Henry R. Caselli

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Ballarat Woollen Mill (Sunnyside) from Hill Street, Ballarat. [Photograph: L.J. Gervasoni].
St Alipius' Catholic Church, 80 Victoria Street, Ballarat East. [Federation University Historical Collection Cat. No. 6332.
Private Residence of T. MacDermott, Corner Drummond and Mair Street c1914. State Library of Victoria (H2058)
The Ballarat District Orphan Asylum, 200 Victoria Street, Ballarat East 1866. State Library of Victoria (IAN19/05/66/5)
Fry's Mill , Ascot 1861. State Library of Victoria (H2073)
Grave of Caselli Family in Ballarat Old Cemetery.[Photographer Julia Walsh.
Ballarat School of Mines Gauge Tower Architectural Plan 1883.[Federation University Historical Collection Cat. No. 01192.
Caselli Home, Webster Street Ballarat.[Photographer Julia Walsh
Bailey's Mansion at St John of God Hospital Ballarat.[Photographer Julia Walsh.
St John's Lutheran Church, Doveton Street, Ballarat[Photographer Julia Walsh.
House on the Corner of Hotham and Devon St, Ballarat[Photographer Julia Walsh.
Signature of Henry R. Caselli 1878 [Federation University Historical Collection Cat. No. 05929.
Myer Building Sturt Street, Ballarat designed by H.R. Caselli [Photographer Julia Walsh.
Former Congregational Church Corner of Mair and Dawson Streets, Ballarat [Photographer Julia Walsh
Ballarat Fire Station also known as Ballarat West Fire Station [Photographer Julia Walsh
Holy Trinity Church, Albert Street, Sebastopol [Photographer Julia Walsh
"Unicorn Hotel, Sturt Street, Ballarat [Photographer Julia Walsh
Carmel Welsh Church, Albert Street, Sebastopol [Photographer Julia Walsh
Rogers Building, A set of shops in Sturt Street, Ballarat [Photographer Julia Walsh
Lynn's Chambers, Solicitor, Lydiard Street, Ballarat [Photographer Julia Walsh

Henry Caselli was an architect and surveyor operating from premises on Webster Street, Ballarat in 1858.[1]

Background

Henry Richards Caselli was born at Falmouth, Cornwall in 1816, and was baptised there on 23 June 1816.[2] The son of a gentleman and naval architect, Henry Caselli's parent were Italian parents. Before he arrived in Australia in 1852 on board the Gazelle. he was apprenticed to a shipyard for seven years and later became a naval architect, on his arrival he stated his occupation as a Mast and Block maker. He worked for Lloyd’s Surveyor in Geelong until 1856 then tried his luck on the Ballarat Goldfields. After minor success digging for gold he returned to architecture, with an office at the Chamber of Commerce Buildings in Sturt Street, Ballarat.

On an invoice dated 01 July 1876 he is shown as "Architect and Building Surveyor, Ballarat". [3]

Architecture

Henry Caselli was the architect of many buildings around Ballarat including:

  • 721 - 729 Sturt Street, Ballarat (Rogers Buildings) [4]
  • Ballarat City Fire Station (also Ballarat West Fire Brigade[6])
  • Ballarat and Clarendon College, Corner of Lyons and Sturt Street, Original Site[7]
  • Ballarat Fire Station Tower, Ballarat East
  • Ballarat Orphan Asylum
  • Ballarat Shire Hall, Learmonth
  • Ballarat Town Hall interior
  • Brick extensions to Crompton, Child and Broadbent's Mining Exchange
  • Carmel Welsh Church, Sebastopol (1865-1866)
  • Cast Iron Fence surrounding Saint Patrick's Cathedral Ballarat[10]
  • Church of England School House, Sturt Street
  • Church of Trinity, Carngham
  • Congregational Church, Corner of Ryrie and Gheringhap Street, Geelong[12]
  • Ebenezer Presbyterian Church
  • El Tambo, home of Mr Justice Fellows, Queenscliffe, also known as Warringa [13]
  • Former Gas Company building now Pancake Kitchen Corner of Grenville and Grant Streets.[19]
  • Former St Mark's Parsonage, 201 Melbourne Road, Brown Hill.[20]
  • Gallery of Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Ballarat [22]
  • 'Glenfine' Home of W. Rowe, Cape Clear [23]
  • Hamilton Church of England, Grey Street[24]
  • Headstone of Rev John Potter[25]
  • Holy Trinity Church, Buninyong [26]
  • Holy Trinity Church, Waubra [27]
  • Holy Trinity Church of England, Snake Valley [28]
  • Learmonth Church of England[29]
  • Little Bendigo Anglican Church
  • Lynn's Chambers, 26 Lydiard Street South, Ballarat [30]
  • Mitchell’s Building, Sturt Street Ballarat (now Myers)
  • Mr L.E. Brunn's Home, Corner of Hotham and Devon Streets, Ballarat[31]
  • National Australia Bank, Learmonth [32]
  • National Australia Bank, Clunes[33]
  • Presbyterian Church, Beaufort (demolished 1908) [34]
  • Sebastopol Mechanics' Institute (1863)
  • Shire Hall Learmonth[36]
  • Skipton Street Bible Christian Church (opened 1886)
  • St Alipius Catholic Church, Ballarat East. [37]
  • St Augustine's Catholic Church, Napier Street, Creswick[39]
  • St Bernard's Church, Presbytery and Parish Centre, 63 Lederderg Street, Bacchus Marsh.[40]
  • St John the Baptist Catholic Church, Waubra [41]
  • St John's Church of England, Creswick[42]
  • St John's Lutheren Church, 204A Doveton Street, Ballarat[43]
  • St Joseph's Learmonth[44]
  • St Patrick's Church, Gordon[45]
  • St Patrick's Church, Stawell[46]
  • St Paul's Church, Ballarat East [47]
  • St Peter's, Bullarook East[48]
  • St Stephen's Church of England, Clayton Hill[49]
  • St Thomas' Church of England, Condah[50]
  • St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Bailey Street, Clunes [51]
  • Trinity Church, Carngham
  • The Swamp Schoolhouse, Learmonth[52]
  • The Mining Exchange Lydiard Street South, Designed by Caselli, Erected by Figgis in 1887, after Caselli's death.[53]

Community Engagement

  • 1862 Trustee of the Ballarat Mechanics Institute
  • 1870-1884 Caselli was a member of the Ballarat School of Mines
  • Trustee of the Benevolent Asylum
  • Trustee of Ballarat Savings Bank.
  • Elected to the first public library in Ballarat and was Honorary Architect.
  • Chairman of the 1878 Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition Committee. [54]
  • Had a long association with the Ballarat Yacht Club, along with Daniel Brophy (1832-1895).
  • Was a member of Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF). [55]
  • President of the City Rowing Club [56]
  • Vice President of the Swimming Club.[57]
  • Councillor on the Ballarat West Council in 1859 [58]
  • Freemason, Member No. 47 an was possible one of the first in Victoria to join the higher degree of Freemasonary the Royal Arch Chapter St Georges Holy Royal Arch Chapter.[59]
  • Was a member of the Victorian Institute of Architects.[60]
  • Chairman of the Early Closing Association.[61]
  • Member of the Ballarat West Fire Brigade
  • Justice of the Peace in the Licensing Court[62]
  • Old Identities Association member
  • Provisional Director and Trustee of Ballarat Star from 1879[63]
  • Committee member of Trade and Financial Reform League of Victoria[64]
  • Bishop's Warden of Christ Church, Ballarat[65]

Death

At the age of 69 Caselli died in 1885 at Ballarat and is buried in the Ballarat Old Cemetery.

The death of Mr H.R. Caselli, J.P. drew forth many expressions of regret in Ballarat yesterday, and numerous remarks were made to the effect that before long all the old colonists will have passed away. Flags were again flying half-mast yesterday. It is understood that the members of the Ballarat Yacht Club, the City Rowing Club, and other bodied will attend the funeral today. The brethren of the Yarrowee Lodge of Freemasons, and the companions of the Yarrowee Chapter, are invited to pay their last tribute to the deceased gentleman. It has been arranged that the remains will be removed at 11 o’clock from the residence, Webster street, to Christ Church Pro-Cathedral, and after the usual funeral service there, the body will next be conveyed to the Masonic Hall, Camp street, at which place an emergency communication and an emergency convocation will be held. After these tributes the funeral, which will be a large one, will move to the Old Cemetery. The funeral procession will be formed as follows :- Masonic body; hearse, relatives, private friends, City council, Town Council, committees of charitable institutions and other public bodies, private and other conveyances to follow. The route of the procession will be from Christ Church, along Lydiard street to Mair and Camp streets to the Masonic Hall facing south, then move and form along Sturt street to Drummond street and thence to the Old Cemetery. All drivers of vehicles are requested to observe proper distances to prevent accidents in the event of any unforeseen stoppage. Col. Sleep will act as marshall. Yesterday morning Mr F.M. Claxton, telegraphed to Mr R. Ford, one of the Railway Commissioners, asking if anyone having tickets for the Ironworkers’ excursion could attend Mr Caselli’s funeral, and then proceed to Melbourne by the afternoon train to-day. To this request the following reply was received:- No objection to a limited number coming by 3.55 train (Signed) RICHARD FORD [66]


FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR H.R. CASELLI - The remains of the late Mr. H.R. Caselli were interred yesterday in the Old Cemetery, and were followed to their last resting place by numbers of our most influential citizens and mourning friends of the deceased. The funeral procession left his late residence, Webster St, shortly after 11 o’clock in the morning, for Christ Church Pro Cathedral, where the usual Church of England service for the dead was conducted. The coffin, which was met by Archdeacon Julius, was placed in front of the communion rail in the centre of the church. On the clack pall which covered it were placed the deceased gentleman’s Masonic regalia and a number of wreaths of white flowers. During the service the church was crowded to its fullest capacity, members of all denominations and all classes being present. The service was conducted by the Ven. Archdeacon Julius, the Bishop and Archdeacons Beamish and Cooper occupying seats in the chancel. The members of the Church Assembly now sitting occupied the north transept. After the singing of a psalm by the choir, the whole congregation joined in the singing of the hymn, beginning 'When our Heads are Bowed with Woe'. The 15th chapter of St. Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians was then read by the Archdeacon. Bishop Thornton spoke in a most touching manner of the deceased. The black pall before them covered a face they all loved, and how he was lying on a marble slab which he had himself a building of love, for they feared the loss they had sustained. He had reared for himself a building of love which would live in their hearts and the hearts and their children’s hearts long after the earthly buildings over whose erection he had presided would have crumbled to dust. The bishop asked whether there was anyone in the whole of Ballarat if whom he had made an enemy, and concluded his pathetic address by a farewell apostrophe which brought tears to the eyes of many present. At the conclusion of the service the 'Dead March' was played on the organ by Mr G. Hobart. From the church the funeral cortege proceeded along Lydiard street, Mair street, and Camp street to the Masonic Hall, where the Masonic service was conducted. The procession from the hall was headed by a very large number of members of the Masonic Lodges, then came the hearse, two mourning coaches, the City Fire Brigade, and numerous private vehicles. Among the bodies represented were the City and Town Councils, the Juvenile Industrial Exhibition Committee, the Yacht Club, City Rowing Club, Ballarat Public Library, the various charitable institutions, and others. The route taken was along Sturt street and Drummond street to the the Old Cemetery. The City Fire Brigade bell was tolled as the funeral procession passed. The service at the grave was conducted by the Ven. Archdeacon Julius, assisted by the Rev. Julius Lewis, of Maryborough, former incumbent of Christ Church. The Masonic ceremonial was performed by Mr F. M. Claxton, I. P. M., Yarrowee Lodge, the Rev. H. J. Carr acting as chaplain. Mr Morris, in whose hands the mortuary arrangements were, had the grave roped in, to prevent any crushing of merely curious person to the place. The pall-bearers who acted at the house and the church were Messrs T. Clegg, James Orr, F. C. Downes, E. Morey, W. P. Bechervaise, T. Rogers, W. Little, and C. D. Figgis; and the coffin-bearers Messrs W. F. Presham, E. Price (employees in Mr Caselli’s office) R. Tor (of the City Rowing Club), and W. H. Jones (general secretary of the Y.M.C.A). t the Masonic Hall and at the grave the following gentleman officiated - Coffin-bearers, Messrs James, W. Robertson, T. McConnell, Wilson, Fern, and Donaldson; pall-bearers, Messrs Clarke, Byers, Wattis, Leggo, and John Hardy. A large number of persons lined the route to the cemetery, and many of the places of business were close.[67]

Family

Parents

Ranieri Caselli (b.23/6/1782, m.01/1808, d.22/6/1826)

Married Elizabeth Richards at St Paul's Church of England, Deford, England.

Married

Georgiana Ford (b. 26/2/1846, d.10/11/1888) on 23/10/1841

Children

Georgiana Henrietta Caselli (b.26/2/1846, d.4/3/1866)
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Mary Caselli (b.21/3/1849, d.14/11/1873) Married Enoch Carty on 21/7/1869
Maude Caselli Carty (b.6/2/1871, d.26/12/1957) Married Alban Atwood Jnr 7/6/1892
Georgina Ethel Carty (b.20/2/1873, d.10/7/1873)

See Also

Architects

Ballarat School of Mines

Caselli and Figgis

Surveyors

Band of Hope Gold Mine

Kelsall's Soap Works

References

  1. ↑ ’’Huxtables Ballarat Directory for the Year 1858’’, page 44. [Federation University Australia Historical Collection.]
  2. ↑ Cornish Association of Victoria Newsletter, No 106, May 2013.
  3. ↑ University of Ballarat Historical Collection (Cat. No.5488)
  4. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  5. ↑ https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/177378
  6. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  7. ↑ https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5afbafd521ea6907a4745a7d
  8. ↑ https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/161597
  9. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carrick/Ballarat%20a%20to%20b.html accessed 15 March 2013.
  10. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  11. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  12. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  13. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  14. ↑ https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/search?kw=Caselli&aut_off=1&collapse=true&spage=1&tab=places&view=detailed&rpp=25&ppage=2 accessed 26 April 2019.
  15. ↑ https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/120680
  16. ↑ https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/6065
  17. ↑ https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/68891
  18. ↑ https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/123569.
  19. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  20. ↑ Ballarat Courier, 07 February 2023.
  21. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  22. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  23. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  24. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  25. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  26. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  27. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  28. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  29. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  30. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  31. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  32. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  33. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  34. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  35. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  36. ↑ The Shire of Ballarat, First in the State (1988).
  37. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  38. ↑ https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/1398
  39. ↑ https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/68572
  40. ↑ https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/124249
  41. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  42. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  43. ↑ https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/67396
  44. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  45. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  46. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  47. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  48. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  49. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  50. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  51. ↑ https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/68529
  52. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  53. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  54. ↑ The Tradesman of Gazelle, Dorothy Anderson.
  55. ↑ The Tradesman of Gazelle, Dorothy Anderson.
  56. ↑ The Tradesman of Gazelle, Dorothy Anderson.
  57. ↑ The Tradesman of Gazelle, Dorothy Anderson.
  58. ↑ The Tradesman of Gazelle, Dorothy Anderson.
  59. ↑ The Tradesman of Gazelle, Dorothy Anderson.
  60. ↑ The Tradesman of Gazelle, Dorothy Anderson.
  61. ↑ The Tradesman of Gazelle, Dorothy Anderson.
  62. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  63. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  64. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  65. ↑ Dorothy Anderson (2000), "The Tradesman of Gazelle" SP.
  66. ↑ Ballarat Star, 05 March 1885
  67. ↑ Ballarat Star, 06 March 1885

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