Addresses
Type of place
House
Period
Interwar 1919-1939
Style
Free Style
This is an image of the local heritage place known as Residence 'Halcyon'
Halcyon
Addresses
Type of place
House
Period
Interwar 1919-1939
Style
Free Style
Lot plan
L17_SP161291
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
Construction
Walls: MasonryPeople/associations
Charles Herbert Griffin (Architect)Criterion for listing
(D) Representative; (H) Historical association; (H) Historical associationInteractive mapping
Lot plan
L17_SP161291
Key dates
Local Heritage Place Since —
Date of Citation —
Construction
Walls: MasonryPeople/associations
Charles Herbert Griffin (Architect)Criterion for listing
(D) Representative; (H) Historical association; (H) Historical associationInteractive mapping
History
This fine residence was built in 1926 for Mr Vic Jensen. It was designed by Architect Charles Herbert Griffin. At the time of writing it is thought that Jensen was the same as Vic Jensen “the Hussling Shoe man” with premises in Queen Street.
Architect Charles Griffin had trained as an architect in London. After moving to Brisbane he was employed by the Qld Government as a draftsman and then moved into a brief partnership with another architect, Roy Chipps. This partnership was dissolved when Chipps relocated to Rockhampton. Griffin remained in Brisbane, rising to the post of Councillor of the QIA on 1933. He died in 1950.
Griffin was busy during the mid twenties, his name appearing in the Tender Notices of the Architecture and building Journal of Queensland tender notices with regularity. He undertook mostly houses and residences, and had done some commercial work for Vic Jensen early in1927.
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:
Citation prepared by — Brisbane City Council (page revised June 2022)