former Wade Chambers, Leeton

Yesterday I wrote about the Wade Hotel and Leslie Augustus Burton Wade (1864-1915), the man who the pub is named after.

Next door to the Wade Hotel is the former Wade Chambers. Like the pub, the chambers also date from 1937 and were designed by the same architects, Rudder & Grant of Sydney in conjunction with local architect, G W A Welch.

Unfortunately some of the shopfronts have been modified but the one occupied by Don Brown Financial Services Group is exquisite and looks original to me.

References:
Leslie Augustus Burton Wade (1864-1915), Australian Dictionary of Biography
Leeton ~ Yango ~ Whitton - Heritage Trails Booklet, Leeton Shire Council, 2011

Wade Hotel, Leeton

The Wade Hotel in Leeton is named after Leslie Augustus Burton Wade (1864-1915), a career engineer and public servant in the state of New South Wales.

By 1913, Wade was responsible for all irrigation programs in NSW and was based in Leeton overseeing the settlement and development of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (MIA).

The pub that bears his name was built in 1937, designed by Sydney architects Rudder & Grant in conjunction with G W A Welch of Leeton. The main Deco detailing can be seen in the panels above the balcony overlooking Pine Avenue and on the Church Street side.

Wade died unexpectedly in 1915 and is also remembered through the building next door to the Hotel, the former Wade Chambers, also from 1937 and designed by the same team of architects. There is also Wade Avenue one of the main streets in the centre of Leeton.

References:
Leslie Augustus Burton Wade (1864-1915), Australian Dictionary of Biography
Leeton ~ Yango ~ Whitton - Heritage Trails Booklet, Leeton Shire Council, 2011

Apartments, cnr Rua Doutor Teodoro Baíma & Rua Epitácio Pessoa, São Paulo

A bit rundown but an interesting building on the corner of Rua Doutor Teodoro Baíma & Rua Epitácio Pessoa in São Paulo.

Building, Praça Sete de Setembro, Belo Horizonte

There are quite a few great 20th Century buildings at the various corners of the streets intersecting at Praça Sete de Setembro in Belo Horizonte, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.

I think this is an apartment building with commercial premises (McDonald's) at street level.

Igrejinha de Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Brasília

The Igrejinha de Nossa Senhora de Fátima was the first church to be built in the modernist Brazilian capital of Brasília.

It was inaugurated on 28 Jun 1958. Joaquim Cardoso was the engineer who converted Oscar Niemeyer's design into a physical building.

And the name in English ... The Little Church of Our Lady of Fátima.

Reference:
Igrejinha de Nossa Senhora de Fátima website

10 Tusculum Street, Potts Point

These apartments at 10 Tusculum Street,Potts Point has a fantastic Art Deco entrance and door.

Theatre, Belo Horizonte

I don't know if this is a cinema or a live theatre. It is located at Praça Sete de Setembro in Belo Horizonte and when I visited in this August it was surrounded by hoardings undergoing some form of renewal.