Alfred Newman (architect)
| Alfred G Newman – Architect | |
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| Born |
18 January 1875 South Australia |
| Died | 18 January 1921 (aged 46) New South Wales |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Projects | 15 Methodist Churches throughout NSW |
| Design | The Tower Wing MLC School |
Alfred Gambier Newman (18 January 1875 – 18 January 1921) was an Australian architect active in the first 20 years of the 20th century. He designed significant work for both the Methodist Church and the Newman and Vickery families.
Newman was born in Mount Gambier, South Australia, one of eight children of Emma Ann (née Fisher) and the Rev. Charles Thomas Newman. He was educated at Prince Alfred College (PAC), Adelaide (1887–1890) where his art master was James Ashton. After leaving PAC, Newman studied art and design at the South Australian School of Art . In 1896 his mother died in Kapunda. and in 1900 his father married Elizabeth Vickery, the daughter of Ebenezer Vickery, merging two prominent Methodist families.
Newman worked as an architect in Adelaide and became an Associate of the South Australian Institute of Architects in 1898. He advertised in The Advertiser as "Alfred G Newman A.S.A.I.A. Architect" of Augusta Street Glenelg, South Australia and later in King William Street, Adelaide before moving to Sydney in 1906. He resigned from the South Australian Roll of Architects in 1909.
Newman and his wife lived at Ingleburn, Kingsland Road, Strathfield, and had three daughters, one stillborn. He died at home in Strathfield in 1921.
From the time Newman moved to Sydney he was a superintendent of the Sunday school at the Strathfield Methodist Church and over a period of 15 years did a substational amount of design work for the church. His buildings include:
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