George Allen Mansfield

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix =

|name = George Allen Mansfield

|honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|FRIBA}}

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| office1 = Councillor of the Municipality of The Glebe
for Inner Glebe Ward

| term_start1 = 14 February 1866

| term_end1 = 23 December 1867

| predecessor1 =

| successor1 =

| office2 = Alderman of the Borough of The Glebe
for Inner Glebe Ward

| term_start2 = 23 December 1867

| term_end2 = 11 February 1878

| predecessor2 =

| successor2 = Michael Chapman

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1834|06|15}}

| birth_place = Sydney, Colony of New South Wales

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1908|01|20|1834|06|15}}

| death_place = Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia

| occupation = Architect

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| spouse = Mary Emma Allen

| children = Seven

| allegiance = {{UK}}

| branch = NSW Defence Force

| serviceyears = 1860–1865

| serviceyears_label =

| rank = Lieutenant

| unit = Glebe Volunteer Rifles

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George Allen Mansfield {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|FRIBA}} (15 June 1834 – 20 January 1908) was a prominent Australian architect of the nineteenth century who designed many iconic buildings in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Life

Born in 1834 in Sydney, his father, the Reverend Ralph Mansfield, had been a Methodist missionary.{{cite news |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=21 January 1908 |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14949939 |title=DEATH OF MR. G. A. MANSFIELD |page=6 |via=Trove, National Library of Australia }} He was educated at the privately run school of Mr. W. T. Cape and then articled with the architect John Frederick Hilly.

He married Mary Emma Allen, third daughter of prominent politician and solicitor George Allen, and had seven children. The family lived in Tranby, Glebe, which was designed by Mansfield.[http://www.glebewalks.com.au/Glebe-Architects-Mansfield.html Glebe Walks]. They then lived at Oakwood in Bridge Road From 1864 to 1869, and Lynedoch in Glebe Road from 1870 to 1879. Mansfield served as an Inner Glebe Ward Councillor (Alderman from 1867) for the Borough of The Glebe from 1866 to 1878.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166667737 |title=SUBURBAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. |newspaper=Sydney Mail |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=10 February 1866 |accessdate=24 December 2020 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13127018 |title=PLOUGHING MATCHES. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 February 1866 |accessdate=24 December 2020 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228677003 |title=BOROUGH OF THE GLEBE. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=35 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=12 February 1869 |accessdate=24 December 2020 |page=415 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223086107 |title=BOBOUGH OF THE GLEBE. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=41 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=9 February 1872 |accessdate=24 December 2020 |page=377 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223653381 |title=BOROUGH OF THE GLEBE. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=34 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=12 February 1875 |accessdate=24 December 2020 |page=448 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224594535 |title=BOROUGH OF THE GLEBE. |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |issue=53 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=15 February 1878 |accessdate=24 December 2020 |page=716 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Mansfield was a lieutenant in the Glebe branch of the New South Wales Militia, a commissioner for Peace and an alderman for Glebe Council. Mansfield was also a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects and was the first Australian-born architect to receive the honour of Fellowship.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14949939 |title=DEATH OF MR. G. A. MANSFIELD |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=21 January 1908 |accessdate=24 December 2020 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}} Mansfield was also the founder and first president of the NSW Institute of Architects (now the NSW Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects).{{cite web |title=George Allen Mansfield |url=https://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/george-allen-mansfield/ |website=Sydney's Aldermen |publisher=City of Sydney |access-date=24 December 2020}}

He died in 1908, and was buried at Waverley Cemetery.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article238093661 |title=OBITUARY. |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 January 1908 |accessdate=24 December 2020 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}} He is remembered in the name of Mansfield Street, Glebe.[http://www.architecture.com.au/i-cms?page=3511 NSW chapter] of the Australian Institute of Architects Webpage

Works

His many prominent colonial buildings including and ten listed on the NSW State Heritage Register, include:

=Churches=

Pitt Street Uniting Church
Mudgee Uniting Church
Newtown Mission Uniting Church{{cite NSW SHR|5045004|Uniting Church and Pipe Organ|hr=00747|fn=S90/01931|accessdate=13 October 2018}}

= Schools =

Image:Newcastle Public School circa1879.jpg

Castle Hill Public School, Sydney
Cleveland Street Public School
Crown Street Public School{{cite NSW SHR|5045582|Crown Street Public School|hr=00562|fn=S91/01680/001& HC 87 2814|accessdate=13 October 2018}}[http://dictionaryofsydney.org/person/mansfield_george_allen Dictionary of Sydney]
The Old School, Darlington
Mudgee Public School (part)
Newcastle East Public School
North Sydney Technical High School (1876–1877){{cite NSW SHR|5045453|North Sydney Technical High School (former)|hr=00517|fn=S90/03327 & HC 32139|accessdate=2 June 2018}}
Pyrmont Public School
Redfern Public School (now demolished)[http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/asp/pdf/06_0267_niydc_envtasst_appendixes/06_0267_appendix_7_pages%20from%20heritage%20assessment-36-37.pdf Planning department report for Red Fern Public School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803093813/http://planning.nsw.gov.au/asp/pdf/06_0267_niydc_envtasst_appendixes/06_0267_appendix_7_pages%20from%20heritage%20assessment-36-37.pdf |date=3 August 2008 }}.
Rosebank College
Sussex Street Primary School, Sydney

=Houses=

Toxteth Park for his inlaws
Carthona, Darling Point
'The Warren' at Marrickville
Coombing Park at Carcoar for the founders of Cobb and Co

=Commercial buildings=

File:Artistic sketch of The Australia Hotel on Castlereagh Street, Sydney, published in the Sydney Harbour Bridge opening programme, 19 March 1932.jpg

Australia Hotel (now demolished for the MLC Centre)
several bank buildings for the Commercial Bank of Australia, now Westpac[http://www.cbcbank.com.au/images/matters%20of%20interest/history/architects.htm CBC officers Club Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425161156/http://cbcbank.com.au/images/Matters%20of%20Interest/History/architects.htm |date=25 April 2013 }}.
Australian Mutual Provident Society head office in Pitt Street, Sydney (1878; demolished 1909).{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18817695 |title=Australian Mutual Provident Society. |newspaper=The Maitland Mercury And Hunter River General Advertiser |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 April 1877 |accessdate=15 July 2023 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13353276 |title=IMPROVEMENTS. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=12 March 1875 |accessdate=16 July 2023 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130492973 |title=Australian Mutual Provident Society. |newspaper=Evening News |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=28 April 1875 |accessdate=16 July 2023 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Much of commercial building stock of O’Connell Street
The Darling Harbour facilities of AGL Energy (now Demolished)
Mansfield House in Maitland

=Other=

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Admission Block and Victoria & Albert Pavilions (1904)[http://www.glebewalks.com.au/Glebe-Architects-Mansfield.html Glebe Walks] Webpage.
History House, Macquarie Street offices for the Royal Australian Historical Society[http://www.rahs.org.au/our-heritage-building/74-history/100-our-heritage-building Royal Australian Historical Society] Website.
Macleay Museum, (University of Sydney)