About David Elphinstone
Lived 1847 – 1916 (aged 68–69). David Elphinstone was an Australian architect.
David Elphinstone (15 January 1846– 9 May 1916) was an Australian architect and builder. Elphinstone built many buildings in Glebe, New South Wales and Ashfield, New South Wales at the end of the 19th century.
Biography A member of a family of architects and builders, David Elphinstone was the son of William and Janet (née Leckie) Elphinstone.
By 1879, he had become an architect and builder. His development of the Saint Philip's Church lands in Glebe made him Glebe's largest building contractor.
His son, David Bruce Elphinstone (born 1880), also became an architect.
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Australian architect
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David Elphinstone was born in 1847.
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David Elphinstone died in 1916.
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David Elphinstone was an architect.
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