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HOUSE (HIMERA)
Location37 HODDLE STREET,, ESSENDON VIC 3040 - Property No 200697 LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant? How is it significant? Why is it significant? It is aesthetically significant (Criterion E) as a highly picturesque villa of its type, the juxtaposition of the gable ends and their treatments being hallmarks of the Federation villa.
The house once known as 'Himera' at 37 Hoddle Street, Essendon, built for Arthur Thomas Madders in 1908, is significant.
The house at 37 Hoddle Street, Essendonis of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Moonee Valley.
It is historically significant (Criterion A) because it demonstrates together with other comparable houses of the period that Essendon in the vicinity of the railway station consolidated its reputation as a prestigious middle class suburban location prior to the Great War.
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
House