Ebenezer Presbyterian Church is located in Armstrong Street South, Ballarat. The earliest church on the site was wooden church was and built in 1857 for the miners Gold Rush. In 1862 the wooden building was replaced by the bluestone church still in use today. The bluestone church was designed by architect Henry Richards Caselli in Lombardic Romanesque style. It features tall windows with paired round headed lights, buttresses and huge brackets. The porch and gallery were added in the 1880s to cater for an increase in the size of the congregation and are the only additions to the church. The 1880s porch features bracketted gables, finial, piers, string course and triple windows. The Ebenezer Church is important architecturally for its interior as well as its exterior, as it has a Classical Revival design that is both distinctive and unusual in Australia. The Ebenezer Presbyterian Church Hall built to the right of the church was constructed in 1892 and is made of locally produced red brick, which was more fashionable at the time. It too has been built in Lombardic Romanesque style in sympathy with the church building and features tall arched windows. The double-storey presbytery, built on the left of the church dates around the 1880s and is also constructed of red brick. Built in Victorian Classical Freestyle, it has elegant quoining on its corners, large windows upstairs, and prominent bay windows on the ground floor. The Armstrong Street facade is sheltered from the sun by a verandah and balcony featuring fine cast iron columns and lacework. The whole complex is surrounded by its 1880s cast iron paling fence. Henry Richards Caselli is perhaps best known in Ballarat for the large number of churches in Victoria that he designed, with two Lombardic Romanesque examples in Ballarat, the Ebenezer Presbyterian church, Armstrong Street South between 1862 and 1863 and the Lutheran Church in Doveton Street in 1876. This photograph was taken during the Covid19 pandemic and the associated shutdowns.Colour photographs of Ebenezer St John's Presbyterian Church.ebenezer st john's presbyterian church, ebenezer, church, ballarat, henry richards caselli

Originally a grand house it was used as a war rehabilitation hospital during World War One, and later was a lying in hospital. Colour photograph of a Double Storey building in Duke Street, Daylesford.mount stuart, mount stuart house, daylesford, hospital, mount stuart private hospital

Colour photograph of a house in South Street Street, Ballarat, near the intersection of Armstrong Street South.ballarat, south street, cast iron

Colour photograph of a house in South Street Street, Ballarat, near the intersection of Skipton Street .ballarat, south street, cast iron

Colour photograph of a Brick Building on the Corner of South Street and Skipton Street, Ballarat.ballarat, south street, cast iron

Colour photograph of houses in Lyons Street South, Ballarat, near the intersection of South Street.ballarat, cast iron, lyons st, lyons street south

Colour photograph of houses in Lyons Street South, Ballarat, near the intersection of South Street.ballarat, cast iron, lyons st, lyons street south, architecture

Colour photograph of houses in Lyons Street South, Ballarat, near the intersection of South Street.ballarat, cast iron, lyons st, lyons street south, architecture

Colour photograph of a former corner store in Lyons Street South, Ballarat, near the intersection of Sebastopol Street.ballarat, cast iron, lyons st, lyons street south, architecture

Colour photograph of a former corner store in Lyons Street South, Ballarat, near the intersection of Sebastopol Street.ballarat, cast iron, lyons st, lyons street south, architecture

Colour photograph of a weatherboard house with beautiful iron lace.ballarat, cast iron, lyons st, lyons street south, architecture, wrought iron lacework, iron lace

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An example of a Spanish Mission house in Ballarat.dana street ballarat, ballarat, architecture, spanish mission

Photograph of a brick building in Talbot Street South, Ballarat.talbot st ballarat

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In 2023 103 Lyons Street South was sold and left uncared for after being sold in 2022. 103 Lyons Street South, Ballarat from outside 105 Lyons Street South, Ballarat Central. 103 Lyons street is a red brick house which was built c1980. When the previous house was demolished an mine shaft was discovered under the house and had to be capped. 105 Lyons Street South is a double brick Spanish Mission house with slat roof.103 lyons st south ballarat central, 105 lyons st south ballarat central, spanish mission, architecture, slate roof

In 2023 103 Lyons Street South was sold and left uncared for after being sold in 2022. 105 Lyons St South was in the middle of being painted.103 Lyons Street South, Ballarat from outside 105 Lyons Street South, Ballarat Central. 103 Lyons street is a red brick house which was built c1980. When the previous house was demolished an mine shaft was discovered under the house and had to be capped. 105 Lyons Street South is a double brick Spanish Mission house with slat roof.103 lyons st south ballarat central, 105 lyons st south ballarat central, spanish mission, architecture, slate roof

In 2023 103 Lyons Street South was sold and left uncared for after being sold in 2022. 105 Lyons St South was in the middle of being painted.103 Lyons Street South, Ballarat from outside 105 Lyons Street South, Ballarat Central. 103 Lyons street is a red brick house which was built c1980. When the previous house was demolished an mine shaft was discovered under the house and had to be capped. 105 Lyons Street South is a double brick Spanish Mission house with slat roof.103 lyons st south ballarat central, 105 lyons st south ballarat central, spanish mission, architecture, slate roof

105 Lyons Street South, Ballarat Central is a double brick Spanish Mission house with slate roof.105 lyons st south ballarat central, spanish mission, architecture, slate roof

In 2023 103 Lyons Street South was sold and left uncared for after being sold in 2022. Later in 2023 it was demolished. The red brick building was built by 103 Lyons Street South, Ballarat, Ballarat Central. 103 Lyons street is a red brick house which was built c1980. When the previous house was demolished an mine shaft was discovered under the house and had to be capped. 103 lyons st south ballarat central, architecture, dot thurling, william thurling

This photograph was taken while painters were on-site, the colour changing from green to grey. 105 Lyons Street South, Ballarat Central is a double brick Spanish Mission house with slate roof.105 lyons st south ballarat central, spanish mission, architecture, slate roof

105 Lyons Street South, Ballarat Central is a double brick Spanish Mission house with slate roof.105 lyons st south ballarat central, spanish mission, architecture, slate roof

The house is named Dobron.Colour photographs of an art deco inspired house. dobron, dawson street south, ballarat, art deco, architecture

The house is named Dobron.Colour photographs of miner's cottage in Ballarat.dawson street south, ballarat, architecture, miner's cottage

Colour photographs of at the intersection of Dawson Street South and Skipton Street, Ballarat.dawson street south, ballarat, architecture, garage, service station, skipton street, central automotive

This photograph was taken while walking for exercise during Covid19 lockdowns.Photograph of a house in Errard Street South known as Quamby.quamby, architecture, errard street south, ballarat

This photograph was taken while walking for exercise during Covid19 lockdowns.Photograph of a house in Errard Street South known as Trafford.architecture, errard street south, ballarat, trafford

A red castiron mailbox in Lydiard Street South, Ballaratmailbox, letterbox, mail, lydiard street south