|
Name |
Smith,
Christopher Arthur |
|
Date
of Birth |
19
November 1892 |
|
Place
of Birth |
Charles
Place, Yatala now Charles Street, Rosewater. |
|
Date
of Death |
2
March 1952 |
|
Place
of Death |
3 Prospect
Road, Prospect SA |
|
Place
of Burial |
North
Road Cemetery, Nailsworth |
|
Arrived
in South Australia (date/ship etc.) |
|
|
Lived
in Prospect (dates) |
Circa
1936 till his death in March 1952 |
|
Addresses
in Prospect |
3
Prospect Road, Prospect (his Art Deco design). |
|
Names
of houses (if any) |
The
house was called Greenaways. |
|
Parents |
Thomas
Edwin Smith and Elizabeth Ellen Williams |
|
Spouse(s) |
Irene
Mary Wilson |
|
Date(s)
of Marriage(s) |
1914 |
|
Place(s)
of Marriage(s) |
Church
of Christ, Queenstown SA |
|
Children |
Reginald,
Joan and Brian. |
|
Occupation(s) |
Carpenter,
Architect, Structural engineer, Inspector of Public Places (1942) |
|
Interests |
Prospect
Bowling Club; Freemason; Motoring; was on a committee during the war years
for assessing buildings in case of bombing. |
|
Religion/Churches
|
Parishioner
former Church of Christ, Prospect Road, Prospect. |
|
Notes
(points of interest etc.) |
Prominent
in the design and development of picture theatres and municipal buildings in
Adelaide and regional South Australia during the 1920s and 1930s. Five of his buildings appearing in the Royal Australian
Institute of Australia’s (RAIA) listing of South Australia Significant
Twentieth Century Architecture. Designed former Ozone Prospect Picture
Theatre (1923); Ozone Enfield Picture Theatre, Nailsworth (1926); consultant
to City of Prospect for remedial work on Town hall (late 1930s). |
|
Sources
of information |
Buried
Treasures pp 91-94; Architects
of South Australia- http://www.architectsdatabase.unisa.edu.au/arch_full.asp?Arch_ID=39 |
|
Principal
Researcher(s) |
Kristina
Barnett - Prospect Local History Group |