Murray Street 14 Steinborner's Car Yard
| Place type: | Building |
|---|---|
| Address: | 14 Murray Street |
| Town or Locality: | Gawler |
This site is positioned on the corner where Bridge Street curves into Murray Street, it is described as Lot 6 in the 1870 Gawler Town Plan. In a photo from 1878 the corner of a stone building is just visible on the site. The 1886 map of Murray Street, depicting the locations of businesses and residences, shows the corner portion of the land vacant and the Murray Street facing section occupied by a two-storey boarding house and an adjoining single-storey shop occupied by T J Benson, painter & decorator. (Click here to see an 1886 Bunyip advertisement for T J Benson's business.)
By 1900, F T Bunting, painter and decorator, had his premises on the site, which he described as "Murray Street - opposite the Union Bank";[1] he advertised "coach painting a specialty" and boasted the "largest and most commodious workshops in Gawler".[2] The business was taken over by Gibson & Werchon's in 1904,[3] but by 1910 F T Bunting was back.[4] (Click here for a photo of F T Bunting's shop). He was still operating from the premises in 1923, when the site, containing two shops with dwellings, went up for auction after the death of owner James Sparshott. The occupier of the other shop at that time was Mr F Busbridge.[5] These buildings have since been demolished, locals suggest they were demolished around the mid 1950s.[6]
Timer Fashions occupied the southern section of the site from 1942 until 1978. It later became Steinborner Holden (incl 1999) and in 2025 is Steinborner Automotive.
Please click here for photos of 14 Murray Street.
References
- ↑ (Bunyip 8 Jun 1900) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/100577178
- ↑ (Bunyip 13 Feb 1903) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/97589097
- ↑ (Bunyip 30 Oct 1903) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/97590667
- ↑ (The Advertiser 4 May 1910) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5230015
- ↑ (Observer 25 Aug 1923) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164830971
- ↑ Gawler History Team Facebook Pagehttps://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1254102546758860&set=a.464667619035694
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