Building Details - Architects of South Australia

Building Name	Beehive Corner
Client Name	Mr Henry Martin
Type	Commercial
Style	Gothic Revival
Street No.
Street Name	Corner of Rundle Mall and King William Street
Suburb	Adelaide
State	SA
Country	Australia
Year Designed	1895
Year Completed	1896
Extant	Y
Other Consultants	Contractor, Mr C.H. Martin, Hanson Street. Iron verandah, King William Street frontage by Messrs. Fulton & Co., Limited
Heritage Listing	State Heritage Register
Links	SA Heritage Places database http://maps.sa.gov.au/heritagesearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=1273 Image: Adelaidepedia http://adelaidepedia.com.au/wiki/Beehive_Corner_Building
Comments	The first building on the site housed a drapery known as The Beehive. Haigh's Chocolates established their first retail outlet in the 1895 building in 1915 and are still there today. A description of the building can be found in the South Australian Register, 19 April 1895, p.6d. See also Marsden, S, Sumerling, P and Stark, P (1990) Heritage of the City of Adelaide, Corporation of the City of Adelaide, Adelaide. pp96-97.
Architect Name	Soward, George Klewitz