Somerton Park Sacred Heart College chapel
Foundation stone 24 Sep 1922 by Archbishop Spence, architects Messrs Garlick & Jackman, opened 1924 as a memorial to the 60-70 former students who died in World War I. Also commemorates the Golden Jubilee of the Marist Brothers in Australia 1872-1922.
“The foundations are of specially designed reinforced cement concrete. The walls will be built of Tapley's Hill bluestone, with cement quoins and dressings to all door and window openings. The trustees have obtained a lease of a quarry at Tapley's Hill, and only specially selected stone will be used. All the window frames will be of steel. . . At each side of the entrance porch will be a tower 12 feet square carried up to a height of 60 feet, the upper portion of which will be octagonal and surmounted with a copper dome and cross.” [Register 25 Sep 1922]
“The building, which is one of the most ornate chapels in the Commonwealth, is situated on the south-eastern corner of the college, and is surrounded by most picturesque and beautifully laid-out grounds. The type of architecture adopted is Romanesque, and is in keeping with the buildings which form the college.” [Register 29 Mar 1924]
Somerton Park Sacred Heart College chapel
Foundation stone 24 Sep 1922 by Archbishop Spence, architects Messrs Garlick & Jackman, opened 1924 as a memorial to the 60-70 former students who died in World War I. Also commemorates the Golden Jubilee of the Marist Brothers in Australia 1872-1922.
“The foundations are of specially designed reinforced cement concrete. The walls will be built of Tapley's Hill bluestone, with cement quoins and dressings to all door and window openings. The trustees have obtained a lease of a quarry at Tapley's Hill, and only specially selected stone will be used. All the window frames will be of steel. . . At each side of the entrance porch will be a tower 12 feet square carried up to a height of 60 feet, the upper portion of which will be octagonal and surmounted with a copper dome and cross.” [Register 25 Sep 1922]
“The building, which is one of the most ornate chapels in the Commonwealth, is situated on the south-eastern corner of the college, and is surrounded by most picturesque and beautifully laid-out grounds. The type of architecture adopted is Romanesque, and is in keeping with the buildings which form the college.” [Register 29 Mar 1924]