its aim was to keep the workers in the rail camp building the railway line to Nairne sober and temperate. It later became a residential hotel and then it was purchased by the Methodist Church in 1958 as Aldersgate Hospital. It was demolished to crate Magnet Shopping centre in 1972. •The Police Station was built between 1930 and 1933 with the first policeman appointed in 1930. Note the old tin lock up behind the former Police Station. From 1988 the police operated from these premises on a restricted basis and it completely closed in 1998. It is now used by Meals on Wheals. •Once the new railway service began from Blackwood to Adelaide in 1883 new subdivisions were created around the village and some prominent members of society moved to Blackwood. The owner of this fine house was John Carr a local politician and Member of Parliament. He was a land investor along the new hills railway and was the Chairman of the Hills Land Investment Company which did subdivisions at both Blackwood, Waverley Ridge and Crafers. He helped found the Methodist Church in Blackwood. In 1914 the house was sold to Claude Verco a clerk who commuted to Adelaide to his office. He was related to the local Magarey family who had orchards in Coromandel Valley.•McDonald house. This house was built in 1881 before the railway reached Blackwood but after the rail route had been announced. It was built for Alexander McDonald a state parliamentarian and a local Mitcham Councillor. McDonald was also one of the original Belair Park Commissioners and a trustee of the Savings Bank of SA. It is now a well-cared for office for accountants. Note the corbels which support the roof. •This symmetrical 19th century cottage at 20 Coromandel Parade was built around 1879 for a local preacher named John Broadbent. Because of his evangelical preaching style the house was locally known as the “sons of thunder”. •The Blackwood Community Centre is a recent building. It was architect designed by Kenneth Milne and erected in 1956. J Hewett a local builder erected it. His family is estimated to have built at least 50% of the houses in Blackwood by the 1914. Four generations or more of the Hewetts have been Blackwood builders. •This grand two storey Italianate house with double bay windows was built in 1881 across two allotments. It was designed by well-known SA architect Roland Rees. It was built as the home of William Townsend a Local Member of Parliament. The proximity to the new railway station allowed him quick access to Parliament House on North Terrace. Rees’ well known buildings include: Moonta Methodist Church; Oxford Hotel North Adelaide; St Peters Town Hall. •Café de la Paix was originally a store and later the Blackwood Post Office for a short time. It was built around 1929 as a drapers shop.•Coromandel Parade Rail Bridge was built in 1929 when the railway line to Belair was doubled. The old tunnel here was converted to an open cutting. Look for the old bricks which mark where the tunnel was located. The maisonettes along the southern side of the railway line and cutting were built by Hewett builders circa 1930. One branch of the Hewett family lived in the store and villa on the corner of Coromandel Parade. •Across the line to the east at number 2 Edgecombe Parade was the home of Ainslee Roberts (1947-1968) the well-known artists who interpreted Aboriginal myths and stories in art. There are two grand mansions down this street, Clarendon House (1881) and Annadale House (1882). •Dew Drop Cottage the former boot maker’s shop. A little further along Coromandel Parade is the old bookmaker’s shop with a pediment across the front for advertising. •The first Anglican Church at Blackwood was a simple weatherboard structure on Shepherds Hill Road. It opened in the 1890s but in 1914 it was moved by a bullock team to the site of the present Anglican Church on Coromandel Parade. It burn down in 1934 and was replaced by this fine red brick Gothic church with sandstone quoins around the windows etc. Architect was Dean Berry and the builders were Harry Hewitt. Note the buttresses, multi coloured brick patterns in the gable end, and the tiny gargoyles on the sides of the gable end window etc.•Opposite the Anglican Church was another Hewett home for another branch of the family. Its name plate for 44 Coromandel Parade is Buffalo. The Hewitt family also built the new Catholic Church further along Coromandel Parade in 1936. •The Nairne Railway to Blackwood opened for passenger services in 1883. The platform and sandstone railway station was built between 1884 and 1886.The old signal box was built in 1884. It had three platforms from 1886 but the track was not doubled until 1929 when the tunnel at Coromandel Parade was removed and made into a cutting. The station was a major watering stop as steam engines needed to refill their tanks up the climb up the hills. The tank was painted with a large Amgoorie Tea sign but it has now faded. |
| 撮影日 | 2017-10-02 11:24:25 |
| 撮影者 | denisbin |
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| カメラ | DSC-HX90V , SONY |
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| 開放F値 | f/3.5 |