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2007/61/1 Archive, hotel architecture, designs by Sidney Warden, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1922-1959. Click to enlarge.
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The Sidney Warden Archive re documenting hotels designed by Sidney Warden

Sidney Warden was the most prolific of the several architects who designed hotels for Tooth & Co. Some of the architects who worked for Tooth & Co - Sidney Ancher, Sam Lipson, Rudder & Grout - were better known, but none designed so many hotels or so many well-known hotels.

By his own count, Warden's work encompassed 392 hotels, new buildings or alterations to existing hotels, including such familiar structures as the Clare, the Lansdowne, the Broadway, the Henson Park, the Marrickville, the …

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Collection of photographs of hotels designed by Sidney Warden
c. 1912 - 1959
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Architectural rendering of building designed by Sidney Warden
c. 1920 - 1950s

Summary

Object No.

2007/61/1

Object Statement

Archive, hotel architecture, designs by Sidney Warden, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1922-1959

Physical Description

Archive, hotel architecture, designs by Sidney Warden, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1922-1959

An archive documenting the architectural work of Sidney Warden.

The archive includes a small number of architect's renderings, including elevations of the Chinese National Society, the Oxford Hotel, the Mayfair Hotel, the Tennyson Hotel, Botany and an interior proposed for the City Tattersall's Club.

The archive consists primarily of photographs of Warden-designed hotel interiors and exteriors, commissioned by the architect on their completion (Warden's parked car is a regular feature of the exterior views). The photographs were produced by several commercial photographers, some well-known, notably Milton Kent. Several of the photographs are mounted. Many of the photographs have been identified and grouped by the donor (Warden's daughter); however many interior views are unidentified. There are also numerous snapshots recording building sites and progress.

The archive includes several copies of architectural journals featuring photos and reviews of Warden's work. The journals are primarily 'Building' and 'Decoration and Glass'.

The archive also includes two brass plates: 'Sidney Warden Architect 1922', and 'Warden Hotel Broker', which presumably dates from 1886, when Warden snr commenced business as a hotel broker. Other personal items include a framed reproduction portrait photo of Sidney Warden, two notebooks containing jottings on building jobs, two rulers, and a payments book for 1937.

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Source

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs Dorothea Bilston, 2007

Acquisition Date

11 June 2007

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