| LOCATION |
| Map |
Show Map
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| Address |
74 Commercial Road PORT ADELAIDE |
| Locality |
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| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Council Area |
Port Adelaide Enfield Council |
| Polygon Type |
B - Building footprint |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
Central Buildings (incorporating the former White Horse Cellar Inn) |
| Registered Name |
Central Buildings |
| Significance |
The earliest section of what is now known as Central Buildings was built for George Coppin in 1850-51 as the White Horse Cellar Inn. It represents the very early period of development of Port Adelaide and is now the second-oldest building in the town, after the Port Admiral (originally Railway) Hotel of 1849. Its association with Coppin, one of nineteenth century Australia's most prominent actors and theatrical entrepreneurs, is especially significant. Coppin has been termed 'the Father of Australian Theatre' and had theatres in Melbourne and Adelaide as well as the Port. His Port Theatre opened in the Inn building in 1851 and is the third oldest theatre building in Australia, after the Theatre Royal in Hobart (1837) and the Queen's Theatre in Adelaide (1840). |
| Subject Index |
Commerce (retail and wholesale) - Shop; Hotels, motels & accommodation - Hotel |
| Class |
State |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
11-MAY-1995 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Port Adelaide Enfield |
| State Heritage ID |
14698 |
| Heritage Number |
1758 |
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| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
a - it demonstrates important aspects of the evolution or pattern of the State's history
g - it has a special association with the life or work of a person or organisation or an event of historical importance
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| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
CT 6019/944 F105450 A6 |