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MELBOURNE TOWN HALL AND ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
90-130 SWANSTON STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H0001The Melbourne Town Hall and Administration Building, a five-storey town hall, designed by Reed and Barnes and constructed in 1867 in the French Renaissance style, with various additions…
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50-56 VIEW STREET BENDIGO, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
VHR H0119The former Masonic Hall was constructed in View Street, Bendigo in 1873-1874 for both public and private use. Designed by prolific Bendigo architects, Vahland and Getzschmann, the building…
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201 NAPIER STREET FITZROY, YARRA CITY
VHR H0147The Fitzroy Town Hall was erected in two stages. The hall wing and a tower were designed by W.L. Ellis and built in 1873 by Nation Company. The second stage, designed by G. Johnson and…
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30 GHERINGHAP STREET GEELONG, GREATER GEELONG CITY
VHR H0184The Geelong Town Hall, including the original 1855 (southern) wing fronting Little Malop Street, consisting of a bluestone building with freestone facade set on a rusticated podium; 1917…
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CHAPEL STREET AND GREVILLE STREET PRAHRAN, STONNINGTON CITY
VHR H0203The Prahran Town Hall complex was constructed in stages over a number of years on land at the corner of Chapel and Greville Streets. The first municipal council was elected in 1856, the year…
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208-220 BANK STREET SOUTH MELBOURNE, PORT PHILLIP CITY
VHR H0217South Melbourne Town Hall, originally known as Emerald Hill Town Hall until the name of the municipality was changed in 1883, was designed by Charles Webb to house the Emerald Hill Town…
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75 CLIFF STREET PORTLAND, GLENELG SHIRE
VHR H0234The foundation stone of the original Portland Town Hall was laid by William Learmonth on 21st September, 1863 following a competition and subsequent public controversy over the permitted…
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999 BUCKLAND GAP ROAD MURMUNGEE, WANGARATTA RURAL CITY
VHR H0344The Old School, Murmungee, was erected in 1869 by the local residents for use as a school, hall and church. School fees are recorded as being one shilling per week for the first two children…
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28 LOCH STREET BEECHWORTH, INDIGO SHIRE
VHR H0345The first section of the Burke Museum was constructed in Loch Street, Beechworth in 1857 by the Young Men's Association, which had been formed the previous year with the aim of promoting…
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2-8 LA TROBE STREET AND 1-9 VICTORIA STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H0373WORLD HERITAGE ENVIRONS AREA OF GREATER SENSITIVITY The Royal Society of Victoria, located on a triangular site at the northern edge of the city opposite the Carlton Gardens. The main…
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524-530 HIGH STREET ECHUCA, CAMPASPE SHIRE
VHR H0378The former Echuca Town Hall and Courthouse was built in 1869 to a Classical design by the Bendigo architects William C. Vahland and Robert Getzschmann, who were both German born. James…
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140 HIGH STREET PRAHRAN, STONNINGTON CITY
VHR H0400The Prahran Mechanics Institute was established in 1854 when Prahran was a small hamlet surrounded by swampland. Mechanics Institutes were popular in their various communities as places where…
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200-202 LITTLE BOURKE STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H0485Num Pon Soon Society Building is a two storey stuccoed brick building built in 1861 to the design of notable architects Knight and Kerr. It was built as a clubhouse for the Sam Yup Society…
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408 WARRENHEIP STREET BUNINYONG, BALLARAT CITY
VHR H0488The former library at Buninyong was donated to the town by Robert Allan and erected for him prior to 1862 at a cost of £385 (including earthworks and two bridges). Allan, an engineer,…
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31-33 VICTORIA STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H0520The Horticultural Hall was established on the current site when the Victorian Horticultural Improvement Society erected an iron shed in 1859. The original shed was replaced in 1873 by the…
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FORMER LITERARY & SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE
54 LONGFIELD STREET STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
VHR H0531The building at 54 Longfield Street, Stawell West, in fact has never been a Mechanics' Institute. It was known as the Lliterary and Scientific Iinstitute and stood on its own institute…
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EMERALD HILL MECHANICS INSTITUTE AND HALL OF COMMERCE
170-172 CECIL STREET SOUTH MELBOURNE, PORT PHILLIP CITY
VHR H0537The building at 170-172 Cecil Street, south Melbourne was built in 1857 as the Emerald Hill Mechanics Institute and designed by architects Knight & Kerr, the designers of Victoria?s…
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254 - 256 FERRARS STREET SOUTH MELBOURNE, PORT PHILLIP CITY
VHR H0538The Freemason's Hall was built in 1876 at a cost of £2000 for the Yarra Yarra Lodge by the contractor Leonard Heffner, from the designs of two local Emerald Hill architects, R Adamson…
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MECHANICS INSTITUTE AND COLLECTION
9-11 AVON STREET BRIAGOLONG, WELLINGTON SHIRE
VHR H0550In March 1874 the first building of the Briagolong Mechanics Institute was officially opened; a red gum weatherboard building with a shingle roof. Although there is no known architect, the…
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2328 BEECHWORTH-WANGARATTA ROAD TARRAWINGEE, WANGARATTA RURAL CITY
VHR H0568"Carinya", a two-storey brick residence and general store with an adjoining public hall, was built between 1862-67 for Thomas Taylor Ladson. The builders were Thos. Sheils and Jack Oliver.…
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CRESWICK TOWN HALL AND FORMER MUNICIPAL OFFICES
70-72 ALBERT STREET CRESWICK, HEPBURN SHIRE
VHR H0576The Creswick Town Hall and Municipal Offices were constructed as one building in 1876, thirteen years after the creation of the Borough of Creswick. The design of the building was the subject…
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428-430 ALBERT STREET EAST MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H0634William Massey built the Victorian Artists Society at 430 Albert Street in 1892 to the design of architect Richard Speight. The building, constructed of brick with a tile roof, is in the…
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2-40 LYGON STREET, CARLTON, MELBOURNE CITY
VHR H0663Trades Hall was constructed in some ten stages, the most significant period of building being that between 1874 and 1925. It was during this period that the imposing classical facade to…
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EAGLEHAWK TOWN HALL, MECHANICS INSTITUTE AND TWO HMVS NELSON CANNONS
2A PEG LEG ROAD EAGLEHAWK, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
VHR H0713The Eaglehawk Town Hall is a public building with a history dating back to 1865 when a single storey building was completed on this site. The architect for this building was HE Tolhurst who…
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GUILDFORD HOTEL MUSIC HALL AND STABLES
35 FRYERS STREET GUILDFORD, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H0739The Guildford Hotel was built in 1855-6 for Joseph Sherer on a main corner site in the town. A combined music hall and stables building was added on the adjacent site by 1863, but possibly as…
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