The North Wing of Sydney Hospital is a heritage building along Macquarie Street, opposite Martin Place. The hospital has been at this location since 1811 and yesterday celebrated its bicentenary. There is speculation on who designed the three Old Colonial Georgian buildings but it is believed that Governor Macquarie, his wife Elizabeth and John O'Hearen contributed to the design. The hospital was constructed between 1811 and 1816 by convict labour. Governor Macquarie turned to three Sydney entrepreneurs for funding: Garnham Blaxcell, Alexander Riley and D'Arcy Wentworth. It was known as the Rum Hospital because the contractors were given a limited monopoly on the distribution of spirits in the colony, in return for building it.Monday, 31 October 2011
Sydney Hospital, Macquarie Street
The North Wing of Sydney Hospital is a heritage building along Macquarie Street, opposite Martin Place. The hospital has been at this location since 1811 and yesterday celebrated its bicentenary. There is speculation on who designed the three Old Colonial Georgian buildings but it is believed that Governor Macquarie, his wife Elizabeth and John O'Hearen contributed to the design. The hospital was constructed between 1811 and 1816 by convict labour. Governor Macquarie turned to three Sydney entrepreneurs for funding: Garnham Blaxcell, Alexander Riley and D'Arcy Wentworth. It was known as the Rum Hospital because the contractors were given a limited monopoly on the distribution of spirits in the colony, in return for building it.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
14 comments:
interesting structure :)
The architecture of this building is quite lovely and good to see they incorporated those archways along the top verandah - giving shade in our hot scorching summers.
Rum in exchange for a building! Well the building is outstanding, I wonder what the rum was like!
Well done, you!
My absolutely favourite Sydney building from the colonial era. I visit every time I am in Sydney :)
Hels, it certainly features some impressive architecture.
I like this kind of structure...nice!
I remember walking by this hospital when I visited Sydney last year ..it is beautiful!
Beautiful shot. Sometimes it's nice to up in order to see the natural beauty given to us. :-) Thank you for teh visit too :-)
Very beautiful structure...
A very good picture, I like.
Happy Blue Monday to you, Jim!
Gosh they really kept the convicts busy back then hey Jim, a lot of things over here have been built by convicts too. Great shot!
Wonderful shot!
My Blue Monday.
Rel great shot. So interesting
Post a Comment