Richard Gailey, Sr. (22 April 1834 – 24 April 1924) was an
Irish
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-born
Australia
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n architect.
Gailey was born in
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County Donegal, Ireland
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,
Ireland
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and emigrated to Australia in 1864, becoming an influential and prolific architect in colonial-era Brisbane. He died in
Brisbane
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on 24 April 1924, two days after his ninetieth birthday, and is buried in
Cleveland Cemetery along with his wife Mary, née Rice.
Body of work
His substantial body of work includes many commercial and residential buildings in Brisbane that today are considered colonial treasures. Some of these include:
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Wickham Hotel
Wickham Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 308 Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Fortitude Valley, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Originally trading as the Oriental, it was designed by Richard Gailey and built in 1885 by ...
at
Fortitude Valley
Fortitude Valley (often called "The Valley" by local residents) is an inner suburb of the City of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. In the , Fortitude Valley had a population of 9,708 people. The suburb features two pedestr ...
(1885)
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Regatta Hotel
Regatta Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 543 Coronation Drive on the corner of Sylvan Road, Toowong, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It faces the Toowong Reach of the Brisbane River and was named after the rowing regattas held ...
at
Toowong
Toowong is a riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Toowong had a population of 10,830 people.
Geography
Toowong is situated between Mount Coot-tha and the Brisbane River and is made up of rolling hills w ...
(1886)
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Jubilee Hotel
Jubilee Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 464–468 St Pauls Terrace, Fortitude Valley, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Richard Gailey and built from 1887 to 1888. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Registe ...
at
Fortitude Valley
Fortitude Valley (often called "The Valley" by local residents) is an inner suburb of the City of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. In the , Fortitude Valley had a population of 9,708 people. The suburb features two pedestr ...
(1887)
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Watson Brothers Building
Watson Brothers Building is a heritage-listed warehouse at 129 Margaret Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Richard Gailey and built from 1887 to 1918. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Re ...
in
Brisbane City (1887)
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Sandgate Baptist Church (1887)
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Prince Consort Hotel at
Fortitude Valley
Fortitude Valley (often called "The Valley" by local residents) is an inner suburb of the City of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. In the , Fortitude Valley had a population of 9,708 people. The suburb features two pedestr ...
(1888)
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Moorlands at
Auchenflower (1892)
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Brisbane Girl's Grammar School at
Spring Hill
* Empire Hotel in
Fortitude Valley
Fortitude Valley (often called "The Valley" by local residents) is an inner suburb of the City of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. In the , Fortitude Valley had a population of 9,708 people. The suburb features two pedestr ...
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Orient Hotel in Queen Street (formerly the Excelsior)
* Oddfellows Hall at Fortitude Valley
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Baroona Labor Hall
Baroona Hall is a heritage-listed community hall at 15–17 Caxton Street, Petrie Terrace, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Richard Gailey and built from 1883 to 1884 by James Stuart Martin. It is also known as Caxton ...
in Caxton Street
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Musgrave House
Musgrave House is a heritage-listed sanatorium at 8 Allpass Parade, Shorncliffe, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Richard Gailey and built from 1884 to 1920s. It is also known as Lady Musgrave Sanitorium for Sick Chi ...
at
Shorncliffe
* Masonic Hall at
Toowong
Toowong is a riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Toowong had a population of 10,830 people.
Geography
Toowong is situated between Mount Coot-tha and the Brisbane River and is made up of rolling hills w ...
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Sandgate Town Hall
Sandgate Town Hall is a heritage-listed town hall at 5 Brighton Road, Sandgate, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Thomas Ramsay Hall and built from 1911 to 1912 by John Gemmell. It was added to the Queensland Herita ...
* Windermere, 14 Sutherland Avenue
Ascot
In addition to his architectural work, Gailey was also a licensed surveyor and responsible for surveying and laying out the town of
Bowen.
Characteristics of Gailey's work
Gailey's work combines the practical value in a sub-tropical environment of high-thermal mass masonry walls with the aesthetic value of finely detailed arches creating a wide veranda to shade the load-bearing walls from the sun during the hottest part of the day. This is best seen in the Brisbane Girls Grammar School.
Image:BGGS Main Bldg June 2011.jpg, Brisbane Girls Grammar School
Brisbane Girls Grammar School is an independent non-denominational secondary day school for girls, located in Spring Hill, an inner suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1875, the school is one of eight grammar schools in Quee ...
Main Bldg, Spring Hill, 2011.
Image:Regatta Hotel.JPG, Regatta Hotel
Regatta Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 543 Coronation Drive on the corner of Sylvan Road, Toowong, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It faces the Toowong Reach of the Brisbane River and was named after the rowing regattas held ...
Image:Oddfellows_Hall.jpg, Grand United Order of Oddfellows Friendly Society Hall, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.
A cost-reducing alternative to masonry arches is seen in commercial buildings like the
Regatta Hotel
Regatta Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 543 Coronation Drive on the corner of Sylvan Road, Toowong, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It faces the Toowong Reach of the Brisbane River and was named after the rowing regattas held ...
. The wrought-iron filigree lacework replaces the masonry arches of the outer veranda. This elegant and practical approach has become known as
Queenslander architecture. Its use became widespread in early Queensland residential properties of substance.
Gailey Road, Taringa
Richard Gailey owned property in the area that came to known as
Taringa
Taringa is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Taringa had a population of 8,376 people.
Geography
Taringa is by road south-west of the Brisbane GPO.
The suburb of Taringa borders Brisbane's Mt Coot-Tha, Indo ...
. His name is commemorated in Gailey Road.
See also
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:Richard Gailey buildings for his works
References
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1834 births
1924 deaths
Federation architects
People from County Donegal
Irish emigrants to colonial Australia
19th-century Australian architects
20th-century Australian architects