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Albert Hall 1878 - 16 South Esplanade, Glenelg (Adelaide)

First place winner in Photo Challenge for January /February ~ Home Sweet Home ~(2021)

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Albert Hall is a twenty room, 3-storey mansion first occupied by William Kyffin Thomas, one of the first European colonists, and part owner of newspapers the Adelaide Observer and Register.

Thomas, who had retired to Glenelg due to ill health, died the

very same year Albert Hall was finished and it passed into the

hands of William Pile. Pile added a magnificent ballroom with

an alcove for musicians. At this time, the property included the

block of land bounded by Kent Street. It became the Oriental

Private Hotel in 1930 and in 1982, a backpackers’ lodge.

In the 1990s it was restored as a private residence and,

more recently, converted into three apartments.

 

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Uploaded on December 18, 2020
Taken on November 25, 2019