Rowes Arcade, Brisbane
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Rothwells Building (left) and Rowes Building (right, arched entrance), 2015
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| Location | 235 Edward Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°28′04″S 153°01′36″E / 27.4677°S 153.0267°ECoordinates: 27°28′04″S 153°01′36″E / 27.4677°S 153.0267°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1885 - 1926 |
| Architectural style(s) | Classicism |
| Official name: Rowes Building | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600095 |
| Significant period | 1885, 1925-1926 (fabric) |
| Builders | W Macfarlane |
 Location of Rowes Building in Queensland
Rowes Building (Australia)
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Rowes Building is an Australian heritage-listed office building at 235 Edward Street, Brisbane. It is also known as Rowes Arcade. It was built from 1885 to 1926 by W Macfarlane. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992; the address on the heritage register is 221 Adelaide Street as the Rowes Building is on part of an L-shaped piece of land which has frontages onto both Edward and Adelaide Streets with Adelaide as the official address of the land.
Rowes Building was erected in 1885 along with the adjacent Rothwells Building. These buildings were erected together for their respective owners, Thomas MacDonald-Paterson and John Forsyth. MacDonald-Paterson was a solicitor and also served as a Member of Parliament. The buildings cost £13,000 to erect and the contractor for the project was W. Macfarlane. The ground floor was designed to be used as offices while the other floors were intended for either offices or warehousing.
Macdonald-Paterson took an office in his half of the premises and leased the remaining floorspace.
In 1903 William Effy signed a ten-year lease which covered the basement, ground floor and first floor balcony of the site. Effy, whose mother Minna Rowe had established the highly successful Rowes Cafe in Queen Street, continued the catering establishment at the new address and by 1909 the site contained a ground floor dining room with seating for 380 guests.
Effy purchased the building in 1914, and in 1925 he engaged architects Hall and Prentice to design major alterations and additions. The scheme, which cost £162,000, included the purchase of what was known as the City Garage, over which Rowes ballroom was built, and additional Adelaide Street frontage. The Adelaide Street building was demolished and a six storeyed building erected, the ground floor containing a shopping arcade (known as Rowes Arcade) with access to Rowes Cafe. The upper floors were divided into office accommodation. The T-shaped complex had its original frontage to Edward Street, but an increased depth to an approximate distance of 300 feet (91 m). Further alterations to the Edward Street facade were undertaken in late 1926.
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