Silver trowel |
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| Title : | Silver trowel |
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| Source : | Alfred Allen Simpson, PRG 246 | ||
| Place Of Creation : | 1915 | ||
| Date of creation : | 1915 | ||
| Format : | Object | ||
| Dimensions : | 325x85x20 | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
Silver trowel used by Alfred Allen Simpson, Mayor of Adelaide, when laying the foundation stone of additions to the Adelaide Town Hall buildings, April 1915. The Town Hall building was designed by Edmund Wright who had a preference for Italian architectural styles - therefore strong Florentine and Genoan design influences are visible in the design. Large pillars and arches form the impressive colonnade, and the carved heads of famous Italian artists such as Michelangelo and Donatello are alongside those representing Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort. The colonnade and above it, the Albert Tower are actually over the footpath itself. In the tower was a peal of bells, and the clock was not added until 1935, a gift of Councillor Bonython. A number of additions were made to the original building over the years. |
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| Related names : | Adelaide Town Hall Wright, Edmund W. (Edmund William), 1824-1888 |
| Coverage year : | 1915 |
| Place : | King William Street (Adelaide: S. Aust.) |
| Region : | Adelaide city |
| Further reading : | Heritage of the city of Adelaide: an illustrated guide Adelaide: Corporation of the City of Adelaide, 1990 Jensen, Elfrida Colonial architecture in South Australia: a definitive chronicle of development 1836-1890 and the social history of the times Adelaide: Rigby, 1980 Adelaide Town Hall visitor's guide [Adelaide]: Corporation of the City of Adelaide, 2000 Apperly, Richard A pictorial guide to identifying Australian architecture : styles and terms from 1788 to the present Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1989 Page, Michael F. Sculptors in space: South Australian architects 1836-1986 [Adelaide, S. Aust.]: Royal Australian Institute of Architects (South Australian Chapter), 1986 Morgan, E. J. R. Early Adelaide architecture 1836 to 1886 Melbourne, New York: Oxford University Press [1969] Turney, Barbara Adelaide, city of charm [Kent Town, S. Aust.]: Axiom Publishing, 1989 |
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