Parcels Post Office (former) c.1912 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Parcels Post Office (former) c.1912 / Sydney Heritage
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | See where this picture was taken. [?]In February 1911 the Sydney Morning Herald reported that plans had been completed in the Government Architect's Office for the erection of a large parcels post office at the Central Railway Station. These plans were for a five storey building with three frontages, but with the main elevation to George Street west. It was to be a "handsome building... in keeping with the station buildings already erected." The basement of the building was to be devoted to a mails and parcels sorting room with "observation galleries for the detectives at each end." The ground floor, to be "approached by a flight of trachyte steps", was the space set aside for the public to transact business, with "writing desks and large counters, circular in plan, over which parcels can be booked or taken possession of." The ground floor would also include offices for customs officials, and at the rear of the building on the ground floor level there was to be an entrance for carts.Although the design of the Parcels Post Office is usually credited to George McRae, the main portion of the building was designed under McRae's predecessor as government architect, Walter Liberty Vernon. Vernon retired in August 1911 and E L Drew became acting government architect until McRae took over the position in May 1912. The initial scheme for the post office was prepared by G M Blair, and approved by Drew and Vernon. In January 1912 the Sydney Morning Herald reported that work on the Parcels Post Office had been slow because of the "depths it was necessary to sink to obtain a reliable foundation" and also because the gantry originally erected for work on the building had blown down. At that time the basement and light wells of the building were almost complete. By mid-1912 a decision had been made to add a further two storeys to the original design. Blair designed these additions. |
| 撮影日 | 2012-02-19 12:04:12 |
| 撮影者 | Sydney Heritage |
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| 撮影地 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 地図 |