Stage Number: MBNH.09.01.45
Group: Old Town & River
Local Study Area: Brisbane City (CBD)
Epoch: Late 19th Century
Street Address: 47-51 Edward St, Brisbane City
Latitude & Longitude: -27.47113889,153.02983333
Time Link: 1890
Map Link: 1891
Image Time Point: 1891
Jones’ warehouse-for-lease ‘ was built in 1890-92, Architect: F.D.G. Stanley. Constructed as an invetment property, it was a riverside warehouse. It suffered from the 1890 Flood and it subsequently remained unoccupied during the 1890s Depression. Ironmonger and coachbuilder leased it as a warehouse from c1900 until he built his own warehouse ‘Spencer Chambers’ next door in the 1920s.
Brisbane City Council, Reflections on the River heritage experience guides, (B.C.C., c2011)
QSA. QSA Series ID 2043 City of Brisbane and Suburbs Maps – A1A Series. 74 chains to the inch. Queensland Census Districts. City and suburbs of Brisbane. Area within a radius of 5 and 10 miles. 74 chains to the inch. Government Engraving Office, Brisbane. 634515
