Naldham House
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Naldham House, 2013
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| Location | 193 Mary Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°28′12″S 153°01′48″E / 27.4701°S 153.0301°ECoordinates: 27°28′12″S 153°01′48″E / 27.4701°S 153.0301°E |
| Design period | 1840s - 1860s (mid-19th century) |
| Built | 1864 - 1889 |
| Architectural style(s) | Classicism |
| Official name: Naldham House, AUSN House | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600133 |
| Significant period | 1864-1889 (fabric) 1864-1886 (historical) |
| Significant components | tower |
 Location of Naldham House in Queensland
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Naldham House is a heritage-listed office building located at 193 Mary Street, Brisbane CBD, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1864 to 1889. It is also known as AUSN House. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
The building was built initially in 1864, extended in the late 1870s, but substantially rebuilt in 1889 for the Australian United Steam Navigation Company. It served for almost a century as a shipping office. In 1988 major external and internal alternations were carried out in converting the building into premises for a club.
The site, adjacent to the Brisbane River, was acquired by the Australasian Steam Navigation Company (ASN) in March 1852 although the company did not construct wharves until 1859 the company's first wharf had been erected on the new site followed by a second wharf near Eagle Street in 1861.
In 1864 a two-storeyed office was erected and occupied by Henry O'Reilly, the ASN's Brisbane agent. This building was situated on the northern (tower) end of the present Naldham House. In 1877 the ASN's Brisbane office was elevated from agency to branch status, and at some time between 1875 and 1878 the office building was extended to the Felix Street corner.
In the mid 1880s the ASN was taken over and amalgamated with several other shipping companies to form the Australasian United Steam Navigation Company (AUSN) which became a dominant force in Queensland and Australian shipping.
In August 1888 architects McCredie Bros & Chambers called tenders for the extension of the Felix Street offices of the AUSN. The successful tenderer was J R Locke of Redfern, Sydney. At a cost of £11,000 the upper storey was demolished and two new floors were added, a tower and cupola built into the northern end, a balcony included in the Mary Street side and new entrances formed.
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