Snowtown. The old Institute library opened in 1881 and this grand entrance was completed in 1885. Next to it is the Soldiers Memorial Hall added in 1924.
In 1878 Snowtown grew quickly with the usual buildings of a government town – police station, post office and school. The community erected an institute library which opened in 1881( pictured left) and the churches which were all quickly built- the Bible Christian 1880, the Anglican 1880, the first Catholic 1882, the first Methodist in 1909, and another community facility, the hospital was built in 1902. (The Lutherans of Snowtown worshiped at Condowie where a Lutheran Church had been built in 1878. A Lutheran Church was not built in Snowtown until 1966). Local businessmen established general stores, the flour mill, a saddlery, a hotel, a bakery, a boot maker, and an agricultural implement foundry. City firms established the banks. One more recent bank reached national infamy for being the site of gruesome murders. The government built a grand stone school in 1879. This became a Higher Primary School in in 1941 and then an Area School in 1961. It is in the suburban belt beyond the parklands belt. The population is now around 400. Like many SA towns it has a George Goyder designed grid plan surrounded by parklands and beyond that some suburban lands. Some of the government buildings like the school, the hospital and public facilities like the oval are in the so called parklands belt. The town centre is surrounded by North, South, East and West Terraces with a railway reserve in the middle of the town
Snowtown. The old Institute library opened in 1881 and this grand entrance was completed in 1885. Next to it is the Soldiers Memorial Hall added in 1924.
In 1878 Snowtown grew quickly with the usual buildings of a government town – police station, post office and school. The community erected an institute library which opened in 1881( pictured left) and the churches which were all quickly built- the Bible Christian 1880, the Anglican 1880, the first Catholic 1882, the first Methodist in 1909, and another community facility, the hospital was built in 1902. (The Lutherans of Snowtown worshiped at Condowie where a Lutheran Church had been built in 1878. A Lutheran Church was not built in Snowtown until 1966). Local businessmen established general stores, the flour mill, a saddlery, a hotel, a bakery, a boot maker, and an agricultural implement foundry. City firms established the banks. One more recent bank reached national infamy for being the site of gruesome murders. The government built a grand stone school in 1879. This became a Higher Primary School in in 1941 and then an Area School in 1961. It is in the suburban belt beyond the parklands belt. The population is now around 400. Like many SA towns it has a George Goyder designed grid plan surrounded by parklands and beyond that some suburban lands. Some of the government buildings like the school, the hospital and public facilities like the oval are in the so called parklands belt. The town centre is surrounded by North, South, East and West Terraces with a railway reserve in the middle of the town