East Maitland Architecture

Yesterday was a beautiful day and we spent the day at Maitland.

I love taking photos of the old properties in East Maitland.

The top left picture in this collage is of the former Bank of Australasia. Top right is the former Farmer Hotel and stables, now a private residence.

The centre photos are of shops and a café.

The bottom left photo is of the George and Dragon pub and the bottom right building was formerly Smith's Flour Mill built in 1844.

[Diana]

A fabulous collage of these great buildings! We have a Maitland here too which looks very different 😉

[Susie]

Such a lovely collection of old buildings

[Margo Sayer]

Interesting to see these 'old properties' and now styles have changed. On this side of the world, they wouldn't be considered to be old. The construction of Paimpont Abbey commenced in 1199 ;-)

[Babs]

@s4sayer Our history as far as buildings go only goes back to the first fleet of 1788 unfortunately.

[Mave]

Interesting collage

[Margo]

Some nice old buildings

[Maggiemae]

I don't know Maitland but presume its a suburb? I can see history here!

[Kathy A]

Beautiful old buildings

[Babs]

@maggiemae Yes Maggie it is a suburb in the Lower Hunter Valley about 70 km from where I live.

[Dione Giorgio]

Lovely buildings and collage.

[Valerie Chesney]

Beautiful "old" buildings & well cared for...great collage

[Joyce]

Fascinating buildings and a great collage Babs

[sally agnew]

A lovely selection of iconic architecture :)

[Helen Sanderson]

I feel I am getting to know Maitland!! nice collage

[Lou Ann]

A great collage, an architecture professor would love to have it to illustrate the various building designs.

[Angela]

How interesting

[Merrelyn]

A lovely collage Babs. It's lovely to see these old buildings being preserved.

[Call me Joe]

Wonderful collage 💕

[gloria jones]

Great collage of your neat shots of the architecture

[Henri Russell]

Lovely collage of these quaint buildings.

[FBailey]

Very diverse architecture:)

[Suzanne]

Lovely buildings, love the sign on the wall

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great collage capturing the beautiful architecture.

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful collage

[Pam]

Beautiful buildings and collage.

[Margaret Brown]

Lovely and so different to our sort of architecture

[Taffy]

Interesting to see the variation, but the similarities in architectural lines.

[haskar]

Great old architecture. Lovely collage.

[Pat Knowles]

Quite a similarity in the architecture Babs, good solid no nonsense buildings!

[Catherine]

Nicely put together Babs - they make a good collage

[Peter]

Interesting architecture beautifully captured and presented Babs:)

[Danette Thompson]

Nice collage.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great collage

[Pyrrhula]

Great shots of those nice looking buildings.

[Helen Jane]

a lovely architectural collection Babs.

[Dawn]

A fab collage

[Carole Sandford]

So much more character than some of the newer ones I’m sure.

[KWind]

Great collage!

[Lois]

Great collage!

[Jane Pittenger]

Fun collage of all these interesting buildings

[Babs]

@louannwarren There are a few books available at the Historical Society about Maitland and its history.

[Babs]

@ludwigsdiana I think we all borrow place names from other places. A lot of our place names originate in the UK, but I believe Maitland was named after Sir George Maitland, Under Secretary for the Colonies.

[Babs]

@craftymeg @taffy @happypat Settlement of Maitland began in the 1800s and so the architecture will be similar. We see similar designs all across Australia from this period. Of course, our architectural history only goes back as far as 1788 when settlement in Australia began. Prior to this the Aboriginal people didn't build houses as they were nomadic hunter gatherers.

[Marnie]

An excellent record of these wonderful old buildings Babs. So good to see that they're still in good nick and being used.

[Richard Sayer]

These old buildings have so much character - thank goodness they've been preserved.

[Jodie]

Love these old buildings, so much character

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Great buildings- I'm glad they're still in use. Architecture today does not have the sense of art these buildings had. Now it's all about function.