Donovan's buildings, 393-395 Abbotsford Street, North Melbourne
Graeme Butler and AssociatesJuly 1991
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Donovan's buildings, 393-395 Abbotsford Street, North Melbourne
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July 1991
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BIF-NORTH 100054 100055
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Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
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Grading as at 1991 : BPeriod : Mid VictorianGrantee : W Sydenham 1866The owner of this building, William Donovan, a butcher, also owned Erin Terrace, 8-14 Wood Street. This building was constructed in 1890 and was in Donovan's possession until after 1895.A two-storey, red brick shop and residence pair with a balustraded and piered parapet, dentillated cornice, architraved windows, cement Corinthian order pilasters at the upper level and stylised Tuscan pilasters at the lower. Timber shop fronts have survived, as have part of an iron Corporation pattern verandah. Of particular note are the shop fronts, facing Wood Street. Notable features include verandah, bricks, design and the corner sitingArchitecturally it is a successfully designed and near complete, if common commercial building type, with valuable surviving accessories such as the shop fronts and their details also part of two streetscapes: of high regional importance. Historically, owned by a locally prominent property developer, cum butcher, next to his other more extensive property in Wood Street: of local importance. It is an Important corner building in the Abbotsford and Wood Streets residential streetscapes and repeats the occurrence of large corner shops
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| Type | Reference No. | Extent | Status/Desc |
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| Original | 100054 100055 | 1 PDF : 579 KB ; 2 A4 | Single Item (May not be issued, may not be reproduced) |