Rooney Building
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Rooney Building, 2009
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| Location | 241 - 245 Flinders Street, Townsville CBD, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 19°15′27″S 146°49′07″E / 19.2576°S 146.8185°ECoordinates: 19°15′27″S 146°49′07″E / 19.2576°S 146.8185°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1883 |
| Built for | Edmund Harris Thornburgh Plant |
| Architectural style(s) | Classicism |
| Official name: Rooney Building | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600917 |
| Significant period | 1880s (fabric) 1883-ongoing (historical commercial use) |
 Location of Rooney Building in Queensland
Location of Rooney Building in Queensland
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Rooney Building is a heritage-listed commercial building at 241 - 245 Flinders Street, Townsville CBD, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1883. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
The building was constructed for Edmund Harris Thornburgh Plant, mill owner, company director of a number of mines in the Charters Towers-Ravenswood area and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1905 to 1922. After construction in 1883 it was occupied by Pollard's Music Store and by the Royal Bank of Queensland from 1890.
In 1892 Rooney & Co., the leading builders of the region, took out a lease and traded from there for the next 49 years. In 1917 Rooney Ltd purchased the building and in 1928 modernised the ground floor as a large furniture showroom. The produce firm of Samuel Allen & Sons Ltd, established in the city in 1872, purchased the site in 1953. In 1979 the windows on the first floor were replaced with aluminium and the ground floor facade altered to accommodate three shops or restaurants.
In 2016, an Italian restaurant is operating from the ground floor.
The Rooney Building, constructed in 1883, has a plain symmetrical facade with some classical features such as arched windows and a decorative parapet which conceals the corrugated iron roof. The ground floor facade of this cement-rendered brick building has been altered and the original awning replaced with one of a modern cantilever design. This floor is now divided into three shops. Aluminium windows have replaced the timber framed windows on the upper level while the interior of the first floor has been renovated to house offices.
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