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George Allen Mansfield (15 June 1834 – 20 January 1908) was a prominent Australian architect of the nineteenth century who designed many iconic buildings in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Life
Born in 1834 in Sydney, his father, the Reverend Ralph Mansfield, had been a Methodist missionary. He was educated at the privately run school of Mr. W. T. Cape and then articled with the architect John Frederick Hilly.
He married Mary Emma Allen, third daughter of prominent politician and solicitor George Allen, and had seven children. The family lived in Tranby, Glebe, which was designed by Mansfield. They then lived at Oakwood in Bridge Road From 1864 to 1869, and Lynedoch in Glebe Road from 1870 to 1879. Mansfield served as an Inner Glebe Ward Councillor (Alderman from 1867) for the Borough of The Glebe from 1866 to 1878.
Mansfield was a lieutenant in the Glebe branch of the New South Wales Militia, a commissioner for Peace and an alderman for Glebe Council. Mansfield was also a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects and was the first Australian-born architect to receive the honour of Fellowship. Mansfield was also the founder and first president of the NSW Institute of Architects (now the NSW Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects).
He died in 1908, and was buried at Waverley Cemetery. He is remembered in the name of Mansfield Street, Glebe.
Works
His many prominent colonial buildings including and ten listed on the NSW State Heritage Register, include:
= Churches
=Pitt Street Uniting Church
Mudgee Uniting Church
Newtown Mission Uniting Church
= Schools
=Castle Hill Public School, Sydney
Cleveland Street Public School
Crown Street Public School
The Old School, Darlington
Mudgee Public School (part)
Newcastle East Public School
North Sydney Technical High School (1876–1877)
Pyrmont Public School
Redfern Public School (now demolished)
Rosebank College
Sussex Street Primary School, Sydney
= Houses
=Toxteth Park for his inlaws
Carthona, Darling Point
'The Warren' at Marrickville
Coombing Park at Carcoar for the founders of Cobb and Co
= Commercial buildings
=Australia Hotel (now demolished for the MLC Centre)
several bank buildings for the Commercial Bank of Australia, now Westpac
Australian Mutual Provident Society head office in Pitt Street, Sydney (1878; demolished 1909).
Much of commercial building stock of O’Connell Street
The Darling Harbour facilities of AGL Energy (now Demolished)
Mansfield House in Maitland
= Other
=Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Admission Block and Victoria & Albert Pavilions (1904)
History House, Macquarie Street offices for the Royal Australian Historical Society
Macleay Museum, (University of Sydney)
Gallery
See also
List of George Allen Mansfield buildings
References
External links
Portrait at Institute of Architecture
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