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LOCATION
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Address 261 - 265 South Terrace ADELAIDE
Locality
Accuracy H - high level confidence
Council Area ADELAIDE Council
Polygon Type B - Building footprint
DESCRIPTION
Details (Known As) Deaf and Dumb Institute; Former Royal South Australian Deaf Society Headquarters
Registered Name Deaf and Dumb Institute
Significance Built in 1927-1928, the Royal South Australian Deaf Society Headquarters (former South Australian Adult Deaf and Dumb Mission Headquarters) is closely associated with the work of the South Australian Adult Deaf and Dumb Mission. The Mission was founded in 1891 by Samuel Johnson with the assistance of Sir John and Lady Mary Colton, and provided for the social, spiritual, administrative and educational needs of profoundly deaf adults in South Australia. The Mission, now known as Deaf Can:Do, was the first organisation in South Australia to specifically serve profoundly deaf adults, a role it has fulfilled for over 120 years. The headquarters building has a strong and direct cultural and spiritual association with generations of the profoundly deaf community. The headquarters building was designed by Woods Bagot Jory and Laybourne Smith and was built by Fricker Brothers. It is an outstanding example of Interwar Georgian architecture and features flush-jointed face brickwork, painted cement dressings including flat pilasters with Corinthian capitals, gable roof to main facade with balcony, projecting eaves with dentil feature and terra cotta roof tiles with ornamental fleche. Internally, the building features a purpose-built non-denominational Chapel designed to enable signed services to be seen.
Subject Index Education - Institutional Education; Miscellaneous - Office [Miscellaneous]
Class State
STATUS
Status Code REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register
Status Date 11-SEP-1986
REFERENCE
LGA Adelaide
State Heritage ID 13606
Heritage Number 1496
SECTION 16 INFORMATION
Section 16
PLAN PARCEL & TITLE
As listed in the SA Heritage Register
Plan Parcel & Title Information CT 6196/536 C41027 FCP,CT 6196/535 C41027 Q21

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