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HOUSE (KOONWARRA)

Location 56-58 PARK STREET, MOONEE PONDS, MOONEE VALLEY CITY Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/2] 56-58 Park Street.JPG [2/2] Moonee Valley Heritage Review

Statement of Significance

"Koonwarra" at 56-58 Park Street, Moonee Ponds, was built in 1903 to the design of the noted architectural practice of Ussher and Kemp for James A. King. It is aesthetically important. This importance (Criterion E) is derived from its existence as an early example of a substantial Federation period house, erected on elevated ground together with other large residences in Park Street and of a type developed by its architects, Ussher and Kemp, to such an extent that it became synonymous with the Melbourne Queen Anne genre. It is valuable as a highly picturesque building in the tradition of the work of its architects who undertook many similar commissions especially in Melbourne's middle eastern suburbs of Hawthorn, Kew and Camberwell.