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FORMER CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Location

34-36 HOWE CRESCENT SOUTH MELBOURNE, PORT PHILLIP CITY

File Number

HE/10/3025

Level

Registered

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FORMER CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
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1 former congregational church

Statement of Significance

The Former Congregational Church was built in 1874. The architects were WH Elleker and Co.;the builder was W Stone. The church repeats the form and style of the earlier church beside it but with more sophistication. It is an outstanding example of its genre. The interior now substantially altered was of particular interest.

The church with the hall and the former Barrett family residence which was also designed by Elleker form part of the significant streetscape of Howe Crescent. The whole subdivision is of major importance in the history of Melbourne’s planning. It has perhaps only one parallel in Dendy’s town survey of Brighton.

Additional information:

The Congregational Church was formed in South Melbourne in 1859, holding its services in the great iron store and later in the Mechanics' Institute. By the end of 1865 a wooden church had been erected on this site and this was replaced by the northern of these two buildings in 1868, that was to later become the church hall. With the increase in congregation, the church was replaced by that to the south in 1874-75.

[Source: South Melbourne Conservation Study citation]

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