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Former Eastern Hill Fire Station

Other Name Fire Brigade Headquarters Location 48 Gisborne Street, EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 - Property No B3262 File Number B3262 Level State

[1/1] B3262 Eastern Hill Fire

Statement of Significance

Built in 1893 by Thos Cockram & Co to competition winning design of architects Smith and Johnson. The 150 ft. tower, with glass look-out and lower balcony which dominated the city skyline for half a century and the colonnaded facade from which the fire-engines dramatically emerged have remained important civic features.
The classification includes the tower and the two-storey building along the Victoria Parade front and extending around the Gisborne Street corner.
Classified: 10/04/1975
Revised:03/08/1998