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House

Location

1-3 Walker St NORTHCOTE, Darebin City

File Number

Darebin Database #118

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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City of Darebin Heritage
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City of Darebin Heritage

Statement of Significance

1-3 Walker Street is of local historical significance. The building has been home to a number of Northcote's prominent citizens, including musician Joseph Verso, his son Charles Verso, a local builder and Mayor, and councillor William Pearle.

Although the house is of little individual architectural significance, it is one of a group of early houses dating from the old Northcote Township. The wrought-iron balustrading is a distinctive and unusual feature. The bi-chrome brick style of the house can be seen on earlier buildings such as 49 Powlett Street, East Melbourne (1864) and 117 Wellington Street, East Melbourne (1869).

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