Detail of an Art Nouveau Stained Glass Window in the King Edward VII Sailors' Rest - Corner Moorabool and Brougham Streets, Geelong

            Built by money raised through public subscription, the King Edward VII Sailors' Rest building stands on the corner of Moorabool and Brougham Streets in the Victorian city of Geelong.

Built in 1912 to the designs by the Geelong architect, Percy
Everett King Edward VII Sailors' Rest building stands looking out across the Corio foreshore, and is in the very heart of Geelong.  The King Edward VII Sailors' Rest was an evangelical temperance organisation designed to provide welfare services to sailors; to attempt to divert them away from alcohol and other temptations of the town and to encourage them to return to or continue to practice Christianity. In order to attract more sailors to the 'Rest' an electric bulb sign was installed in 1926. The animated sign operated with flashing letters and words and was intended to be very noticeable from Yarra and Cunningham piers as the sailors disembarked. The sign was built by the nearby Melbourne Electric Supply Company and donated to the Sailors' Rest by Howard Hitchcock, former mayor of Geelong and Chairman of the Sailors' Rest Committee. The sign is understood to have ceased operation from the 1950s until 1997 when it again operated but without animation.

The King Edward VII Sailors' Rest building is designed in Federation Free Classical style, an architectural movement which, like its Victorian counterpart, broke with the traditions and rigours of academic classical style.  The style was known for its self confidence and expressed the growing prosperity of society.  The King Edward VII Sailors' Rest building facade features a parapet concealing a roof, contrasting materials with varying textures and a prominent corner tower, all of which are characteristics of the Federation Free Classical style of architecture.

Percy Edgar Everett (1888 - 1967) was born in Geelong.  He was appointed chief architect of the Victorian Public Works Department in 1934 and he is best known for the striking Modernist and Art Deco schools, hospitals, court houses, office buildings and technical colleges the department produced during his tenure.  Percey Everett's other architectural works include; the Fairfield Club House (1934), the Essendon technical School (1939), the Camberwell Police Station (1939) and the Russell Street Police Headquarters (1940 - 1943).

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Taken on: November 2, 2019

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Camera: Canon DIGITAL IXUS 80 IS, f/2.8, 1/400 sec, 6.2mm, ISO 125 (more info) (hide info)

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