The Ruthven Mansions on Pulteney Street

Ruthven Mansions on Pulteney Street, Adelaide is landmark 11 on the Rundle Mall Discovery Trail.

Built in two stages (1911-12 and 1914), the Ruthven Mansions was the city’s first apartment building with all the “mod cons”, including electric lighting and mechanical ventilation. After falling into disrepair, it was saved from demolition and renovated in the late 1970s into today’s apartments and shopping arcade.

One of the first residents of the Ruthven Mansions included English woman Evelyn James (née Marsden) a stewardess on the Titanic. After the disaster, she married Dr William James and they migrated to Australia, living for more than a year at the Ruthven Mansions.

Discovery Trail Landmarks

1. Historic corner - Beehive Corner
2. Adelaide Visitor Information Centre
3. 'A Day Out' - Rundle Mall's bronze pigs
4. 'Progress' by Lyndon Dadswell
5. 'Girl on a Slide' by John Dowie
6. The Magic Cave
7. 'Spheres' by Bert Flugelman - the 'Mall's Balls'
8. The Regent Arcade
9. Adelaide Arcade and Gays Arcade
10. The Rundle Mall Fountain
11. Ruthven Mansions
12. Scots Church
13. Bonython Hall, University of Adelaide
14. The Art Gallery of South Australia
15. The South Australian Museum
16. His Majesty King Edward VII
17. South Australian Migraton Museum
18. South Australian National War Memorial and South Australian Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen Memorial
19. Statue of Venus
20. Walk of Fame (SA's Greats)
21. South African Soldiers Memorial
22. Government House
23. Parliament House
24. Adelaide Club and Queen Adelaide Club
25. The Rundle Lantern