1888 – A Garden House, Sydney, Australia
Architect: Maurice B. Adams
Design for front entrance porch to a house in Bellevue,
In November 1884, the Treasurer issued instructions to prepare plans for a new Customs House that would “combine convenient facilities with a beautiful appearance from Queen Street as well as the river.”
In architectural style,
Designed by colonial architect James Barnet,
Named after The Strand in London,
Block bound by Bridge,
The Federation Free Style building is a three storey plus basement brick former office building constructed on a steep site on what is a prominent Macquarie Street corner.
Point Perpendicular was chosen in September 1883 as a site for a new lighthouse by Colonial Architect James Barnet and Captain Francis Hixson of the Marine Board.