ROSS HOUSE

247-251 FLINDERS LANE MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

Ross House is the remaining section of an extensive six storey brick warehouse which extended from Flinders Street to Flinders Lane and which was erected in 1898-1900 for Melbourne importers…

FLINDERS STREET RAILWAY STATION COMPLEX

207-361 FLINDERS STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

History Summary The Flinders Street Railway Station Complex occupies a site that has been one of the central points of Melbourne's rail system since the 1850s. The first train line at…

NO.2 GOODS SHED

707 COLLINS STREET and 733 COLLINS STREET DOCKLANDS, MELBOURNE CITY

[NOTE: in 2001 a permit was granted to demolish 9 bays of the shed and erect a new bridge as an extension to Collins Street. The shed is now effectively cut into northern and southern…

EXHIBITION GOODS SHED

330 UNION LANE BYLANDS, MITCHELL SHIRE

The Exhibition Goods Shed, a timber and corrugated iron structure originally formed the central avenue of the International Exhibition of 1880-81 in the Carlton Gardens. It was relocated to…

COOPS SHOT TOWER AND FLANKING BUILDING

KNOX PLACE MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

Coop's Shot Tower and Flanking Building were erected in 1889-90 and consist of a two storey, three bay brick structure dominated by a fifty metre high castellated tower. The Tower was used…

FORMER FORESTERS HALL

168-170 LATROBE STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

The Former Foresters' Hall, a two storey brick and stucco meeting hall, was built in 1888. The architects were Ravenscroft and Freeman, who also acted as trustees for the Ancient Order of…

COURT OF APPEAL

455-469 LONSDALE STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

The Court of Appeal, formerly the Supreme Court Annexe and the Crown Law Offices, was built in 1892-93 by the Public Works Department. It was designed by S E Bindley, the architect…

GORDON HOUSE

24-38 LITTLE BOURKE STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

What is it significant? Gordon House was built in 1883 for George Coppin, theatrical entrepreneur, politician and philanthropist George Selth Coppin. Coppin was one of the fathers of…

SUM KUM LEE

112-114 LITTLE BOURKE STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

The Sum Kum Lee Building is in the heart of Chinatown and was constructed 1887-88 for wealthy merchant and Chinese community leader, Lowe Kong Meng. It was designed by architect George De…

FORMER MONEY ORDER POST OFFICE AND SAVINGS BANK

318 LITTLE BOURKE STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

The former Money Order Post Office and Savings Bank was constructed in 1890 to relieve the overcrowded facilities at the nearby General Post Office. It is a six storey building designed by…

STALBRIDGE CHAMBERS

435-443 LITTLE COLLINS STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

Stalbridge Chambers was built in 1890-1891 for R C Brown to the design of architects Twentyman & Askew. Brown was the president of the Buildings and Contractors' Association, and his…

OFFICE

202 LITTLE LONSDALE STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

The office at 202 Little Lonsdale Street was constructed in two stages: the two storey brick store in 1889 and the facade in 1905. The 1889 work was undertaken for Walter Coop who owned and…

QUEENS BRIDGE

QUEENS BRIDGE STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

Queens Bridge which crosses the Yarra at the southern extension of Market Street, replaced an earlier timber footbridge erected in 1860, known as Falls Bridge. The present structure, named…

WAREHOUSES

23-31 NIAGARA LANE MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

These four identical two storey warehouses were constructed in 1887 for Henry Marks by builder Daniel Sinclair, to the design of architect George De Lacy Evans. The warehouses are…

LOMBARD BUILDING

15-17 QUEEN STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

The Lombard Building is a seven storey office building, including basement, constructed in 1889 for Balfour, Elliott & Co. The architect was Reed, Henderson & Smart and the builder…

FORMER SAFE DEPOSIT BUILDING

90 QUEEN STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

The former Safe Deposit Building was designed by prominent architect William Pitt and built in 1890 for the Stock Exchange of Melbourne Co. Ltd. and occupied by the Melbourne Safe Deposits…

FORMER RECORDS OFFICE

287-297 QUEEN STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

The former Records Office was built in 1900-1904 to the design of SE Bindley, District Architect of the Public Works Department. The contractor was Bartley Dinsmore. It was originally built…

CITY WATCH HOUSE

345-355 RUSSELL STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

The City Watch House was constructed in 1907-08 to the design of architect GBH Austin of the Public Works Department. The building was constructed on the site a former cell block of Old…

FORMER VICTORIAN RAILWAY HEADQUARTERS

33-67 SPENCER STREET DOCKLANDS, MELBOURNE CITY

The former Victorian Railways Administrative Headquarters were opened in 1893. They were built by James Moore to the design of the Victorian Railways Department Engineering Office. The…

PRINCESS THEATRE

163-181 SPRING STREET MELBOURNE and 1-17 LITTLE BOURKE STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

The present Princess Theatre was constructed in 1886 to a design by William Pitt. It was built by builders, Cockram and Company, for the partnership of Williamson, Garner and Musgrove, which…

PRINCES WALK VAULTS

1-9 BATMAN AVENUE MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

The Princes Walk Vaults were constructed for the City of Melbourne in 1889/90 by AW Mckenzie. The vaults are part of the major works involved in the construction of the new Princes Bridge.…

CITY BATHS

420-438 SWANSTON STREET and 39-41 VICTORIA STREET and 2-6 FRANKLIN STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

The City Baths were built by Swanson Brothers builders in 1903-4 to competition winning designs by the architect J. J. Clark and his son, E. J. Clark. Constructed on an unusual triangular…

ST PAULS CATHEDRAL PRECINCT

198-202 FLINDERS STREET and 24-40 SWANSTON STREET and 197-205 FLINDERS LANE MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

In 1848 at the request of the newly arrived Charles Perry, first Bishop of Melbourne, Superintendent C J La Trobe signed an Order-in-Council granting the present site of St Paul's Cathedral…

PRINCES BRIDGE

OVER YARRA RIVER, SWANSTON STREET and ST KILDA ROAD MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

Princes Bridge was designed by Jenkins, D'Ebro and Grainger and constructed in 1886-88 by David Munro. The bridge, completed in 1888, was the third bridge across the Yarra at that location.…

STOREY HALL

344-346 SWANSTON STREET MELBOURNE, Melbourne City

Storey Hall was erected by the Hibernian-Australasian Catholic Benefit Society and was one of several such halls erected by Friendly Benefit Societies in Melbourne during the nineteenth and…