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Arthur Beckford Polin (23 April 1872 - 21 September 1961) was an Australian architect who practiced in New South Wales and Queensland.

Birth and education

Polin was born in Newcastle, New South Wales the first son of Elizabeth Rook and Peter Aloysius Polin. He grew up in Coonamble and was educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview, in Sydney. Following school he served his articles with Messrs Tappin and Dennehy, well known ecclesiastical architects. Following study at Sydney Technical College he was employed by John Kirkpatrick, eminent city architect.

Architectural career

Early in his career Polin entered into partnership with Thomas Tidswell (1870–1950). One of the firm's early works was the design of the Mechanics Institute in Coonamble in rural NSW. Another was the enlargement of the Right Rev Dr Higgins, Roman Catholic Auxiliary-Bishop of Sydney’s residence Mount Eagle in Forbes Street Darlington.

In 1901 Polin joined Townsville architects Albert Edmund Bates (1862—1929) and George Thomas Eaton in a partnership known as Eaton, Bates & Polin. After 1902 their head office was moved to Brisbane, with branches retained at Rockhampton and Townsville. A branch operated briefly at Toowoomba in the early 1900s. They undertook a wide variety of architectural work, from hotels and commercial buildings to residences, hospitals and masonic halls, and received a number of commissions from the Catholic Church – churches, schools, convents and presbyteries. One of their most glamorous commissions was for the new Queen's Hotel in Townsville (1901–04). Cremorne at Hamilton in Brisbane (1905–06) was one of their larger residential designs. Their style was eclectic, drawing upon both eastern and western classical traditions, with a particular emphasis on verandahs and pavilions – both as a decorative device and as appropriate to the warm Queensland climate.

Death

Polin died in Sydney in 1961.

References

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2. NSW BDMs Retrieved 19 January 2022.
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6. "AN IRISH PRESSMAN IN AUSTRALIA". Freeman's Journal. Vol. XLVI, no. 2654. New South Wales, Australia. 19 January 1895. p. 9. Retrieved 19 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
7. "COONAMBLE". Freeman's Journal. Vol. XLVII, no. 3002. New South Wales, Australia. 18 July 1896. p. 9. Retrieved 10 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
8. "BISHOP HIGGINS' NEW RESIDENCE". Freeman's Journal. Vol. XLVIII, no. 3028. New South Wales, Australia. 16 January 1897. p. 14. Retrieved 10 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
9. Mr Bates, the busy architect Retrieved 19 January 2022.
10. George Thomas Eaton Retrieved 19 January 2022.
11. "New Firm of Architects". Morning Post (Cairns). Vol. 11, no. 38. Queensland, Australia. 14 May 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 19 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.

• 1872 births
• 1961 deaths
• People educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview
• 20th-century Australian architects
• People from Coonamble