Addresses
Type of place
Terrace house
Period
Victorian 1860-1890
Style
Regency
This is an image of the local heritage place known as Flats
100 Annie Street, New Farm
Addresses
Type of place
Terrace house
Period
Victorian 1860-1890
Style
Regency
These adjoining dwellings were built circa 1886 for Denis Twomey, following the transfer of the property from John Ryan to Denis Twomey (also spelt Twoomey) in 1883. In 1887 Twomey sold the property to Charles Fletcher. The property, advertised for sale in March 1890, and ‘only recently erected’, was described as ‘a large two-story brick building, divided into two’. The property subsequently had a number of different owners and occupiers. In 1933, the then owner of the property, Emma Lewis, named the building ‘Miama Flats’.
This painted brick building, was built during the 1880s boom era. It is a rare surviving example of adjoining townhouses in an area dominated by single-storey, workers’ dwellings. This area between Brunswick and James Streets was marked by closely-settled subdivisions with narrow streets where working-class families lived close to where they worked in the factories and shops of Fortitude Valley and later, the wharves, warehouses and factories of Teneriffe.
Also known as
Miama Flats
Lot plan
L9_SP140653; L10_SP140653
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Information —
Construction
Roof: Corrugated iron;Walls: Brick - Painted
Interactive mapping
Also known as
Miama Flats
Lot plan
L9_SP140653; L10_SP140653
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Information —
Construction
Roof: Corrugated iron;Walls: Brick - Painted
Interactive mapping
References
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Brisbane City Council Properties on the Web
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Brisbane City Council, 1946 aerial photographs.
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Brisbane City Council, Surveyor’s Notebook, July 1912, updated 1925 [green pen]
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Brisbane City Council, Sewerage Maps, Detail Plan No 189, 23 Feb 1925
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Brisbane City Council, New Farm and Teneriffe Hill Heritage and Character Study, Oct 1995 [not identified in study]
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Brisbane City Council, Heritage Unit, Historical Report, 100 Annie St, New Farm
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Certificates of Title, Department of Environment and Resource Management
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Queensland Post Office Directory, 1883-84; 1885-86;18871893; 1894-95; 1897-99;1900; 1901; 1925-26; 1926;1934; 1940
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Bennett, H, ‘New Farm from quality street to mixed assortment’, Brisbane Houses, Gardens, Suburbs and Congregations, Papers No 22 Brisbane History Group, 2010 pg 151-175
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Benjamin, G. & G. Grant, Reflections on New Farm, New Farm & Districts Historical Society Inc, New Farm, 2008
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Apperly, R. Irving, R. Reynolds R, A Pictorial Guide to Identifying Australian Architecture: Styles and Terms from 1788 to the Present, Angus & Robertson, 1989, pg 42-45
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Donald Watson and Judith McKay, Queensland Architects of the Nineteenth Century, South Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1994
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Brisbane Courier, 24 March 1890, pg 8
prepared by — Brisbane City Council (page revised March 2023)