21-918: Phoenix Building may refer to: Australia [ edit ] Phoenix Buildings, Woolloongabba , heritage-listed commercial buildings in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia United States [ edit ] Phoenix Building/Cincinnati Club , two heritage-listed buildings in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio Phoenix Building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin's Historic Third Ward Phoenix Building (Pittsford, New York) , heritage-listed inn and tavern in Monroe County, New York Phoenix Building (Rockland, Massachusetts) , heritage-listed building in Rockland, Massachusetts Manhattan Building (Muskogee, Oklahoma) , also known as
42-406: A business and retail centre from the mid-19th century through to the early 20th century, and in particular, illustrate Woolloongabba's commercial development in the 1880s. The place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland's cultural heritage. The place is evidence of 1880s brick attached shops in Brisbane, a now rare aspect of Queensland's cultural heritage. The place
63-472: A deep cornice has the inscription PHOENIX BUILDINGS over the two centre panels. Each shop has a hipped corrugated iron roof with, except for the corner shop, a central clerestory skylight behind a perimeter parapet. The two end shops nearest Merton Street are deeper, giving the building an L-shaped plan, the other four shops have a basement. The Merton Street elevation has pilasters , with cornice and parapet above, and sash windows with moulded surrounds. At
84-524: A drapery business in the two end shops, and rented out the remainder. Malouf's became a familiar Woolloongabba landmark, expanding to include most of the premises. These buildings remain in the Malouf family, but the drapery business ceased operation in 1986. The four single-storeyed shops were purchased by grocers Barry and Roberts . Although the decorative street awning survives, the buildings themselves have been substantially altered, and do not form part of
105-512: A lean-to corrugated iron roof is attached to the rear. The Phoenix Buildings were listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 24 May 1995 having satisfied the following criteria. The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history. Phoenix Buildings are an integral part of a group of commercial buildings which are important in demonstrating the evolution of Clarence Corner as
126-558: A row of ten two-storeyed shops, six of which comprised the initial contract. Shops in the buildings were advertised for rent in the Brisbane Courier of July 1890. The ground floors of the other four shops appear to have been erected about the same time, but the upper floors were never completed. In 1919, ownership of Phoenix Buildings passed to Davies' son, Maldwyn, who sold the property in mid-1920. The six two-storeyed shops were purchased by George Calile Malouf, who established
147-645: Is a major hospital precinct including Queensland Children's Hospital and the Mater Public Hospital . The Stanley Street junction with Annerley Road (formerly Boggo Road) at Woolloongabba / South Brisbane is known as Clarence Corner . The Stanley Street intersection with Ipswich Road , Logan Road and Main Street at Woolloongabba is known as the Woolloongabba Fiveways and features The Gabba sports ground. The entire road
168-461: Is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places. As one of the few known examples of attached shops designed by Brisbane architect Richard Gailey, Phoenix Buildings are important in demonstrating some of the principal characteristics of Gailey's commercial work. The place is important because of its aesthetic significance. In scale and form, Phoenix Buildings exhibit an aesthetic contribution to
189-525: Is unified by a curved corrugated iron street awning, which continues in front of neighbouring shops returning slightly into Merton Street, and a narrow first floor verandah. The lined street awning has cast iron paired columns , brackets and valance, with shopfronts of aluminium framed glazing. The verandah has cast iron single columns, brackets, valance and balustrade, curved corrugated iron roof, timber partitions and floor with French doors and fanlights. A rendered parapet balustrade with circular openings above
210-674: The Phoenix Building or the Phoenix-Manhattan Building , a heritage-listed skyscraper in Muskogee, Oklahoma Phoenix Life Insurance Company Building in Hartford, Connecticut Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Phoenix Building . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
231-624: The Queensland Art Gallery was renamed Cultural Centre Tunnel and the road to the north was removed to make way for construction. A new section of road slightly to the west of the old road was built and named Stanley Place. Of the old Stanley Street in South Brisbane, only a section about 100 m long, running alongside the Queensland Maritime Museum remains. The remainder has been built over by
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#1732793574602252-465: The Queensland Heritage Register on 24 May 1995. The Phoenix Buildings were erected in 1889-90 for William Davies, mining entrepreneur, who purchased subdivisions 1-5 of suburban allotment 135, parish of South Brisbane , in late 1888. The buildings were designed by Brisbane architect Richard Gailey, who called tenders in April 1889. The contractor was Woolloongabba builder James Rix. Gailey designed
273-515: The State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 5 September 2014, archived on 15 October 2014). [REDACTED] Media related to Phoenix Buildings, Woolloongabba at Wikimedia Commons Stanley Street, Brisbane Stanley Street is a major street in Brisbane , Queensland . It carries the designation state route 41 for the entirety of its length and state route 10 between
294-669: The Vulture Street and Annerley Road intersections. For the majority of its length the road is a one-way carriageway westbound. The route is a major connector between the Southern and Eastern suburbs and South Brisbane. The street passes directly to the south of The Gabba and runs directly through the Mater Hospital precinct. Stanley Street is accessible via exit 2 on the Pacific Motorway . Stanley Street
315-651: The Gallery of Modern Art and South Bank Parklands, rebuilt as a pedestrian plaza as part of the Parklands (Stanley Street Plaza and the Cultural Forecourt); or renamed. The development of Woolloongabba railway station plans to strengthen Stanley Street's importance as a major connection between the CBD and southern suburbs. On Stanley Street between the intersection with Vulture Street and Annerley Road, there
336-570: The Stanley Street streetscape and to the Woolloongabba townscape which is valued by the community. [REDACTED] This Misplaced Pages article was originally based on "The Queensland heritage register" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014, archived on 8 October 2014). The geo-coordinates were originally computed from the "Queensland heritage register boundaries" published by
357-612: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phoenix_Building&oldid=1001958718 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Phoenix Buildings, Woolloongabba The Phoenix Buildings are heritage-listed commercial buildings at 647 Stanley Street , Woolloongabba , City of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia. They were designed by Richard Gailey and built from 1889 to 1890 by James Rix. They were added to
378-426: The listing. The Phoenix Buildings, comprising six two-storeyed, rendered masonry, attached shops, are located on the corner of Merton Street facing Stanley Street , a major arterial road through Woolloongabba. They form the end of a group of commercial buildings, ranging from the mid 19th century through to the early 20th century, with street awnings and decorative rendered facades . The Stanley Street elevation
399-816: The rear of the building the first floor verandahs are enclosed. A caretakers flat on the first floor at the Merton Street end could indicate the original layout. The building is currently divided into two tenancies. The ground floor of the Merton Street end tenancy has had party walls removed and has a suspended ceiling. The first floor has single skin tongue and groove partitions, boarded ceilings and clerestory skylights. The second tenancy has been fitted out for offices with arched openings in party walls and suspended ceilings on both levels. Turned timber staircases are intact in both tenancies, and basements have back to back fireplaces with shared chimneys which no longer operate. A concrete block toilet addition with
420-726: Was named after Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby , the United Kingdom's Colonial Secretary , 1885–1886. In the late 1880s, at least two hotels were built on Stanley Street, the Brisbane Bridge Hotel and Graham's Hotel. Stanley Street used to continue past the Vulture Street intersection, and follow the Brisbane River north to Kurilpa Point. At this time South Brisbane was an industrial area. The road between Melbourne Street and Vulture Street
441-604: Was removed to make way for the construction of the Expo '88 World's Fair precinct. The precinct was converted to South Bank Parklands after the Expo. At this time a small section of the route north of Vulture Street between Tribune and Glenelg Streets was renamed Little Stanley Street. In 2006, with the construction of the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art , the section of road still named Stanley street which tunneled under
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