Two architectural drawings by Horace Herbert Hollamby that were the winning design for the Centennial Memorial Fountain in Parramatta

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1884 and 1887

Graphic Materials, Architectural and Technical Drawings

9673483

2 architectural drawings - watercolour & ink

The Centennial Memorial Fountain, in Centenary Square, Parramatta, was commissioned by Parramatta Borough Council in 1887 to commemorate the centenary of the colony of NSW in 1888. A competition was held by the Council to select the best design and it was won by architect Horace Herbert Hollamby of Macquarie Street South, Sydney. The tender for the construction of the drinking fountain was won by Stenhouse and Mack for £580. The design featured a clock as well as a drinking fountain but unfortunately the clock itself was not supplied within the original tender price and funds were not available for its purchase and installation. Funds for the clock’s purchase were raised through a community subscription fund run by the Argus newspaper and the clock was installed in 1909.

References:
Library acquisition file
Tracy Bradford and City of Parramatta Research & Collections. “The Centennial Memorial Fountain, Parramatta.” Accessed 19 December 2023
https://historyandheritage.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/blog/2014/09/01/the-centennial-memorial-fountain

Donor was the great-grandchild of Horace Herbert Hollamby.

Two architectural designs for the Centennial Memorial Fountain in Parramatta showing the memorial in both elevation and plan format. The sandstone design features Corinthian columns with pediments, lanterns to illuminate the clockface and a weathervane on top.

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The first plan has date of September 10th 1894 written on it in ink and was therefore completed before the competition was announced. The second plan has a stamp on it from Parramatta Borough Council dated 4 December 87.