Stained Glass Shop Front Windows of the Summerscales Building - Corner Sturt and Camp Streets, Ballarat
Constructed in 1895, in the prominent position next to the Ballarat post office, the Summerscales Building was built for the Ballarat bookseller H. J. Summerscales after receiving a lease on the land next to the post office, the building incorporated parts of the former Mining Board Room.
After six years of successful trading, Mr. Summerscales extended his building in 1901. The new façade blended new architectural details with old, creating a stylish extension to the corner of Camp Street. The 1901 extension continued the theme of red brick construction, and included some beautiful Art Nouveau stained glass windows in the ground floor shop fronts, which would have been very fashionable at the time. The shops leased in the 1901 extension helped to support the Ballarat Library next door in Camp Street.
Stained Glass Shop Front Windows of the Summerscales Building - Corner Sturt and Camp Streets, Ballarat
Constructed in 1895, in the prominent position next to the Ballarat post office, the Summerscales Building was built for the Ballarat bookseller H. J. Summerscales after receiving a lease on the land next to the post office, the building incorporated parts of the former Mining Board Room.
After six years of successful trading, Mr. Summerscales extended his building in 1901. The new façade blended new architectural details with old, creating a stylish extension to the corner of Camp Street. The 1901 extension continued the theme of red brick construction, and included some beautiful Art Nouveau stained glass windows in the ground floor shop fronts, which would have been very fashionable at the time. The shops leased in the 1901 extension helped to support the Ballarat Library next door in Camp Street.