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Location34-36 Nicholson Street,, FITZROY VIC 3065 - Property No B6033
File NumberB6033LevelRegional |
This pair of two-storey houses, the stone portion of which was built
byJames Lawrence in 1853-54, is amongst the earliest examples of this
type of construction in Fitzroy.
The buildings illustrate the combination of an early use of stone with
an important early builder in that material. The buildings were
refacedand rear extensions added in the 1890s when they were owned by
Edwin Oldfield, a well-known Canadian dentist who was the founder in
1895 ofthe Dental College of Victoria, reputedly the first institution
of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. The two-storey brick stables and
doublebrick toilets at the rear of the properties, which may date from
the 1850s, are significant as rare survivors in Fitzroy.
Classified: 10/11/1988
Residential buildings (private)
House