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136-138 Capel Street, North Melbourne

Butler, Graeme14/01/1985
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Title:
136-138 Capel Street, North Melbourne
Date of work:
14/01/1985
Reference number:
BIF-NORTH 101552 625765 625764
Level of description:
Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
Type of materials:
Graphic materialsTextual material
Access restrictions:
UnrestrictedOpen access.
Use restrictions:
UnrestrictedPlease contact City of Melbourne Libraries about obtaining permission to reproduce images.
General notes:
Grading as at 1985 : CPeriod : Early Victorian (1873-1874)Grantee : Morgan & Co 1859The first owner of these row houses in 1873, was probably one or both William and Walter McGeorge, blacksmiths and farriers. Soon after construction they sold it to a Mr Morgan. The owner for the 10 years before 1895 was probably Joseph Ellis, the prominent galvanized iron manufacturer. The residents were a very representative group of North Melbournians such as William Foy (a coachbuilder) Joseph Lock, a blacksmith and early on William Kemp a commission agent.A two-storey, stuccoed brick row of two houses with simply corniced parapets which front a transverse-gable roof line. Symmetrical architraved fenestration is distributed under and over a string-mould.Architecturally, of a typically simple stuccoed form for its construction date and thus architecturally undistinguished except as representative of type, but with a strong streetscape presence: of high local importance.
Record types:
Images, maps and artefacts
Record number:
1342373
TypeReference No.ExtentStatus/Desc
Original101552 625764 6257651 PDF : 704 KB ; A4Single Item (May not be issued, may not be reproduced)
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