Albert Hall
Location
Thomas, who had retired to Glenelg due to ill health, died the very same year Albert Hall was finished and it passed into the hands of William Pile. Pile added a magnificent ballroom with an alcove for musicians. At this time, the property included the block of land bounded by Kent Street. It became the Oriental Private Hotel in 1930 and in 1982, a backpackers’ lodge. In the 1990s it was restored as a private residence and, more recently, converted into three apartments.
Historical Places Nearby
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Stormont
14 South Esplanade, Glenelg SA, Australia
Designed in the Georgian style, Stormont was built in 1886 for South Australian grazier Simon Barnard.
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Melrose
13 South Esplanade, Glenelg SA, Australia
Once the home of the Melrose family, though the beautiful property no longer exists, here we remember Charles James ‘Jimmy’ Melrose, a South Australian aviator; the youngest and only solo flyer to complete the 1934 Melbourne Centenary Air Race from London to Melbourne.
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Shoreham Apartments
18A South Esplanade, Glenelg SA, Australia
Glenelg has always been progressive. From the 1920s and throughout the 1930s, developers and residents embraced the new architectural trends of the Art Deco style.