Primrose House is located on the corner of Russell Avenue and Malua Street, in the southern suburb of Dolls Point. It was built in 1891 in the Victorian style and was originally the Scarborough Hotel. It became a convalescent hospital for war wounded from 1913 and was then bought by the charity Dr Barnardos Homes to house orphans and abandoned children. It was renamed after it was purchased by St George District Hospital in 1936, whose chairman was Kogarah solicitor Herman B. Primrose.
Beautiful... and it stands out well against that sky.
ReplyDeleteThat is one beautiful house, Jim. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteIt has quite a history in a relatively short time.
ReplyDeleteA little white delicious house! Arianna
ReplyDeleteArianna, it's actually a soft pink which doesn't show up so well in the harsh midday sun.
Deletelove it! we have tons of those here too and the size of them looks kind of imposing ..
ReplyDeleteIt's had a colourful life so far!
ReplyDeleteYou have impressive architecture down Under.
ReplyDeleteWorth a Thousand Words
Wonderful historical post and great shot of historical hospital!
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artmusedog and carol
Yes, I like, nice and bright, beautiful !
ReplyDeletewe have to be on guard re primrose house, st george hospital have announced that the house is surplus for their requirements & will probably be sold off !!!!!.... HANG ON .... we the taxpayers own that property & we should have some say on its future . selling off probably means demolition & apartments built there . st george hospital have a track record of destroying our heritage, the last instance was the demolition of that fine victorian mansion "griffin house " that was located in the grounds of the hospital in kogarah .
ReplyDeleteStephen, yes I saw the story about this in my local paper. It really will be terrible if it gets demolished.
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