North Terrace looking east, from the King William Street intersectionNorth Terrace intersection with Pulteney Street, looking south-west from Bonython Hall.Adelaide in 1839 as viewed south-east from the western end of North Terrace, including Holy Trinity Church. (The church tower lost its "peaked cap" in 1844.)Italianate residence of Adelaide businessman and politician John Bagot on North Terrace, circa 1907Residential houses and mansions with established front gardens line North Terrace, circa 1910North Terrace, looking south-west from the South Australian Museum.North Terrace, looking south-west from Kintore Avenue.North Terrace, looking north-east from near King William Street, ca. 1940. (Kintore Avenue in the foreground)North Terrace, looking east from the tram stop adjacent to the City West campus of the University of South Australia.
Theoretically, the northern side of North Terrace is part of the Adelaide Parklands. However, much of the space between North Terrace and the River Torrens is occupied by cultural institutions and other public buildings. Starting from West Terrace and travelling east, these buildings include:
The Adelaide Festival Centre and Elder Park are behind Parliament House, between North Terrace and the River Torrens – also accessible from King William Road
University of South Australia (originally the South Australian School of Mines and Industries/Adelaide Technical High School, now called the City East campus)
The former Adelaide head office of the Westpac Bank
The exclusive, historic and discreetly labelled Adelaide Club (for gentlemen)
The Myer Centre, part of the Rundle Mall shopping precinct; the North Terrace entrance also maintains its former title, Goldbrough House. A heritage-listed building, it was designed by prominent SA architect F. Kenneth Milne and built in 1935, with an extra storey added in 1936.[11][12]
Tobin House, formerly Lister House, at no. 126, designed and built 1928-9 by F. Kenneth Milne (then in practice with John Richard Schomburgk Evans and Charles Alexander Russell);[14] renamed Tobin House 2002, later used as UniSA student accommodation[15]
Various buildings occupied by the University of Adelaide
The historic and architecturally elaborate Freemasons Hall, designed by John Quintin Bruce, a prominent Adelaide architect, who also designed Electra House in King William Street[17] and Carclew on Montefiore Hill[18][19]
In October 2007, the extension of the Glenelg tram line from Victoria Square to the University of South Australia City West campus was completed.[20] In 2010, a further extension along the remainder of North Terrace to continue along Port Road to the Adelaide Entertainment Centre was opened.[21] Construction of a new junction, branch lines along the eastern end of North Terrace and King William Road and four new stops began in July/August 2017 and opened on 13 October 2018.[22]
Monument on the corner of West Terrace (northern side)
The Hawke Building, part of the UniSA, City West Campus
The Yungondi Building, part of the UniSA, City West Campus
The City West tram stop - left-to-right: InterContinental Hotel, Riverside Building, Morphett Street bridge, multi-storey accommodation, the old Lion Flour factory
Bonython Hall is opposite Pulteney Street, and was built in 1936 as a result of a donation of over £50,000 from Sir John Langdon Bonython. Pulteney Street is the only one of the city's north-south thoroughfares which does not continue north through the parklands. Folklore has it that the Bonython donation was made on the condition that a hall be built opposite Pulteney Street, thus blocking any future path through the parklands and preventing the division of the campus by a major thoroughfare.
"Goldsbrough House: 172-174 North Terrace"(PDF). City of Adelaide. 1996. The internal lift lobbies and stairwell are of particular note and have survived a major refurbishment to link the Myers department store through to North Terrace. The projected redevelopment of Myers will retain little more than the North Terrace facade.... The text in this Information Sheet was copied from the Heritage of the City of Adelaide: An Illustrated Guide (1996).