Plans for "Whitley", Cranbrook Road, Rose Bay for W. F. Owen, 1924-1937 / John D. Moore

PXD 1052

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1924-1937

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2 architectural drawings - 36.1 x 88.5 cm and 39 x 78 cm - diazotypes, watercolours

John Drummond Macpherson Moore (1888-1958) set up a practice as an architect in 1919 and instructed in architectural design at the University of Sydney from that date until 1935. He was a partner in Wardell, Moore and Dowling from 1927. Most of his architecture was domestic. He won the Sulman prize for the West wing of Frensham School, Mittagong in 1937. He also painted, having trained at the Julian Ashton’s Sydney Art School and between 1925 and 1951 held 8 exhibitions at the Macquarie Galleries, Sydney. He was the father of Australian photographer, David Moore.

Reference:
Australian Dictionary of Biography Online http://adbonline.anu.edu.au (Accessed October 11 2009)

These two plans are for the original house 'Whitley' and a subsequent alteration, 13 years later. The house was owned by Justice William Francis Langer Owen.

1. Proposed dwelling, Cranbrook Rd, Rose Bay for W. F. Owen, Esq., November 1924 / John D. Moore, Architect, 72B King St, Sydney

2. Alteration to 'Whitley', Cranbrook Rd, Rose Bay for the Hon. Mr Acting Justice Owen, March 1937 / John D. Moore and K. L. Dowling, Architects, 5 O'Connell St, Sydney

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William Francis Langer Owen joined the Bar in 1923 and in 1937 he was made a full judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

Reference:
Who's Who in Australia, Adelaide: F. Johns, 1938.

1. Signed J. C. Lough, 28/1/25 [i.e. John C. Lough, Town Clark, Woollahra Council]. Stamps on back of plan: 'Received 7 January 1925 Town Clerk's Office, Woollahra'; 'Reproduced by Commercial Copying Company 8A [?] Castlereagh St, Sydney'

2. Stamped 'Approved by the Council of the Municipality of Woollahra subject to the provisions of Ordinance 71, [signed] J. C. Lough, Town Clerk, 13 July 1937'