Pfeiffer House, Charters Towers, Heritage-listed residence in Charters Towers, Australia
Pfeiffer House is a single-story timber building with an L-shaped layout, featuring three parallel gables and surrounding verandahs topped with corrugated iron. The construction shows the typical building style of residences from this period in Australia's gold mining regions.
Friedrich Pfeiffer, a German immigrant and mining magnate, built this house in 1881 near his Day Dawn gold mine during Charters Towers' gold rush period. The building stands for the expansion and prosperity that mine owners experienced in that era.
The house shows how wealthy mining entrepreneurs lived at that time, with details typical of the late Victorian period in northeastern Queensland. Its architecture reflects the wealth that gold mining brought to the region.
The building is located on Paull Street and today serves as a church facility after being restored in 1981 by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Visitors should check opening times beforehand and how the site can be accessed.
Inside the house is a barrel-vaulted hall with colored glass panels and cedar doors, features that were rare in homes of that time. These details make it one of the oldest surviving timber frame structures in North Queensland.
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