1889 – Sydney Town Hall, New South Wales
In architectural style, the Sydney Town Hall is French Second Empire,
In architectural style, the Sydney Town Hall is French Second Empire,
Designed by colonial architect James Barnet, the building was constructed in stages from 1866 to 1891.
Named after The Strand in London, a smart and fashionable shopping street,
Block bound by Bridge, Loftus, Bent and Gresham Streets and constructed in two stages by State architects James Barnet and his successor Walter Liberty Vernon.
The Federation Free Style building is a three storey plus basement brick former office building constructed on a steep site on what is a prominent Macquarie Street corner.
Point Perpendicular was chosen in September 1883 as a site for a new lighthouse by Colonial Architect James Barnet and Captain Francis Hixson of the Marine Board.
Occupying an entire city block, with four monumental and elaborate facades in a Richardsonian Romanesque style.
Regarded as an excellent example of the Australian Federation Carpenter Gothic architectural style. The decorative gable truss structures at the end of the nave and the small porch are of note.
The former Burns Philp Building in Bridge Street, Sydney, was built in 1901 to the design of Arthur Anderson of A.L.