Echuca. On the River Murray. St Andrews Presbyterian Church built 1901. Now Uniting. Architect E Castles.Unusual black and white tiles above Gothic door and in gable apex. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Echuca. On the River Murray. St Andrews Presbyterian Church built 1901. Now Uniting. Architect E Castles.Unusual black and white tiles above Gothic door and in gable apex. / denisbin
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| 説明 | Some Echuca buildings to take note of starting at the entrance to the port of Echuca at Hopwood Place.•The Bridge Hotel built by Henry Hopwood in 1858. Slate roof, round columns supporting the veranda and French doors which were so popular in the mid 1850s. Upper floor added circa 1875. Closed 1916 and became a residence then owned by the City of Echuca since 1970. Now a café. •Across Hopwood Park is the Shire Hall/ Courthouse. Facade on Dickson St. Red brick and cement rendered quoins. Open ‘lacework” style balustrade along roof line. Triangular pediment above the door. It has simple Doric columns and porticos. Built in 1870. Architect W Vahland.•The Star Hotel. Four sets of French windows in the upper floor. Built 1866-70 as offices for Permewan Wright who were carting agents. Sub leased to shipping agents etc. Now a hotel. •William McCulloch and Co. Classical symmetry and arched doorway and windows and magnificent fan light above door. McCullochs early saw millers and later boat builders. Built in 1859 as a bond store for alcohol and tobacco. Kept by agents until bond tax paid. Used by McCullochs from 1889.•589 High St. The Shamrock Hotel. One of the 86 colonial hotels in Echuca! Licensed 1870, as single storey hotel. Upper floor added around 1895 with classical small pediment and spire behind it. Note shamrocks in the wooden Edwardian veranda posts. •The Echuca Hotel. Opened in 1858. The current building erected 1873. Symmetry, pilasters, classical rounded windows. Not a typical Australian pub building. •In side street on left Leslie St. Former Customs House. Built in 1884 but earlier customs houses. Good brick work and slate roof. Part for the wharf river front buildings. •Opposite the Customs House is the Steampacket Hotel. Claimed they were dedicated to the eradication of thirst! Built in 1864 as a single storey hotel. Rebuilt in the 1870s. Closed in 1900 and became a boarding house. Architect William Vahland. Return to High Street. •645 High St. Bank of New South Wales. Erected 1877. Architects Reed & Barnes. Two level loggia with projecting ends and arcaded on lower level. A Greek classical revival style of bank. •Colonial Bank of Australasia. Built in the classical style in the 1870s. Greek keystones above widows and ground floor doors. Lower windows rounded, upper window rectangular. •Millewa Chambers. Built as a bond store in 1878. Beautifully restored and painted. Highly decorative with three classical urns on the central roof pediment. Arched symmetry and pilasters beside doors. •On left is the combined Echuca Town Hall and Petty Sessions Courthouse. Built in 1869. Architects William Vahland and Robert Getzschmann of Bendigo. High St façade dominated by triangular pediment. Central section flanked by side wings. Used as a Courthouse until 1924. In 1954 became the town library only. Turn left here into Heygarth St before returning to High Street. The first section contains the Palace Hotel and the American Hotel. The first building opposite the old Courthouse is the former London Chartered Bank. Perfect symmetry with triangular pediment above central entrance. Architect Vahland. Built in 1882. Later an English Scottish & Australian Bank. Beside it is Dr Crosson’s Private Hospital and residence. Architect was William Vahland. Built 1875 with a cast iron balcony. Return to High St.•Next is the modern Christ Church Anglican Church entrance but behind it is the original church built in 1865. It has a stained glass memorial window to Henry Hopwood. Architect William Vahland.•Next left is Anstruther St. Turn left here. On the next corners another hotel built in 1895.On the opposite corner is a classical 19th century bank now the ANZ.•In front is the Post Office with a three storey clock tower built in 1877. Government architects led by William Wardell designed this Italianate style Post office. An asymmetrical façade with a colonnaded loggia. Similar to Post Offices in Maryborough, Castlemaine, Warrnambool, Hamilton etc. Painted rendered brick. Turn right into Hare St.•To the right on next corner is the former Presbyterian Church. St Andrews was built in 1901. Architect a local man E Castles. An impressive church with some unusual features – rose window, spire and black and white tiled sections in the gable and turreted tower. Worth the walk. Beyond the church is the Echuca state school no 208. Gothic in style with large windows for lighting. Gables facing street and arched entrance and tower. Built 1874. Some section rebuilt 1890 after a fire. Now return to the Post Office and continue along Hare St. •Next is St Mary’s Catholic Church. Built in 1875 in red brick with freestone dressings. The tower is unusual with a spire which is almost too narrow, a brick balcony and turrets. Added in 1890.• The five storey red brick flourmill is located at 2 Nish Street. Built in 1881 for Lawrence Kickham.•The magnificent railway station one of the best in Victoria is at 104 Sturt St but there is a pedestrian overpass to give access from just beyond the flourmill in Nish Street. The huge locomotive shed was built when the railway opened in 1864. The station was built in 1865 in red brick with granite window sills and cornerstones. Welsh slate imported for the roof slates. The locomotive shed was partly used by the private railway company the Moama and Deniliquin railway which covered the 80 kms to Deniliquin. •Corner Dickson and Connelly streets. Apsley House built around 1860 as the residence of Henry Hopwood. He died there in 1869. Sold to nuns of St Brigid in 1886 for a convent school. |
| 撮影日 | 2022-01-09 07:35:16 |
| 撮影者 | denisbin |
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| 露出 | 0.001 sec (1/1000) |
| 開放F値 | f/4.0 |
| 焦点距離 | 7 mm |