Alfred Louis Smith and Arthur Ebden Johnson were architects who designed many public buildings of Melbourne in the classical style.
Current photo of the Old Customs House designed by Arthur Johnson. 400-424 Flinders Street, Melbourne
”Bracknell” was built in Toorak for property developer Matthew Davies in 1882. It was massively extended for him five years later by Smith & Johnson. (Painting by A.L. Smith)
Former Baptist Church, Albert St, East Melbourne. Designed by Smith & Watts
Melbourne General Post Office Exterior
William Wilkinson Wardell was a noted architect who practiced in the second half of the 19th century, and is best known for a series of landmark buildings in Australia in Melbourne and Sydney.
Smith & Johnson
…construction. He was then appointed in 1859 as an architect at the Public Works Department under the leadership of the newly appointed chief architect William Wardell, initially to implement the GPO project. Johnson was one of the leading architects in the PWD, together with contemporaries such as J.J. Clark. It was…
Doorway detail of Our Immaculate Lady of Victories, Clapham.
Our Ladye Star of the Sea, Greenwich
St Mary's Catholic Church. 208-214 Dandenong Road, St Kilda East.
St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne.