94-100 Melrose Street, North Melbourne
Allom Lovell & Associates, 1981-2005Jul-99
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94-100 Melrose Street, North Melbourne
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Jul-99
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Grading as at 1999 : DPeriod : Federation (1909)The rate book for 1905 records that Thomas Warburton, an ironmonger, owned vacant land with a 108' frontage to Melrose Street, situated between existing buildings at Nos. 92 and 102. The four terraces at Nos. 94, 96, 98 and 100 first appear in the Sands & McDougall directory for 1910, occupied respectively by Hugo Stobo, P Woolcock, Robert Skinner, and Arthur Upson. By 1912, the houses had become occupied by Arthur Ward, Mrs P Prewett, Albert Richards and Sydney Jaw. Ward was succeeded by John Larkin in 1918 and Jaw by Walter Collins in 1915, and then by Mrs Lily McPhee in 1918. Subsequent directories indicated that the four houses remained occupied by Prewett, Larkin, Richards and McPhee until the 1920s.The terrace comprises four single-storey houses of brick construction. Each of the houses has a stepped parapet concealing the roof line and a corrugated galvanised steel verandah. The verandahs are separated by wing walls which have vermiculated panels above console brackets. The verandah roof to No.96 has been replaced with fibreglass sheeting and most of the decoration has been removed with the exception of No. 94 which retains a cast iron frieze. None of the balustrades are original. The houses have brick chimneys with corbelled cappings, and windows with timber-framed double-hung sashes.They are of local historical and aesthetic interest. Erected in 1909, they are an example of the so-called 'Victorian Survival', whereby early twentieth century houses hark back to their nineteenth century counterparts in form and detailing. Aesthetically, the houses are typical of the ornate Italianate designs of the 1880s and 1890s. As a group, the houses make an important contribution to the streetscape.
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