James Hume (architect)

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

James Hume (1798 – 15 November 1868) was one of the first

architects in Sydney, Australia
.

He drew up the first plans for

St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney and was the designer of the first synagogue in Australia in York Street Sydney, which opened in 1844.[1][2]

Hume died on 15 November 1868 and was buried in the Devonshire Street Cemetery in Sydney.[3]

References

  1. ^ The Early Australian Architects and Their Work: 2nd Ed, by Morton Herman, 1970, p. 182
  2. Diana Muir Appelbaum
    , "Jewish Identity and Egyptian Revival Architecture", Journal of Jewish Identities, 2012 (5(2) p. 7.
  3. ^ Sydney Burial Ground 1819 to 1901 by Keith A Johnson and Malcolm R Sainty, Library of Australian History, Sydney, 2001, page 77.