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House at 131-137 Nelson Place

Location

131-137 Nelson Place WILLIAMSTOWN, Hobsons Bay City

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is Significant?

The shops and residences, designed by Michael Egan and constructed between 1873 and 1885, at 131-137 Nelson Place, Williamstown.

How is it Significant?

The shops and residences at 131-37 Nelson Place, Williamstown are of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay.

Why is it Significant?

Historically, they illustrate the development of Nelson Place as the main commercial centre of Williamstown during the nineteenth century. (AHC criteria A4 and D2)

Aesthetically, they are a near original example of an early commercial development, which expresses its sequential development by its unequal facade widths and window groups and also possesses valuable details such as the shopfronts. They are an essential part of the historic Nelson Place streetscape. (AHC criteria E1 and F1)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House