David Elphinstone 1847-1916 was an Australian architect

Architect

An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

 and builder. Elphinstone built many buildings in Glebe, New South Wales

Glebe, New South Wales

Glebe is an inner-city suburb of Sydney. Glebe is located 3 km south-west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney, in the Inner West region....

 and Ashfield, New South Wales

Ashfield, New South Wales

Ashfield is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Ashfield is about 9 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the Municipality of Ashfield.The official name for the...

at the end of the 19th century. A member of a family of architects and builders, David Elphinstone was the son of Alexander Elphinstone and the father of David Bruce Elphinstone (born 1880), who also became an architect.

Elphinstone Joined the building industry as a carpenter under the tutelage of his father in 1868. Operating as an architect from 1879 the scale of redevelopment of saint Philip's in Glebe, Sydney made him the suburbs largest building contractor.