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Olinda

Location

15 Prospect Grove NORTHCOTE, Darebin City

File Number

Darebin Database #104

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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City of Darebin Heritage
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City of Darebin Heritage

Statement of Significance

Olinda is of local historical significance and contributes to the character of the Prospect Grove precinct. The brick villa is a relatively uncommon type of residence in Northcote, other examples being mainly confined to Prospect and Westbourne Groves, Clarke and James Streets), but is fairly intact common in other suburbs, such as Kew, Camberwell and Hawthorn. The building is substantially intact and is one of a number of brick villas which line the west side of Prospect Grove, regarded as the city's best late nineteenth century street.

The house has associations with William Swift who occupied the house for forty years and who had a continuing involvement with the municipality, writing its history in 1923. The house was also occupied by prominent politician, Frank Brennan in the 1920s and 30s

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