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90837

Former Sandridge (Falls) Rail Bridge

SOUTHBANK VIC 3006 - Property No B5620

The former Sandridge (Falls) railway bridge is the third successive bridge at this location to carry the rail link from Port Melbourne and St Kilda. The first bridge was built in 1854 as part of the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay company's line between Melbourne and Sandridge and carried Australia's first passenger train across the river. This structure was replaced in 1858 by a timber trestle bridge carring two lines of rail traffic. The present bridge and the southbank viaduct ... more

B5620

State
197285

Mickva Yisrael Synagogue

East Melbourne Synagogue

494 - 500 Albert Street,, EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 - Property No B4180

Victoria's largest nineteenth century synagogue, containing a Bema, Tabernacle and other features in a highly intact state and of architectural interest especially for the interior of 1877, designed by Crough &Wilson. The space is surrounded on three sides by a Gallery carried on iron columns, each surmounted by an unusual arrangement of an impost block flanked by consoles (in the manner of the Badia at Fiesole, Italy); the face of the gallery is treated as a classical ... more

B4180

State
67372

Residence & Shops

397-401 Bay Street,, PORT MELBOURNE VIC 3207 - Property No B5204

B5204

File only
 

St Moritz Ice Skating Rink

Upper Esplanade, ST KILDA VIC 3182 - Property No B5183

Demolished by fire September 1982.

B5183

Demolished
67402

Former Kensington Property Exchange Office Shop & Residences

Islington

168 Bellair Street,, KENSINGTON VIC 3031 - Property No B3404

An elaborate building of 1891 ingeniously designed for a corner site, with two pedimented Corinthian pavilions flanking a corner doorway which has mannered pilaster-brackets cantilevering out to support an arch, above which is further cantilevered a polygonal oriel window which transforms above parapet line into an octagonal tower of distinctive and pleasing design. Inside is a correspondingly elaborate pressed ceiling and deep cornice. Classified: 21/03/1974

B3404

State
 

Wrought Iron Gates

Bourke Street, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B1380

Classified Object of Interest Revised: Classified Local 3/8/98

B1380

Local
67435

Former YMCA Headquarters

Salvation Army Temple

65 - 71 Bourke Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B4329

This four-storey brick structure, built in 1890 to designs by Billing & Son, in association with Oakden Addison & Kemp is a distinctive example of boom Style Classicism in Melbourne, with clear references to the style of the French Renaissance in the upper roof construction and mansard pavillion. The interior auditorium is of note as is the entrance lobby and iron gates. Originally erected for the Young Men's Christian Association, it was sold to the Salvation Army in ... more

B4329

State
67448

Former Francis & Co Building

Former Portmans

280-282 Bourke Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B4832

Designed by influential Edwardian architect, Nahum Barnett, this overblown Venetian Gothic building was constructed in 1913 for the chemists Henry Frances & Co, one of Melbourne's oldest firms of dispensing pharmacists. It is innovative in its use of reinforced concrete to create its decorative elements. Classified: 06/06/1994

B4832

Regional
 

Shop

86 Bourke Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B6542

A three-storey classical revival shop building constructed in c.1925. An interesting example of conservative modern design of the 1920's it is primarily of significance as one of the low-scale building elements of Bourke Hill. Classified: 06/06/1994

B6542

Regional
67469

Former London Stores

349 - 357 Bourke Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B6561

A reinforced concrete and steel emporium built to the then Melbourne height limit of 132 feet (40 metres) the London Stores was built in 1925 to a design by the architects H W and F B Tompkins. The building is in the same tradition of cubic classical revival forms expressed by others such as the Nicholas and Port Authority buildings, is one of the major emporiums built in Bourke Street in the period 1910-30 and is a significant landmark marking, together with the Post Office, the ... more

B6561

Regional
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