Addresses

At 133 Adelaide Street, Brisbane city, Queensland 4000

Type of place

Office building, Warehouse

Period

Victorian 1860-1890, Federation 1890-1914

Style

Free Classical, Free Style

Broadway Arcade facade

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This is an image of the local heritage place known as Broadway Arcade facade (formerly Woolworths)

This is an image of the local heritage place known as Broadway Arcade facade - Stewart and Hemmant warehouse

This is an image of the local heritage place known as Broadway Arcade facade - The Fitzroy Building

Broadway Arcade facade

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Addresses

At 133 Adelaide Street, Brisbane city, Queensland 4000

Type of place

Office building, Warehouse

Period

Victorian 1860-1890, Federation 1890-1914

Style

Free Classical, Free Style

The Adelaide Street frontage of the Broadway Arcade contains the facades of two distinct buildings. The former Stewart and Hemmant warehouse was built in 1886 to a design by George Cowlishaw. It was an extension to the company’s Queen Street premises. The adjacent facade was constructed as the Fitzroy Building in 1912. In 1923 the premises was acquired by Commerce House (Queensland) Ltd, a conglomerate of local commercial associations. The 1919 date in the pediment refers to the formation of the commercial entity.

Also known as

Fitzroy Building, Woolworths (former)

Lot plan

L4_RP221710

Key dates

Local Heritage Place Since —

Date of Information —

People/associations

George Cowlishaw - Stewart and Hemmant warehouse  (Architect)

Criterion for listing

(A) Historical; (E) Aesthetic; (H) Historical association

Interactive mapping

City Plan Interactive Mapping

Also known as

Fitzroy Building, Woolworths (former)

Lot plan

L4_RP221710

Key dates

Local Heritage Place Since —

Date of Information —

People/associations

George Cowlishaw - Stewart and Hemmant warehouse  (Architect)

Criterion for listing

(A) Historical; (E) Aesthetic; (H) Historical association

Interactive mapping

City Plan Interactive Mapping

Statement of significance

Relevant assessment criteria

This is a place of local heritage significance and meets one or more of the local heritage criteria under the Heritage planning scheme policy of the Brisbane City Plan 2014. It is significant because:

Historical

Criterion A

The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of the city's or local area’s history

as remnants of late nineteenth and early twentieth century commercial buildings constructed in the centre of the city during periods of commercial prosperity.

Aesthetic

Criterion E

The place is important because of its aesthetic significance

as ornate facades of adjoining Federation Free Style and Victorian Free Classical influenced commercial buildings.

Historical association

Criterion H

The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organization of importance in the city’s or local area’s history

as the facades of ornate commercial buildings, one designed by George Cowlishaw and built in 1886 for Stewart and Hemmant successful clothing manufacturers, and one built in 1912 as the Fitzroy Building which housed a number of commercial tenants.

References

  1. Brisbane City Council. Block Plan c.1904-06

  2. Brisbane Courier 1911-1915. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper

  3. Queensland Certificates of Title

  4. John Oxley Library. Stewart and Hemmant. Manuscript OM79-64/17

Citation prepared by — Brisbane City Council (page revised June 2022)

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Victorian 1860-1890, Federation 1890-1914
Free Classical, Free Style
Office building
Warehouse
At 133 Adelaide Street, Brisbane city, Queensland 4000
At 133 Adelaide Street, Brisbane city, Queensland 4000 L4_RP221710
Historical, Aesthetic, Historical association