Ann Street, Brisbane
{{Short description|Street in Brisbane, Queensland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}}
{{Infobox Australian road
| type = street
| urban = yes
| road_name = Ann Street
| city = Brisbane
| state = qld
| image = Ann Street, Brisbane 138.jpg
| caption = Ann Street, Central Station on the right
| image_alt = view of Ann Street in sunshine with a few travelling cars, parked cars in front of Central railway station
| coordinates_a = {{coord|display=inline,title|-27.4608|153.0327|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD_dim:3km}}
| length = 3
| direction_a = Southwest
| end_a = Riverside Expressway
| direction_b = Northeast
| end_b = Montpelier Road / Skyring Terrace
| exits = {{plainlist|
- North Quay
- George Street
- Roma Street
- Albert Street
- Edward Street
- Creek Street
- Wharf Street
- Queen Street
- Boundary Street
- Gipps Street / Kemp Place
- Brunswick Street
- East Street / James Street
- Murri Way / Commercial Road}}
| region =
| lga = City of Brisbane
| through = {{plainlist|
| restrictions = One-way traffic NE–SW (city-bound)
}}
Ann Street runs parallel to Adelaide Street and is the northernmost street in the Brisbane CBD in Queensland, Australia. The street is named for Anne, Queen of Great Britain, as part of the CBD street naming series of female British royalty.{{cite web |title=Brisbane's city streets |url=http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/2010/09/30/brisbanes-city-streets/ |website=John Oxley Library |publisher=State Library of Queensland |access-date=28 April 2019 |date=30 September 2010 |archive-date=28 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428123505/http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/2010/09/30/brisbanes-city-streets/ |url-status=live }} It is a major thoroughfare, linking as a four-lane one-way street the suburb of Fortitude Valley in the northeast with the Riverside Expressway in the southwest; house numbers run the opposite direction.
Parks and buildings along Ann Street include the State Law Building, Central Railway Station, Brisbane City Hall, King George Square, King George Central, and also ANZAC Square and the Shrine of Remembrance (both of which commemorate Australia's and New Zealand's war dead). The now demolished Canberra Hotel (1929–1987) was located on the corner of Ann and Edward Streets.
Each year, on Anzac Day (25 April), a dawn memorial service is held at the Shrine of Remembrance, with wreaths being laid around the eternal flame in memory of those who died in conflict.[http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200704/r139658_478927.jpg Photograph of soldiers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108130905/http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200704/r139658_478927.jpg |date=8 November 2012 }} at the Shrine of Remembrance during the dawn service on ANZAC Day There is also a memorial service held each year on Armistice Day (11 November) and wreaths are again laid at the eternal flame. The shrine was dedicated on Armistice Day in 1930.
King George Square busway station has entrances from King George Square and is accessible from Ann Street.
Ann Street is home to several historic Brisbane churches including St John's Cathedral, Ann Street Church of Christ and St Andrew's Uniting Church. Access to some facilities of All Saints Anglican Church is from Ann Street.
Major intersections
{{RJL|date=December 2021}}
- Riverside Expressway
- North Quay
- George Street
- Roma Street
- Albert Street
- Edward Street
- Creek Street
- Wharf Street
- Queen Street
- Boundary Street
- Gipps Street / Kemp Place
- Brunswick Street
- East Street / James Street
- Murri Way / Commercial Road
- Montpelier Road / Skyring Terrace
History
The United Methodist Free Church opened a church in Ann Street near Wharf Street on Sunday 22 March 1863.{{cite news|date=7 February 1863|title=WEEKLY EPITOME.|volume=XVII|page=2|newspaper=The Courier (Brisbane)|issue=1558|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3161368|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=17 September 2021|archive-date=22 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822021914/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3161368|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=24 March 1863|title=Local Intelligence|volume=XVII|page=2|newspaper=The Courier (Brisbane)|issue=1594|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3162273|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=17 September 2021|archive-date=22 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822021916/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3162273|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=4 April 1863|title=UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCH.|volume=XVII|page=2|newspaper=The Courier (Brisbane)|issue=1604|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3162496|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=17 September 2021|archive-date=22 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822021916/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3162496|url-status=live}}
A congregation of the Church of Christ was established on 23 September 1883 in the Brisbane central area. In the late 1890s the congregation purchased 430 Ann Street ({{Coord|-27.4628|153.0302|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Your Church (Church of Christ)}}) purchased from the United Methodist Free Church to establish their first church,{{cite news |date=21 April 1938 |title=Internal transformation of City Church of Christ |page=16 (CITY FINAL LAST MINUTE NEWS) |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Queensland, Australia |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article184359439 |accessdate=22 August 2022 |via=National Library of Australia}} still operating as at 2021 under the name Your Church.{{Citation|author1=Haigh, George|title=Churches of Christ in Queensland : 100 years venturing in faith|pages=111|publication-date=1983|publisher=Historical Committee, Conference of Churches of Christ in Queensland|isbn=978-0-909116-38-5|author2=Churches of Christ in Queensland|year=1983}}{{Cite web|title=Your Church in Brisbane City|url=https://430annstreet.com/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-21|language=en-US|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202735/https://430annstreet.com/}}{{Cite web|title=Since 1883 – Your Church in Brisbane City|url=https://430annstreet.com/legacy/|access-date=2021-06-21|language=en-US|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202331/https://430annstreet.com/legacy/|url-status=live}}{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-27.4629657,153.0304735,3a,75y,307.44h,100.48t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNus5TOOUahok1beds2KOKw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192|access-date=21 June 2021|title=430 Ann Street}}
The Canberra Hotel, erected by the Queensland Prohibition League on the western corner of Ann and Edward Streets, was opened on 20 July 1929 and demolished in 1987.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=http://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/f/1oppkg1/slq_blogs6782|title=Sobriety in ruins - Demolition of The Canberra Hotel|author=Myles Sinnamon|date=2 November 2012|website=Blog|access-date=18 May 2022}}
Heritage listings
File:Air raid shelters on Ann Street Brisbane 1942.jpg on the left ]]
File:Apothecaries_Hall,_Fortitude_Valley,_2016.jpg
Ann Street has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- 141 Ann Street: Ann Street Presbyterian Church{{cite QHR|14846|Ann Street Presbyterian Church|600071|access-date=19 June 2013}}
- 166 Ann Street: Brisbane School of Arts{{cite QHR|14847|Brisbane School of Arts|600072|access-date=19 June 2013}}
- 255A Ann Street: ANZAC Square Arcade (former Queensland Government Offices, also known as Anzac Square Building){{cite QHR|14834|Former Queensland Government Offices (Anzac Square Building)|600059|access-date=19 June 2013}}
- 270 Ann Street: Central Railway Station{{cite QHR|14848|Central Railway Station|600073|access-date=19 June 2013}}
- 301 Ann Street: Shell House[http://heritage.brisbane.qld.gov.au/heritage_register/placeDetail.do?action=read&placeId=239 "Shell House (former)"], Brisbane Heritage Register[http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=17440 "CPS Credit Society Centre, 301–311 Ann St, Brisbane City, QLD, Australia"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924123638/http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=17440 |date=24 September 2015 }}, Register of the National Estate
- 311 Ann Street: Masonic Temple{{cite QHR|14849|Masonic Temple|600074|access-date=19 June 2013}}
- 333 Ann Street: former RS Exton and Co Building{{cite QHR|16920|Former RS Exton and Co Building (Part)|601142|access-date=19 June 2013}}
- 373 Ann Street: St Martin's House{{cite QHR|14850|St Martin's House|600075|access-date=19 June 2013}}
- 413 Ann Street: St John's Cathedral{{cite QHR|14851|St Johns Cathedral|600076|access-date=19 June 2013}}
- 417 Ann Street: Church House (The Deanery){{cite QHR|14852|Church House|600077|access-date=19 June 2013}}
- 417 Ann Street: The Deanery{{cite QHR|14853|The Deanery|600078|access-date=19 June 2013}}
- 439 Ann Street: Webber House{{cite QHR|14854|Webber House|600079|access-date=19 June 2013}}
- 501 Ann Street: Queensland Brewery Company Building{{cite QHR|14855|Credit Union Australia Building|600080|access-date=19 June 2013}}
- 547 Ann Street: All Hallows' School Buildings{{cite QHR|14975
|All Hallows Convent and School|600200|access-date=26 March 2015}}
- 690 Ann Street: Apothecaries Hall{{Cite BrisbaneHR|630|Apothecaries Hall (former)|accessdate=31 May 2016}}
- 740 Ann Street: former Fortitude Valley Post Office{{cite QHR|14973|Fortitude Valley Post Office (former)|600198|access-date=26 March 2015}}
- 131 Creek Street: St Andrews Uniting Church (on the corner of Ann Street){{cite QHR|14861|St Andrews Uniting Church|600086|access-date=19 June 2013}}
- 308 Edward Street: People's Palace (on the corner with Ann Street){{cite QHR|14871|People's Palace|600096|access-date=19 June 2013}}
- 560 Queen Street: Orient Hotel (on the corner of Ann Street){{cite QHR|16858|Orient Hotel|602122|access-date=19 June 2013}}
- 85 Wickham Street: Centenary Place{{cite QHR|19564|Centenary Place|602442|access-date=1 August 2014}} (also borders Ann Street)
See also
References
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External links
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