Addresses
Type of place
House
Period
Interwar 1919-1939
Style
California Bungalow
This is an image of the local heritage place known as Residence
72 Harcourt Street, New Farm
Addresses
Type of place
House
Period
Interwar 1919-1939
Style
California Bungalow
This masonry dwelling was built circa 1927 for Edmund Rosenstengel, a distinguished furniture maker, who lived here until his death in 1962. His showroom was located at 524 Brunswick Street where he operated from 1922 to 1958.Edmund and his wife, Eveleen, purchased the property at 72 Harcourt Street in 1922 and subsequently built a two-storey masonry dwelling on the site of ‘Hazeldene’ a timber residence, once part of the estate of Eugene Doctor. The multi-gabled Californian bungalow, built in roughcast stucco, features leadlight doors and wooden shingles above the verandah entrance.
Lot plan
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Information —
Construction
Roof: Terracotta tile;Walls: Masonry
Interactive mapping
Lot plan
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Information —
Construction
Roof: Terracotta tile;Walls: Masonry
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, Sewerage Maps, Detail Plan No 201, 23 Sept 1924
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Brisbane City Council, Surveyor’s Notebook, 25 Feb 1916, updated 3 Sept 1924
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Brisbane City Council, New Farm and Teneriffe Hill Heritage and Character Study, pg 100
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Queensland Post Office Directory, Edmund Rosenstengel listed from 1926; 1928-29; 1936
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Australian Electoral Rolls, Division of Brisbane, Subdivision of Merthyr, 72 Harcourt St, Edmund Rosenstengel and Eveleen Gertrude, 1925;1936’ 1943
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Australian Death Index, Edmund Rosenstengel, 11 Oct 1962, Queensland
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Benjamin G. & G. Grant, Reflections on New Farm, New Farm & Districts Historical Society, 2008, pg 44-46
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Schiavo, John, New Farm: a study of land use and settlement to 1999, Brisbane City Council
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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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Apperly, R., R. Irving, P. Reynolds, A Pictorial Guide to Identifying Australian Architecture, 1989, pg 140-143; 206-209
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Kennedy, Michael Owen. Domestic Architecture in Queensland Between the Wars. Unpub Thesis. Master of Built Environment. 1989
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Picture Queensland, Interior of Rosenstengel home at New Farm, completed in 1927, Accession number 7648, John Oxley Library
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Picture Queensland, Ed Rosenstengel sitting on one of his own chairs in the drawing room of Harcourt Street at New Farm, undated, Accession number 7648, John Oxley Library
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Brisbane Courier, 4 Oct 1928, pg 15
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Brisbane Courier, 5 Feb 1929, pg 10
prepared by — Brisbane City Council (page revised March 2023)