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176 Civic Parade

Location

176 Civic Parade ALTONA, Hobsons Bay City

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is Significant?

The house, constructed c.1935, at 176 Civic Parade, Altona.

How is it Significant?

The house at 176 Civic Parade, Altona is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay.

Why is it Significant?

Historically, it is significant as one of a small number of surviving Interwar houses that were constructed in the Altona area after full railway services were extended there and old housing estates revived. (AHC criterion A4)

Aesthetically, it is significant as a rare and distinctive example of an intact Interwar house in the Moderne style, which is highly intact and complemented by related garden elements. (AHC criteria B2 and E1)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House