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Timelapse Building Images
photographer, Graeme Butler
image held by North Melbourne Library, photographer Karl Halla.
Front door detail
photographer, Graeme Butler
Land Details
Building Details
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Architectural Features
Heritage Significance and Listings
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A building on the Victorian Heritage Register and considered to be of state Importance.
This eye-catching house, which has seven rooms and a cellar, was built in 1857 for Alex McDonald, a prominent coachbuilder of the time. You can see his name on the parapet. He lived in the house until 1873 and then leased it. The Australian Deposit and Mortgage Bank bought it in 1906.
Its Gothic Revival style has been more usually associated with ecclesiastical buildings such as parsonages, not the case here. The immediate streetscape maintains a 19th century look, even though it has the mixed-use character of much of North Melbourne and the house continues to stand out.
Historic Pubs of North Melbourne by Hotham History Project.
North Melbourne’s Oldest House
image source: North Melbourne Library
source: North Melbourne News, 11th February 1971.
If you know more about any earlier families who had a direct connection to this inspiring period home, we encourage you to contact us and share their stories and old photos today.
Context and Streetscape
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Other Information
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