389-399 COLLINS STREET
389-399 COLLINS STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
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Statement of Significance
This place is included on the Victorian Heritage Inventory, for its potential to contain historical archaeological remains associated with the settlement and growth of early Melbourne. Under the terms of the Heritage Act 2017 there is protection for all historical archaeology sites and objects in the state.
Please visit the Heritage Victoria website to find out more about the Heritage Inventory.
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389-399 COLLINS STREET - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site: Date of first documented occuption, 1843Heritage Inventory Description
389-399 COLLINS STREET - Heritage Inventory Description
First land sale 1 June 1837, Block 3, Allotment 11, John Hodgson. Subdivisions & lanes established by 1840 (no building shown).1877 - 10 buildings; 1, 2 & 3 storeys, Retail & Insurance.1888 - 12 buildings; Insurance, Brokers, Agents, Merchants. 1891-93 - new building constructed.1905 - 6 buildings; Insurance (Life & Marine) including National Mutual.
Heritage Inventory Significance: REGISTER OF THE NATIONAL ESTATE - CITATION: A MASSIVE BRICK AND CONCRETE GOTHIC REVIVAL STRUCTURE, FACED IN FREESTONE AND ERECTED IN TWO STAGES. THE FIRST, IN 1891 BY ROBERT GAMLIN, WAS DESIGNED BY WRIGHT, REED & BEAVER FOR THE NATIONAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. IT COMPRISES THE COLLINS STREET AND THREE BAYS OF THE QUEEN STREET FACADES. THE REMAINDER WAS ERECTED IN 1903. THERE ARE DEEP RECESSED ARCHES AND PROJECTING ORIELS CLIMBING THE FACADE, A CORNER TOWER, FINE MOULDING AND FREESTONE MATERIAL, AND A SUBURB VESTIBULE, GROUND FLOOR OFFICES AND CHAMBER. ESSENTIALLY INTACT AND OF ARCHITECTURAL MERIT, IT IS THE FOCAL POINT OF SIMILAR STRUCTURES IN THE AREA.
Archeological Potential: Extant bldg Fabric,Potential/Disturbed,Site
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FORMER ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS TRAINING DEPOTVictorian Heritage Register H0717
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MITRE TAVERNVictorian Heritage Register H0464
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MELBOURNE SAVAGE CLUBVictorian Heritage Register H0025
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