216 Capel Street | Melbourne Streets

216 Capel Street

North Melbourne VIC 3051

image source: Melbourne Council archives

Also known as
Previous Address	216 was also known as 104 Capel Street, a Victorian-era family home in Hotham before the current building and street renumbering.	Source: from the 1895 MMBW map
Constructed
Style	Early twenty first century 2000-2030
Architect
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Land Details

Current map
1895 MMBW map
Compiled Crown Record Plan
1860 report of the Government Land Sale

Building Details

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Subsequent Building Alterations

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Architectural Features

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Heritage Significance and Listings

Heritage Listings and Explanatory Notes
The historic Victorian building on this land was demolished and replaced by a row of four brick and concrete townhouses with ground level parking. Built and subdivided in 2004.

Owners

From	To	Owner	More Info	Data Source
	to date	Private		source: Hatcher Index
1860		Mr. J. Jamieson, first Crown land purchaser		source: Hatcher Index
abt 40 thousand years earlier	1835	Boon Wurrung and Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) peoples of the Kulin Nation	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Victoria	source: Hatcher Index

Residents

From	To	Resident	Data Source
	to date	Private	source Hatcher Index
1950	1955	Mrs. Martha Burgess	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1935	1945	Mrs. Ethel Burgess	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1930	1930	Charles S. Bell	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1925	1925	James Rogers	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1920	1920	Adolph Pannan	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1915	1915	George Gathercole	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1910	1910	Charles Livingston	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1905	1905	George Tempest	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1900	1900	William Parkins	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1890	1895	Samuel Cameron	source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.

Social History

1906. KNOCKED DOWN BY A CABMAN.

A young lady cyclist named Nellie Potter, living at 104 Capel-street, North Melbourne, was run down by a cab driven by James Parry, in Fitzroy-street, St. Kilda, yesterday afternoon. She was knocked off her machine by the horse. Some men employed at a stable close by picked her up and removed her in a dazed condition to the Alfred Hospital. She was admitted to a ward, but her injuries are not regarded as serious.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201680012

source: The Age 1906

Context and Streetscape

Precinct
This property resides within the municipality of the City of Melbourne. We respectfully acknowledge it is on the traditional land of the Kulin Nation. source: https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/history-city-of-melbourne.pdf historical map source: https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/search-discover/explore-collections-format/maps/maps-melbourne-city-suburbs

Zoning
The controls listed below affect this property: MUZ (Mixed Use Zone)Schedule DDO61-A2 (DDO61-A2 City North Area 2)Schedule HO3 (North & West Melbourne Precinct)Schedule PO12 (Parking Overlay 12)Schedule This information must be verified with the relevant planning or heritage authority.

Zoning

The controls listed below affect this property:

This information must be verified with the relevant planning or heritage authority.

Streetscape
The streetscape can be characterised as a mix of Victorian and modern buildings. Eight of the original seventeen single-story Victorian terrace dwellings plus some double storey commercial buildings are on its western side, south of Victoria Street, while on the eastern side, the street retains sixteen of its original thirty-six, wider sized early Victorian, two storey terrace homes, as well as two story modern public housing townhouses. Crossing over Victoria Street to the north on the eastern side, nineteen of the original thirty-two equally fine examples of early two storey Victoria terrace dwellings can be seen, dispersed by a small number of modern two storey buildings. Unfortunately, all twenty-two of the original Victorian terrace dwellings on the western side from Victoria to Queensberry streets have all been demolished, replaced by taller modern commercial buildings that are out of character with the existing surrounding Victorian architecture of this once predominantly single and double storey residential streetscape. Heritage of note include two 2 storey terraces at 62 and 64, both have National Trust classifications and Heritage Victoria registrations. Two more include two single storey terraces dwellings at 81 and 83 that were designed by the distinguished Australian architect, Mr. George Raymond Johnson.

Streetscape

The streetscape can be characterised as a mix of Victorian and modern buildings. Eight of the original seventeen single-story Victorian terrace dwellings plus some double storey commercial buildings are on its western side, south of Victoria Street, while on the eastern side, the street retains sixteen of its original thirty-six, wider sized early Victorian, two storey terrace homes, as well as two story modern public housing townhouses.

Crossing over Victoria Street to the north on the eastern side, nineteen of the original thirty-two equally fine examples of early two storey Victoria terrace dwellings can be seen, dispersed by a small number of modern two storey buildings. Unfortunately, all twenty-two of the original Victorian terrace dwellings on the western side from Victoria to Queensberry streets have all been demolished, replaced by taller modern commercial buildings that are out of character with the existing surrounding Victorian architecture of this once predominantly single and double storey residential streetscape.

Heritage of note include two 2 storey terraces at 62 and 64, both have National Trust classifications and Heritage Victoria registrations. Two more include two single storey terraces dwellings at 81 and 83 that were designed by the distinguished Australian architect, Mr. George Raymond Johnson.

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