Service Club Hotel

The front elevation only for a three storeyed hotel proposed for King William Street was designed by JH Grainger in 1881. The two lower floors have triple arches, with symmetrical placement of windows. The hotel was built as the Service Club Hotel and was at that time one of only three 3-storey hotels in Adelaide. The hotel was later named the United Service Club and is now the Ambassadors Hotel.

Jackman Gooden, later Jackman Parken Evans and now JPE, is one of the oldest architectural firms in South Australia, with its origins in the practices of Daniel Garlick (1818-1902) and Thomas English (1819-1884). Thomas English had established his architectural and building practice with Henry Brown in 1850, in 1865 becoming solely architects. George Soward became a partner in 1882, and Thomas' son continued the practice after his father's death. Soward withdrew from the partnership but his name continued in use. The firm continued until 1936 when it combined with the practice established in 1851 by Daniel Garlick.

Herbert Jackman was apprenticed to Garlick, later becoming his partner. His son, Herbert M. Jackman entered into the English and Soward partnership. Herbert M. Jackman later merged the two companies which became Garlick and Jackman. Lancelot Gooden joined the firm becoming a senior partner in 1945. The company has continued to evolve and expand and now operates as JPE.  Over its existence the company has designed hotels, churches, private dwellings and structures at sporting venues, such as grandstands, clubhouses and pavilions. There have been industrial and commercial sites, such as the Adelaide Railway Station and Moore's Department Store, a wool store at Port Adelaide, and lion cages at the Adelaide Zoo.

The State Library acquired its collection of Jackman Gooden architectural drawings in 1993 with the assistance of the Friends of the State Library and the Somerville Bequest.

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