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The Sydney Cenotaph is a heritage-listed monument located in Martin Place, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Bertram Mackennal and built from 1927 to 1929 by Dorman Long & Co. It is also known as Martin Place Memorial and The Cenotaph. It is one of the oldest World War I monuments in central Sydney.
Martin Place is a pedestrian mall in the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia.Martin Place has been described as the "civic heart" of Sydney. [1] As home to the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Commonwealth Bank, Macquarie Bank, Westpac and other corporations, it is also a centre of business and finance.
Martin Place Cenotaph Martin Place, Sydney 1929 A side view of the Martin Place Cenotaph: Tarago: Thornton: 1978: War Memorial: Thornton: District Roll of Honour: Tumbarumba: District Volunteers South African War 1899–1902: Boer War: Memorial Hall: Union Jack Gold Mining Company Memorial: Approx. 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Tumbarumba: World War I ...
Park Place Historic District is a national historic district located at Niagara Falls in Niagara County, New York. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. [1] It encompasses 89 contributing buildings, one contributing site, one contributing structure, and one contributing object.
The place has a strong or special association with a person, or group of persons, of importance of cultural or natural history of New South Wales's history. The MLC Building is a major pre-war example of the work of Bates, Smart & McCutcheon, a noted 20th century Australian firm of architects.
James Gillespie (1747–1805), who was reinterred in 1892, has a separate grave and cenotaph. A cenotaph was erected for each congressman who died in office from 1833 to 1876. The first was for former U.S. Representative James Lent. After Congress appropriated funds and his monument was ordered, his family reinterred the body in New York.
The building was designed to formalise and define the new major civic thoroughfare of Martin Place. The building presents a uniform and harmonious composition around the three sides of its block. [1] [2]: 35 The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.
The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales. 48 Martin Place is a magnificent example of Beaux-Arts revivalist architecture – a visual and technical masterpiece. The building is aesthetically distinguished.