21-542: The York Motor Museum is a motor vehicle museum on Avon Terrace in York, Western Australia . It is housed in a group of shops and commercial premises "unified by a classical parapet with classical cappings and balusters" constructed by the Windsor family in 1908. The museum was a proposal of James Harwood, who suggested Peter Briggs buy a building for his motor vehicle collection. Harwood and Briggs had been collecting vehicles since
42-814: A Palladian balustrade skyline, globe finials, double layer of alternating pediments (the lower pediments having crests), string course, Romanesque arched windows and doors, hood moulds above and aprons below windows. The building is classified by the National Trust of Australia (5 March 1985), is permanently on the Register of the National Estate (21 March 1978), on the Shire register (31 December 1995). 31°53′20.609″S 116°46′7.133″E / 31.88905806°S 116.76864806°E / -31.88905806; 116.76864806 Avon Terrace, York Avon Terrace it
63-589: A machinery store in Howick Street. Architect Ernest Edward Giles invited tenders for the erection of "semi-detached shops" in York "for JC Windsor Esq" on 12 October 1907. In August 1908, the tender of J W Rebonds was accepted by the Windsors for the erection of offices and shops on the site. "The work will be started almost immediately". Plans were approved by the council on 19 August 1908. The buildings were constructed by
84-651: A motor museum for his car collection. The main entrance doors came from the Perpetual Trustee Buildings in St Georges Terrace , Perth. The current owner is Avon Valley Motor Museum Association (Inc), a non-profit corporation formed by York motor enthusiasts to buy the museum property from Briggs' companies in 2017. The building is in Federation Free Classical style with an exuberant, free and mannerist use of classical features: parapet with
105-547: Is a community venture. Cars in the Museum include: From the late 1830s to 1859, the property was part of the Government Farm surrounding various government buildings such as the court house and survey office. As York Town Lot 101, the property was granted by the government to builder, wheelwright and furniture maker George Wansbrough on 12 May 1859 for £10; he constructed a cottage on the site which also had an oven, indicating
126-715: Is staffed by volunteers and is open every day from 9 am to 4 pm. There is a small admission fee. The museum started the York Festival of Motoring, which is now the York Motor Show. Although the museum remains very involved in it, the Show is now run by the York Branch of the Veteran Car Club of WA, and draws thousands of car enthusiasts. Since 2017 the museum has been owned by the non-profit Avon Valley Motor Museum Association and
147-458: Is the main street of the town of York, Western Australia , and is lined with heritage buildings. St Georges Terrace St Georges Terrace (colloquially known as "The Terrace") is the main street in the city of Perth , Western Australia. It runs parallel to the Swan River and forms the major arterial thoroughfare through the central business district . Its western end is marked by
168-588: The Barracks Arch near Parliament House across the Mitchell Freeway ; the eastern end joins Adelaide Terrace at the intersection with Victoria Avenue . St Georges Terrace was named after St George's Cathedral . Originally, houses occupied by clergy of the cathedral and lay clerks of the cathedral choir constituted a substantial portion of the Terrace. Some of these houses such as The Deanery remain, however
189-571: The 1930s and 1940s constituted considerable uniformity of design and building height. By the late 1970s removal of significant older buildings for taller more modern buildings changed this permanently. Perth's earlier tallest buildings were located on St Georges Terrace, including the Colonial Mutual Life building (tallest building in Perth from 1936 to 1962), subsequent tallest buildings were: Citibank House (37 St Georges Terrace, 1962 until 1970; it
210-543: The 1960s. For Briggs, that involvement came through local motor sports. In the late 1960s he won the MG Car Club Annual Championship three times and established himself as a broker of vintage vehicles and aeroplanes. The museum opened on 8 December 1979 with 1,100 square metres of floor space. In 1984, the Museum won the Sir David Brand Award for tourism. For more than 15 years, the curator of
231-567: The Terrace: Set into the footpath along the street are a series of commemorative plaques honouring notable figures in Western Australia's history . Originally 150 plaques were installed in 1979, as part of the WAY '79 celebrations, marking the state's 150th year of European settlement. Since then, additional plaques have been added, so that there was one for each year from 1829 to 1999. In 2014,
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#1732894367688252-515: The bakery until 1907. At the time, the building was also occupied by JJ Lawler. In 1907 the council ordered that both buildings on the property be removed "owing to their dilapidated condition". The building was demolished in December 1907 and property became a vacant block. One of the problems of the property was that the Avon Terrace footpath was above the building line. In the first half of 1907,
273-495: The end of November 1908 as tenants started advertising that they had moved their businesses to "Windsor’s Buildings". Former tenants of the building include: The petrol bowser in front of the building was placed there by the Eastern Districts Trading Co in 1936. That company requested the council to declare the parking bays in front of the bowsers non-parking but the council declined this request. The main use for
294-565: The local manager of the Union Bank , J C Windsor asked the York Council to make a decision about lowering the footpath level to a "normal level" to facilitate construction of a "decent building" on the site. "How could people be expected to build if they do not know the proper levels", asked Cr Harris at a council meeting. The council agreed to lower the footpath at a cost of between £70 and £75. Windsor's wife, Adeline Hannah Windsor, then bought
315-466: The majority of these were demolished in the 1960s. The apostrophe was removed from the name in the 1980s. The level of St Georges Terrace is in effect at the top of a ridge, where the short streets that descend southerly towards Perth Water all provide views of the Swan River , including Barrack Street , Sherwood Court , Howard Street, William Street , Mill Street and Spring Street. The main streetscape between Barrack Street and William Street in
336-539: The museum was Peter Harbin, who had a history of motor racing. The museum offers three main galleries of cars, motor bikes and bicycles, two general areas and one specialising in the history of motor sport. The museum has 60 cars and 16 motor cycles and other vehicles as well as motor memorabilia. A number of vehicles are on loan from the Western Australian Museum and other collectors but most vehicles are still part of Briggs' collection. The York Motor Museum
357-560: The original use for the building was as a bakery. The first known baker at this location was Henry Beard in 1863. Henry was only there a short time and then became publican of Monger 's York Hotel, before being sent to gaol for sheep stealing. He appears to have been replaced by John Thompson. The property was sold to Joseph Hardey in 1864 for £218. Hardey, of Peninsula Farm, one of the early settlers in Western Australia, died in May 1874 and
378-538: The property continued to be owned by his executors. Henry Beard returned to the premises as a baker but then moved out in 1877. The next known tenant of these first buildings is James Archdeacon, who commenced business as a baker in the premises in 1879. Archdeacon left to go to Geraldton in 1883. The bakery was run by Henry Thielemann from 1886. Thielemann was Garman and the son of a baker, and had learned his trade in England. He and then his wife Jeannie continued to run
399-419: The property from the executors of Hardey's estate on 18 January 1908 for £733 five shillings. At the time, the property was rated as having a capital value of £1,200. Adeline was the daughter of Tasmanian engineer and successful foundry owner Ishmael Ernest Eldon Salisbury and the brother of engineer William Robert Peel Salisbury. Adeline Windsor also owned Central Buildings (and constructed the 1907 section) and
420-473: The property was as a garage. The property stayed in the Windsor family until the 1960s. The property was divided into a number of lots. In June 1960,116 Avon Terrace or lot 18 was transferred to Norman, Paul and Sam Christie. In June 1964, the remaining lots were transferred to Roy Pemberton, who then ran the Eastern Districts Trading Co, and his wife Florence. In 1979, the property was purchased and restored by companies controlled by Peter Briggs to be used as
441-418: Was then known as the T & G Building), Parmelia House (191 St Georges Terrace, 1970 to 1973), 140 St Georges Terrace (AMP Building, 1975 to 1976), Allendale Square (77 St Georges Terrace, 1976 to 1977), St Martins Tower (44 St Georges Terrace, 1978 to 1988), 108 St Georges Terrace , 1988 to 1992) and Central Park (152-158 St Georges Terrace, tallest since 1992). A number of other buildings are along
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