Alfred Newman (architect)

Alfred Gambier Newman (18 January 1875 – 18 January 1921) was an Australian architect active in the first 20 years of the 20th century. He designed significant work for both the Methodist Church[4] and the Newman[5] and Vickery[6] families.

Alfred G Newman – Architect
Lauriston, Strathfield
Born	18 January 1875 South Australia[1]
Died	18 January 1921 (aged 46) New South Wales[2]
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Architect
Projects	15 Methodist Churches throughout NSW
Design	The Tower Wing MLC School[3]

Early life

Newman was born in Mount Gambier, South Australia, one of eight children of Emma Ann (née Fisher) and the Rev. Charles Thomas Newman. He was educated at Prince Alfred College (PAC), Adelaide (1887–1890) where his art master was James Ashton.[7] After leaving PAC, Newman studied art and design at the South Australian School of Art.[8] In 1896 his mother died in Kapunda.[9] In 1900 his father married Elizabeth Vickery,[10] the daughter of Ebenezer Vickery, merging two prominent Methodist families.

Architect

Newman worked as an architect in Adelaide and became an Associate of the South Australian Institute of Architects in 1898. He advertised in The Advertiser as "Alfred G Newman A.S.A.I.A. Architect" of Augusta Street Glenelg, South Australia[11] and later in King William Street, Adelaide[12] before moving to Sydney in 1906. He resigned from the South Australian Roll of Architects in 1909.[13]

Marriage and family

Newman and his wife lived at Ingleburn, Kingsland Road, Strathfield, and had three daughters,[14][15] one stillborn.[16] He died at home in Strathfield in 1921.[17]

Church commissions

From the time Newman moved to Sydney he was a superintendent of the Sunday school at the Strathfield Methodist Church[18] and over a period of 15 years did a substantial amount of design work for the church. His buildings include:

Churches

• Auburn Methodist Church (now Uniting Church) corner of Helena and Harrow Streets, Auburn, New South Wales;[19]
• Barraba Methodist Church, Barraba, New South Wales;[20]
• Beecroft Methodist Church (now Uniting Church), Beecroft Road Beecroft, New South Wales;[21]
• Blackheath Methodist Church (now Uniting Church) 43-45 Govetts Leap Road, Blackheath, New South Wales;[22]
• Dee Why Methodist Church (now Cecil Gribble Uniting Church) 60 Howard Avenue Dee Why, New South Wales;[23]
• Epping Methodist Church, Epping, New South Wales;[24]
• Hurlstone Park Methodist (now Uniting Church) 8 Melford Street Hurlstone Park, New South Wales;[25]
• Kempsey Methodist Church, Kempsey, New South Wales;[26]
• Lakemba Methodist Church (now Uniting Church) The Boulevarde, Lakemba, New South Wales;[27]
• Manilla Methodist Church (now Uniting Church) Strafford Street, Manilla, New South Wales;[28]
• North Ryde Methodist Church, North Ryde, New South Wales;[29]
• Rhodes Methodist Church, Rhodes, New South Wales;[30]
• Strathfield Methodist Church (now Carrington Avenue Uniting Church) 13 Carrington Avenue, Strathfield, New South Wales;[31]
• Tighes Hill Methodist Church, Tighes Hill, New South Wales;[32]
• Young Methodist Church, Young, New South Wales;[33]
• The Warren Methodist Church, Illawarra Road, Marrickville, New South Wales;[34]
• Wentworthville Methodist Church, Wentworthville, New South Wales;[35]
• Woodford Methodist Church (now abandoned) 68 Great Western Highway, Woodford, New South Wales;[36]
• Wyalong Methodist Church, Wyalong, New South Wales.[37]

For the Church of Christ he designed:

• Marrickville Church of Christ, 389 Illawarra Road Marrickville, New South Wales.[38][39]

• 
  Strathfield
• 
  Young
• 
  Croydon
• 
  Manilla
• 
  Woodford
• 
  Dee Why
• 
  Hurlstone Park

Church school halls

• Campsie Methodist Church School Hall, Campsie, New South Wales;[40]
• Epping Methodist Church School Hall, Epping, New South Wales.[41]

Parsonages

• Croydon Park Methodist Parsonage, Croydon Park, New South Wales;[42]
• Granville Methodist Parsonage, Granville, New South Wales;[43]
• Woodford Methodist Parsonage (now a private house) 69 Great Western Highway, Woodford, New South Wales.[44]

Commercial

• Shop and Residence (in front of Uniting Church Hall) 282-284 King Street, Newtown, New South Wales.[45]
• Former Joseph Vickery & Co Building (1908 Scientology House) 201 Castlereagh Street, Sydney[46][47]

Houses

The following house designs are attributed to Newman:

• Tiptree 1906 (later Eva Horden Red Cross Home, demolished 1954) Cnr Llandilo Avenue and Kingsland Road Strathfield, New South Wales, built for Newman's father, Rev. C T Newman, and his wife Elizabeth, a daughter of Ebenezer Vickery[48][49]
• Lauriston 1907 (now Santa Maria Del Monte School) Cnr The Boulevarde and Margaret Street Strathfield, New South Wales, built for Amy Alfreda Vickery, a daughter of Ebenezer Vickery[50]
• Ingleburn 1908 13–15 Kingsland Road Strathfield, built by Newman as his own home
• Wych Hazel 1911 (demolished 2014) 20 Livingstone Street Burwood, New South Wales, built for Oswald Aubrey Parker and his wife Sylvia Jane, a granddaughter of Ebenezer Vickery[51]
• Camden Lodge 1917 (burnt out 2012) 98–102 Burlington Road Homebush, New South Wales, built as Canlidgy for Robert Trevethan[52][53]

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