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Former Citidal Press Building Former Salvation Army Printong Works 502-508 Albert Street,, EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 - Property No B6540	The Former Citadel Press building was erected in 1901 for the Salvation Army. The building formed part of the Training College complex. A well detailed brick building with render detail on a bluestone base designed in the Romanesque style. The round arched windows and engaged pilasters are accentuated by alternating use of brick and plaster. The central entrance is marked by a triangular pediment at the ground floor and another above the parapet. The building is a robust and well ... more	B6540	Regional
Former National Mutual Building Goode House 395 Collins Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B0251	The National Mutual Life Association was established in 1869 starting a new era in the business of life assurance. The company's first offices were in the Market Buildings on the corner of Collins and Market Streets, Melbourne. In 1881 the company took its first steps towards having a building of its own when a small site on the corner of Collins and Queen Streets was purchased and later the adjacent property with a frontage to Collins Street was also purchased. When the leases ... more	B0251	State
Former Fourth Victoria Building 241 - 245 Collins Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B6382	The Fourth Victoria Building was originally a brick warehouse, built in1884 and remodelled in 1912 by architect Robert Haddon for its new owner, the Fourth Victoria Building Society. The eastern facade of the 1880s brick building was preserved along Manchester Lane, but Haddon stripped the Collins Street facade, rendered it with white cement, and added a series of whimsical decorative elements. Haddon's treatment of this facade reflected his interest in the Arts and Crafts ... more	B6382	State
The Lane Building The Lane Apartments 267 - 275 Flinders Lane,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B6600	A massive classically detailed office building, the Lane Building was constructed in 1899. It is a critical element of the Flinders Lane historic precinct. Classified: 06/06/1994	B6600	Regional
Seabrook Building Former Cleve Brothers Warehouses 573-577 Lonsdale Street and Cnr King Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B0108	Seabrook House was erected in 1858 for Cleve Brothers, a local firm of merchants. The architect was Leonard Terry. The two storey bluestone building is still used as offices and warehouse. This is one of the oldest and finest bluestone warehouses in the C.B.D. The street facade is a fine example in stone of the conservative classical style of Leonard Terry and has a variety of rough and finely worked surfaces. The more utilitarian side and rear facades with their rusticated ... more	B0108	State
Former Provident Life Building 37 - 41 Queen Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B6297	The former Provident Life Building, is architecturally of state significance as one of the few commercial buildings in the Central Business District during the 1930s to employ the principles of European Modernism. Designed by the architects A.S. & R.A. Eggleston, and built in 1937, the piers of the extended portal frame on the Queen Street facade reflect the more general stress on verticality in a number of city buildings of the 1930s, notably H W and F B Tompkin's Myer Emporium ... more	B6297	State
Queensland Building Queensland Insurance Company 84 - 88 William Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B4335	A seven-storey brick and sands tone building of 1912 with two boldly presented columns of bay windows and a grand entry. It was designed by Walter Butler and shows the influence of Richard Norman Shaw, with whom he was associated. Classified: 20/07/1978 Revised: 03/08/1998	B4335	State
Dodgems Building - Luna Park Cnr Esplanade and Cavill Street,, ST KILDA VIC 3182 - Property No B6436	The Dodgems Building is of National significance as one of the few remaining early structures in either of Australia's most famous amusement parks - the Luna Parks in both Melbourne and Sydney. This whimsical structure was built in 1926 to house the newly patented "Dodgem Cars" ride on the first floor. Probably the first example of this popular attraction in the country, it is remarkable that the ride is still operating (though without the original cars). The oddly-shaped plan ... more	B6436	National
Ripple Vale Homestead & Outbuildings Cape Otway Road, BIRREGURRA VIC 3242 - Property No B1066	The single storey brick homestead, Ripplevale, at Birregurra, was erected in 1871 for Sir Charles Sladen, pioneer Geelong solicitor, pasoralist and politician. Harrison Hayter, a London civil engineer and brother of Henry, Victorian Government Statist, designed the picturesque domistic style residence and Geelong architects Davidson and Henderson supervised construction. Many of the fittings and fixtures were imported from London. Ripplevale at Birregurra is a distinctive ... more	B1066	Local
Building S.W, Cnr Ford Street,, BEECHWORTH VIC 3747 - Property No B2565		B2565	File only

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