Adelaide. SA. The Childrens Hospital was established in 1876 .. John Howard Angas donated this second building at his own cost in 1893. It opened in 1894.
Angas Buildings Adelaide Children’s Hospital.
John Howard Angas left as big a legacy for South Australia as his father did if not bigger. Historian Douglas Pike described John Howard Angas as George Fife Angas’ best memorial to SA. Both George Fife and John Howard Angas gave £500 each in 1874 to the fund to establish the Children’s Hospital in 1876. John Howard Angas was a consistent donor and benefactor over many decades. By 1903 he had donated £7,752 directly to the Children’s Hospital. Apart from serving in parliament he served on several pastoral, agricultural, educational and medical associations. John Howard Angas was vice president of the Adelaide Children’s Hospital from 1876 to 1904. His legacy to the hospital was the Angas Buildings on King William Road. The Angas Building was the second major building of the hospital and is now the oldest part of it. The Adelaide Children’s Hospital was formed in 1876 by a group of doctors and benefactors including both George Fife and John Howard Angas. Sixteen years later in 1892 John Howard Angas said he was prepared to defray the entire costs, about £2,000, for the second building which was needed by then. When the new Angas Building opened it doubled the number of beds or cots in the hospital. Angas commissioned architect Alfred Wells in 1893 to design a building facing King William Road which would form a quadrangle with the first building. It would contain two surgical wards, an outpatients section, dispensary and quarters for the surgeons. It opened in 1894. As offshoots of his work with the Children’s Hospital John Howard Angas also gave £600 to establish a children’s convalescent home at Mt Lofty and earlier in 1890 he donated £1,900 to build a new wing onto the children’s convalescent home at Semaphore. Angas commissioned architects Garlick and Partners to design the new wing at Semaphore. In 1899 John Howard Angas also donated £2,500 for the Angas wing at the Home for Incurables Fullarton. Before he died, he donated in 1904 £1,000 for the consumptives home at Kalyra Belair.
Apart from the Children’s Hospital John Howard Angas was a great financial supporter of the Barnardo Houses for children in England and elsewhere. Barnardo house provided accommodation for orphans and destitute children before they were fostered or adopted. For 30 years he donated £200 annually to this British organisation. In 1884 he donated £1,600 and from 1887 he donated £2,000 annually. In 1891 he donated £5,600 and by the time of his death he had donated £44,216 to the Barnardo foundation. His donations were so appreciated that they named a house in Essex after John Howard Angas. The Angas Home in Barkingside Essex operated for around 100 years until demolished to make way for a Tesco supermarket!
Adelaide. SA. The Childrens Hospital was established in 1876 .. John Howard Angas donated this second building at his own cost in 1893. It opened in 1894.
Angas Buildings Adelaide Children’s Hospital.
John Howard Angas left as big a legacy for South Australia as his father did if not bigger. Historian Douglas Pike described John Howard Angas as George Fife Angas’ best memorial to SA. Both George Fife and John Howard Angas gave £500 each in 1874 to the fund to establish the Children’s Hospital in 1876. John Howard Angas was a consistent donor and benefactor over many decades. By 1903 he had donated £7,752 directly to the Children’s Hospital. Apart from serving in parliament he served on several pastoral, agricultural, educational and medical associations. John Howard Angas was vice president of the Adelaide Children’s Hospital from 1876 to 1904. His legacy to the hospital was the Angas Buildings on King William Road. The Angas Building was the second major building of the hospital and is now the oldest part of it. The Adelaide Children’s Hospital was formed in 1876 by a group of doctors and benefactors including both George Fife and John Howard Angas. Sixteen years later in 1892 John Howard Angas said he was prepared to defray the entire costs, about £2,000, for the second building which was needed by then. When the new Angas Building opened it doubled the number of beds or cots in the hospital. Angas commissioned architect Alfred Wells in 1893 to design a building facing King William Road which would form a quadrangle with the first building. It would contain two surgical wards, an outpatients section, dispensary and quarters for the surgeons. It opened in 1894. As offshoots of his work with the Children’s Hospital John Howard Angas also gave £600 to establish a children’s convalescent home at Mt Lofty and earlier in 1890 he donated £1,900 to build a new wing onto the children’s convalescent home at Semaphore. Angas commissioned architects Garlick and Partners to design the new wing at Semaphore. In 1899 John Howard Angas also donated £2,500 for the Angas wing at the Home for Incurables Fullarton. Before he died, he donated in 1904 £1,000 for the consumptives home at Kalyra Belair.
Apart from the Children’s Hospital John Howard Angas was a great financial supporter of the Barnardo Houses for children in England and elsewhere. Barnardo house provided accommodation for orphans and destitute children before they were fostered or adopted. For 30 years he donated £200 annually to this British organisation. In 1884 he donated £1,600 and from 1887 he donated £2,000 annually. In 1891 he donated £5,600 and by the time of his death he had donated £44,216 to the Barnardo foundation. His donations were so appreciated that they named a house in Essex after John Howard Angas. The Angas Home in Barkingside Essex operated for around 100 years until demolished to make way for a Tesco supermarket!