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Alfred Wells (architect)

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Audrey Hall Wells (7 July 1897 – 24 October 1953) married Capt. Oscar William Chalker MC (27 July 1894 – 10 December 1953) on 20 September 1927, lived at Oak Lodge, Mount Lofty. He died of an injury to the back of his head, presumably
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In 1885 Bayer left the partnership and Wells took his place. Withall and Wells were in 1885 responsible for two of Adelaide's outstanding structures: the
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In 1888 Withall and his family left for Britain, never to return, and Wells ran the business alone, designing for the
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Wells married Gertrude E. Pollock (3 December 1860? – 8 January 1946) on 29 August 1883, living at "Rathmines" in
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Alfred Cuthbert Wells (1884 – 30 December 1952) married Angelica Leslie Pooler (1888–) on 30 July 1910
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Geoffrey Erskine Wells (22 January 1891 – 6 October 1917) was, as Captain Wells of
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stayed in 1964; demolished to make way for the Stamford Plaza Hotel in 1971)
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Wells soon found employment with the Engineer-in-Chief's Department under
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Other high-profile buildings for which he was responsible were:
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Nocturne: the river at Battersea is held by the SA Art Gallery
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before returning to the Architect-in-Chief's Department under
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and his wife Caroline (1831–1901). He was educated at
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Index

South Australia
Marryatville
Adelaide
Percy Wells
Thomas Caterer
Norwood
Surrey
Adelaide
H. C. Mais
Edmund Wright
E. J. Woods
Ernest H. Bayer
Latham A. Withall
Adelaide Arcade
Jubilee Exhibition Building
Adelaide Children's Hospital
heritage-listed
Adelaide Electric Supply Company
Grenfell Street
East Terrace
Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute
Brookman Building(s)
Grenfell Street
Grenfell Centre
Norwood Town Hall
Thebarton
South Australian Hotel
North Terrace
The Beatles
Memorial Hospital, North Adelaide

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