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Shell House is a heritage-listed building at 301 Ann Street in the Brisbane central business district.〔(Local Heritage Register, Brisbane City Council, as at 31 March 2008 )〕〔("Shell House (former)" ), Brisbane Heritage Register〕 It was entered in the Register of the National Estate on 30 May 1995, when it was called the CPS Credit Society Centre.〔("CPS Credit Society Centre, 301–311 Ann St, Brisbane City, QLD, Australia" ), Register of the National Estate〕 ==History== Designed by Brisbane architects Hall & Phillips (1929–1948),〔Thomas Ramsay Hall (1879–1950), stepbrother of Francis Richard Hall (("Hall, Francis Richard" ) by Janet Hogan, in ''Australian Dictionary of Biography''); Lionel Blyth()wood Phillips〕 it opened in June 1933 as an office building for the Shell company. It was part of a series of state offices built at that time by Shell: Shell House Adelaide in 1932, followed by Brisbane and Perth, Shell Corner in Melbourne in 1933, and at Wynyard Square in Sydney in 1938.〔"Making Tracks" in (''...from kero tins to LNG tankers...'' ), p. 17, Melbourne 2001〕 To the left of Shell House, which features extensive Art Deco elements, is the neoclassical Masonic Temple (1930), on its right the neo-Romanesque St Andrew's Uniting Church (1905).〔("Shell House" ), yourbrisbanepastandpresent.com〕 Before Shell House, the site was home to a stonemason.〔("St Andrew's Uniting Church, corner Creek St & Ann St" ), yourbrisbanepastandpresent.com〕 The building – consisting of seven storyes and a basement, serviced by three lifts and a mail chute – was opened by the Deputy Premier of Queensland and Lands Minister, Percy Pease, and Hugh M. Russell MLA, president of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce.〔(Shell Building, Brisbane ), ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 27 June 1933 (via National Library of Australia)〕 The facade is from locally produced granite and Benedict stone (a mixture of cement and Brisbane tuff, supplied by the nearby Benedict Stone factory in Bowen Hills; see here). In 1997, the building was converted to a hotel and apartment building, Rothbury on Ann, consisting of about 60 one- and two-bedroom suites, operated by the Ultiqa group.〔(Rothbury Hotel )〕 In 1989, Shell House was located for a while at 159 Coronation Drive, Milton.〔(Shell House – Coronation Drive – Milton )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shell House, Brisbane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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