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Wickham Terrace, Brisbane
Wickham Terrace is one of the historic streets of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is known as the street of private medical specialists. Geography Wickham Terrace commences at the western corner of the intersection of Ann Street, Brisbane, Ann Street and Wharf Street, Brisbane, Wharf Street in the Brisbane central business district () and then gradually rises in a winding westerly direction up the slopes of Spring Hill, Queensland, Spring Hill. It then follows the ridge and rises to the north and then to the west, creating the upper boundary of Albert Park, Brisbane, Albert Park. The name ''Wickham Terrace'' terminates at the intersection with Gregory Terrace () but the road continues as College Road through into the Normanby Fiveways. History Wickham Terrace is named after John Clements Wickham, the police magistrate and Government Resident of the Moreton Bay district. Land sales occurred on Wickham Terrace in 1856. Because Spring Hill is higher than main Brisbane townsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open Street Map - Wickham Terrace, 2015
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Harley Street
Harley Street is a street in Marylebone, Central London, named after Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer."Harley Street" in Since the 19th century it has housed a large number of private specialists in and . Overview Since the 19th century, the number of doctors, hospitals, and medical organisations in and around Harley Street has greatly increased. Records show that there were around 20 doctors in 1860, 80 by 1900, and almost 200 by ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baptist City Tabernacle
Baptist City Tabernacle is a heritage-listed Baptists, Baptist church (building), church at 163 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, Queensland, Spring Hill, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Richard Gailey and built from to 1890. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. The church is affiliated with the Australian Baptist Ministries. History The Baptist City Tabernacle is a large cement rendered church on a corner site overlooking the Brisbane CBD, central business district.Baptists first arrived in Brisbane about 1851 with the first Baptist church, the Wharf Street Baptist Church, being built in 1859 on the corner of Wharf and Adelaide Street, Brisbane, Adelaide Street. By 1887, with a congregation of over 400, a new church was needed. Prominent Brisbane architect Richard Gailey, a member of the congregation, designed both the Tabernacle and the former manse which still survives on an adjacent site. The dedication took place on 9 Octob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wickham House, Spring Hill
Wickham House is a heritage-listed office building at 155–157 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Francis Richard Hall and built from 1923 to 1924 by F J Corbett. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 23 June 2000. History Wickham House, a five-storey masonry building, with basement, was constructed in 1924 to a design by Francis R Hall and built by FJ Corbett. Known as Windmill Hill to residents during the 1840s and 1850s because it was (and still is) the location of the Old Windmill) the Wickham Terrace area was subdivided during 1856 and sold to wealthy citizens. Following the first land sales along "The Terrace", also known as "The Ridge", houses began being constructed. Due to its location, close to the city and elevated, the area soon became popular for professional and business families. Wickham Terrace was evolving into an area of boarding houses and homes, schools, clubs and medical rooms. Doct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wickham Terrace Car Park
Wickham Terrace Car Park is a heritage-listed multi-storey car park at 136 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, Queensland, Spring Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by James Birrell and built from 1959 to 1960. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register as ''Brisbane City Council Carpark'' on 13 January 1995. History A multi-storeyed concrete structure, the Wickham Terrace Car Park was designed by James Birrell, the City Architect for the Brisbane City Council, and constructed during 1959 and 1960 by Thiess Brothers. The erection time for the complex was 14 months, at a cost of £535,000. It was the first parking station to be constructed by the Brisbane City Council and one of the first within the city area. The car park was built on a site which formerly housed a Red Cross workshop and garages. Car ownership in Australia increased dramatically in the 1950s. In the ten years to 1962, statistics show an increase of from one car per nine people to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballow Chambers
Ballow Chambers is a heritage-listed office building at 121 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Lange Leopold Powell and built from 1924 to 1926 by John Hutchinson. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History This three-storeyed masonry office building was constructed in two stages, in 1924 and in 1926, for Ballow Chambers Ltd, a group of medical practitioners headed by Charles Thelander. The company acquired most of the site in 1924. Bunya, Queensland, Bunya Bunya Cottage, erected on the site , had accommodated a medical practice in the late 1880s, and from about 1900. Brisbane architect Lange Powell was commissioned to design the new building. Powell was an established Brisbane architect, whose work includes St Martin's House (1922) and the Masonic Temple, Brisbane, Masonic Temple (1930), both in Ann Street, Brisbane. Ballow Chambers was one of the earliest of the purpose-built specialis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espie Dods House
Espie Dods House is a heritage-listed detached house at 97 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by architect Robin Dods for his brother Espie Dods and was built . It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. After Espie Dods vacated the property, the upstairs areas were leased as medical rooms, after which the building and basement were converted into tea rooms and renamed "Ritas at Dods House Restaurant". During the 20th century, the restaurant changed name multiple times, and in the late 1990s the basement bar housed an adult entertainment establishment. In the early 21st century, the ground floor rooms were used as offices of the National Trust of Queensland, and the basement level operated an escape-room style immersive theatre venue nameArcadium Adventures History The house was commissioned for Dr Espie Dods by his mother and built next to the family home owned by his stepfather, Dr Charles Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lister House
Lister House is a heritage-listed office building at 79 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, Queensland, Spring Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is also known as the Brisbane Clinic. It was designed by Raymond C Nowland and built from 1930 to 1948 by J I Green & Son. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History This two-storeyed masonry building was constructed in 1930 as purpose-designed medical suites for Lister House Ltd, a group of medical practitioners. Like its neighbour Inchcolm, Spring Hill, Inchcolm, it is built on the site of the first Inchcolm building. In 1929 Lister House Ltd acquired the site from the Wharf Street Congregational Church, Brisbane, Wharf Street Congregational Church (the church having decided to construct their new church on a more central site). Lister House Ltd then commissioned Brisbane architect Raymond Clare Nowland to design a building which could function along the lines of the Mayo Clinic in the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inchcolm, Spring Hill
Inchcolm is a heritage-listed former office building at 73 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Eric P Trewern and built in 1930 by J I Green & Son. It was converted into a hotel in 1998, and renovated in 2014. It now trades as Ovolo Inchcolm under the Ovolo Hotels Group. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 23 March 1998. History This five-storeyed masonry office building was constructed in 1930, on a site which has been associated with the medical profession since the 1880s, when the first Inchcolm was established by Dr John Thomson. This building contained both his private residence and consulting rooms, and during the 1910s and 1920s it operated as a private hospital. The first Inchcolm was bought by the Wharf Street Congregational Church in 1925 with the intention of constructing a new church on that site. However, it was subsequently decided that the church needed a more centrally located site in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Saints Anglican Church, Brisbane
All Saints Anglican Church is a heritage-listed church at 32 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. First founded in 1862, the current building designed by Benjamin Backhouse was completed in 1869, making it the oldest Anglican church in Brisbane. For most of its history, it has been identified with the High Church or Anglo-Catholic tradition within Anglicanism. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History This single-storeyed stone church, the oldest Anglican church in Brisbane, was erected in 1861 and rebuilt in 1869 for the Wickham Terrace District Anglican congregation. It is one of the few remaining parish churches in Queensland owned under the colonial provision of private trustees of church property. The Church of England was the first church to be established in Queensland. In 1849 the site for St John's Church on William Street was granted, with the church being consecrated in 1854. The Wickham Terra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mailbox In Brisbane 258
A letter box, letterbox, letter plate, letter hole, mail slot or mailbox is a receptacle for receiving incoming mail at a private residence or business. For outgoing mail, post boxes are often used for depositing the mail for collection, although some letter boxes are also capable of holding outgoing mail for a carrier to pick up. Letterboxes or mailboxes use the following primary designs: * A slot in a wall or door through which mail is delivered (through-door delivery) * A box attached directly to the building (direct-to-door delivery) * A box mounted at or near the street ( curbside delivery) * A centralised mail delivery station consisting of individual mailboxes for an entire building also known as a "flock" throughout the South Island of New Zealand and parts of America. * A centralised mail delivery station consisting of individual mailboxes for multiple recipients at multiple addresses in a particular neighborhood or community * If so said person is busy mail will be l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
