Old Ambulance Station, Heritage ambulance station in The Rocks, Australia.
The Old Ambulance Station at 73 George Street is a Victorian-Georgian building featuring a distinctive Art Nouveau facade across two floors with ten individual rooms. Today it operates as a commercial space while maintaining its historical character in The Rocks district.
Built in 1842 as the Kings Head public house, the structure became the Central District Ambulance Station in 1927. It served the community in this role for more than 60 years before closing in 1990.
The Salvation Army operated a Naval and Military Home at this location from 1911 to 1927, serving military personnel in the Sydney area.
The building functions as a private commercial space with limited public access to the interior. A walk through The Rocks provides good opportunities to view its exterior architecture and distinctive facade details.
The building features original sandstone boundary walls and brick structures that reveal the neighborhood's architectural evolution through different eras. These preserved elements tell the story of how The Rocks transformed over nearly two centuries.
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