61-63 Chetwynd Street, North Melbourne
Butler, Graeme14/01/1985
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61-63 Chetwynd Street, North Melbourne
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14/01/1985
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Grading as at 1985 : APeriod : Early Victorian (1872-1874)Grantee : John Allison and J H Knight 1852These row houses were owned and occupied by Thomas Fogarty and John Daly, both wine and spirit merchants, from their construction in 1872-74. By 1895, the Daly's house (61) was owned by his wife. Thomas Fogarty was an old resident of North Melbourne. He was a member of the council from 1873 until his death in 1900, [The Argus 14 November 1900 p 8] and a magistrate in the North Melbourne Court. In 1891 he was elected as one of forty founding members of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works. It was said in his obituary that 'no worthier man ever took part in public affairs' [The Argus 14 November 1900 p 8]Of John Daly, less is known. He had a prosperous business in Little Collins Street and was a well known figure at Flemington Race Course where he was the AJC handicapper [Illustrated Australian News 6 November 1909 p 1186]Architect, Michael Herbert, designed this pair of two-storeyed stuccoed row houses, with two level cast-iron verandahs, in 1871. They possess rich stucco decoration including a piered and panelled parapet, bracketted deeply moulded cornice, urns, masks, panelling and rosettes to the party wall face, smooth rustication to the lower walls and wide architraves to all openings. A cast-iron picket fence and posts is used on both. The maritime cast-iron pattern is from John Slater and was patented in Victoria during 1870. Notable features include early pattern, fence, verandah decoration, verandah roof and structure, elaborate/high standard design of cement rendered surfacesArchitecturally, these are skillfully designed, richly decorated, original and early row houses and possess state-wide architectural significance because of this early construction date and the skillful prototype created for many similar row houses to follow. The pair also possess cast-iron from the first group of patterns, patented in Victoria. Historically, Fogarty and Daly, later Fogarty and Doyle, later Fogarty and Warren, were long established wine and spirit merchants in the Victorian context and have special significance to North Melbourne from its specialisation in the marketing of wines from Pascoe Vale and further afield. Fogarty was a long standing councillor for the municipality of Hotham.
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