The Grace Building (The Grace Hotel)

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Grace Building
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The exterior of the Grace Building, from York Street
Grace Building is located in Sydney Grace BuildingGrace Building
Location in Greater Sydney
EtymologyGrace Brothers
General information
StatusComplete
TypeSkyscraper
Architectural styleFederation Skyscraper Gothic
Location77-79 York Street, Sydney central business district, New South Wales
CountryAustralia
Current tenantsHotel, Café, Restaurant, Bar
Construction started1928
Completed1930
OwnerLinkbond (Asia) Ltd
Design and construction
Architecture firmMorrow and Gordon
New South Wales Heritage Register
Official nameGrace Building
TypeBuilt
Criteriaa., c., e.
Designated2 April 1999
Reference no.00712
The Grace Building is an historic building of the Federation Skyscraper Gothic style located on York Street in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Designed by Morrow and Gordon[1] and built by Kell & Rigby[2] during the late 1920s, it was opened in 1930 by Grace Brothers, the Australian department store magnates, as their headquarters. "The building was designed to use the first two storeys in the manner of a department store. The remaining storeys were intended to provide rental office accommodation for importers and other firms engaged in the softgoods trade".[3] Inspired by the neo-Gothic Tribune Tower in Chicago—headquarters of the Chicago Tribune[4]—the building was of the Art Deco architectural style and had state-of-the-art innovations and facilities for the time.
The Grace Building has served various purposes since its opening; it was sublet to the Australian Commonwealth government in the early 1940s and later became the Sydney headquarters of the U.S. armed forces under General Douglas MacArthur during the Pacific War. After World War II, it continued to be used for government administration purposes[1] and was compulsorily acquired by the Commonwealth in November 1945.[3]
Extensive renovation and restoration during the 1990s resulted in the return of many of the building's original features, including light fittings, lifts, stairwells, high pressed-metal ceilings, marble floors, wide hallways, and elegant decorative ironwork. The Grace Building was listed on the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate in 1980[5] and placed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register in 1999.[3] The building was purchased for redevelopment in 1995 by the Low Yat Group of Malaysia.[6] Since June 1997, it has operated as a luxury hotel known as "the Grace Sydney".
   

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