Hill & Taylor

Cairns City Council Chambers, 2009

Hill & Taylor were an architectural partnership in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. A number of their works are now heritage-listed.

History

Mossman District Hospital, 2007

Richard Hill and Arthur John Henry Taylor were in partnership in Cairns from 1927 to c. 1940, with a branch office in Townsville from 1933 to 1939. The partnership was resumed in 1945 but was dissolved in 1952. During the interwar years Hill and Taylor developed an extensive practice in northern Queensland.^[1]

Significant works

Johnstone Shire Hall, 1994

Significant works of Hill & Taylor include:

• Cairns City Council Chambers (1929-1930)^[2]
• Cairns Post Office (1930)^[3]
• Mossman District Hospital (circa 1930)^[1]
• Johnstone Shire Hall at Innisfail (1935-1938)^[4]
• Emergency operating theatre at Boulia (1936)^[1]
• Mossman Shire Hall and Douglas Shire Council Chambers (1936-1937)^[3]
• Nurses' quarters at Cairns (1937)^[1]
• Mareeba Hospital (1937)^[1]
• Proserpine Hospital (1939-1940)^[5]
• Barron Valley Hotel at Atherton (1940)^[1]

References

1. "Mossman District Hospital (entry 602713)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
2. "Cairns City Council Chambers (entry 601576)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
3. "Mossman Shire Hall and Douglas Shire Council Chambers (former) (entry 602758)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
4. "Johnstone Shire Hall (entry 601579)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
5. "Proserpine Hospital (entry 601573)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on "The Queensland heritage register" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU license (accessed on 7 July 2014, archived on 8 October 2014).