Erskineville Town Hall and Council Chambers is located along Erskineville Road, in the inner city suburb of Erskineville. It was designed by Lindsay Scott and built in 1938 in the Inter-War Mediterranean architectural style. As Macdonaldtown Municipality, it was originally incorporated in 1872 but in 1894 part of Macdonaltown became a new suburb known as Erskineville. Small, inner city municipalities were amalgamated in 1949, and Erskineville became part of the City of Sydney. It is now used as a community hall.
A very interesting looking building.
ReplyDeleteStill looking good, eighty years on.
ReplyDeleteVery distinctive!
ReplyDeleteThe creatively recessed entrance is most appealing.
ReplyDeleteThe sunshine adds to the beauty of the building!
ReplyDeleteLovely architecture
ReplyDeleteBuilt to last and to impress. Great building.
ReplyDeleteLovely architecture and blue skies. Thanks for linking up to Blue Monday!
ReplyDeleteI always think you must soon run out of beautiful Australian things to photograph, Jim, but you never do...and here's another one!
ReplyDeleteGreetings from cold, snowy, snow-melting-damp western Canada.
Kay
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Thanks, Kay. I do my best to keep finding new and interesting sights.
DeletePretty nice facade.
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So pretty! Does the suburb keeps its own identity? I have been to places that have been incorporated to big cities but still keep they own ways. #OurWorldTuesday
ReplyDeleteYes, Ruth. Erskineville, Macdonaltown, Redfern, Waterloo, Darlington, Alexandria and Newtown have retained their identities as suburbs. They just don't have separate local governments any more.
DeleteHmmm... interesting reading your comments to Ruth, I learned something there. I like the clean lines in this building.
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