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Charles Robert Summerhayes
21st Mayor of Ryde
In office February 1911 – 12 February 1913
Preceded by	John Redshaw
Succeeded by	David Anderson
In office December 1921 – December 1922
Preceded by	Charles Dyer
Succeeded by	Charles Dyer
Alderman on the Ryde Municipal Council
In office 14 February 1905 – December 1923
Constituency	West Ward
Personal details
Born	(1860-09-01)1 September 1860 Mudgee, Colony of New South Wales
Died	2 October 1948(1948-10-02) (aged 88) Eastwood, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Architect

Charles Robert Summerhayes (1 September 1860 – 2 October 1948) was an Australian architect, builder and politician, who served on the Ryde Municipal Council, including several terms as mayor.

Biography

Summerhayes was first elected as an alderman for the West Ward on the Ryde Municipal Council in February 1905.

Summerhayes died age 88 at his long-time residence, "Womerah" in Eastwood, survived by his seven children.

Key works

• Terrace Group, 16–34 Gibbes Street, Newtown, New South Wales (1896)
• Bombara, Stanmore Road, Stanmore, New South Wales (1897)
• Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Surry Hills, New South Wales (1898; altered 1931)
• Womerah, Trelawney Street, Eastwood, New South Wales (1905)
• St Philip's Anglican Church, Eastwood, New South Wales (1907)
• Summerhayes Shops Group, Rowe Street, Eastwood, New South Wales (c. 1920)
• Duke of York Theatre (Odeon Eastwood), Rowe Street, Eastwood, New South Wales (1927; demolished 1973).
• Eastwood Park Grandstand, Eastwood, New South Wales (1933)
• Ryde Park Rotunda, Ryde Park, Ryde, New South Wales (1934)
• Elston Court, Wollstonecraft, New South Wales (1934)

• Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Surry Hills
  (altered 1931 facade)
• "Womerah", Eastwood
• St Philip's Anglican Church, Eastwood
• Duke of York Theatre, Eastwood
  (demolished 1973)

References

1. "MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF RYDE". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 109. New South Wales, Australia. 28 February 1905. p. 1465. Retrieved 29 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "ALDERMAN C. R. SUMMERHAYES (Mayor of Ryde)". Truth. No. 1022. New South Wales, Australia. 19 February 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 28 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
3. "Mayor of Ryde". Mudgee Guardian and North-western Representative. Vol. XLIV, no. 1966. New South Wales, Australia. 16 May 1912. p. 16. Retrieved 28 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "MAYOR OF RYDE". The Cumberland Argus And Fruitgrowers Advocate. Vol. XXXV, no. 2791. New South Wales, Australia. 10 December 1921. p. 1. Retrieved 28 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 34, 566. New South Wales, Australia. 4 October 1948. p. 10. Retrieved 29 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "Terrace Group including interiors and front fencing". New South Wales Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
7. "Bombara - Villa". New South Wales Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
8. "Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church". New South Wales Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
9. "Womerah - Federation Queen Anne style dwelling". New South Wales Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
10. "St Philip's Anglican Church and 1920s church hall". New South Wales Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
11. "Summerhayes Shops Group". New South Wales Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
12. "DUKE OF YORK THEATRE, EASTWOOD". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 27, 907. New South Wales, Australia. 15 June 1927. p. 11. Retrieved 29 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
13. "Eastwood Park - Grandstand". New South Wales Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
14. "Ryde Park Rotunda". New South Wales Heritage Register. Office of Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
15. "BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30, 240. New South Wales, Australia. 4 December 1934. p. 5. Retrieved 26 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

Further reading

• Summerhayes, Ervan (1997), The legacy of Summerhayes of Eastwood : a story of Australian pioneers, E. Summerhayes, ISBN 978-0-646-33676-3

• 1860 births
• 1948 deaths
• Australian ecclesiastical architects
• Federation architects
• 19th-century Australian architects
• 20th-century Australian architects
• Mayors of Ryde
• 20th-century Australian politicians