74 Capel Street

74 Capel Street
West Melbourne VIC 3003
photographer: Stephen Hatcher

Also known as
Previous Address this site had an early Victorian terrace dwelling before the current building. Source: from the 1895 MMBW map
Constructed
Style Late twentieth century: 1960 – 2000
Architect
Builder

Timelapse Building Images

1983

source: Image by Graeme Butler, made available through funding from the Public Record Office of Victoria and City of Melbourne.


Land Details

  1. Current map
  2. 1895 MMBW map
  3. Compiled Crown Record Plan
  4. 1859 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 era building on this land has been demolished and replaced by seven 2 storey brick public housing units built around 1990.

Owners

From To Owner More Info Data Source
to date Private source: Hatcher Index
1859 Mr. George Wilson Murray, 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 More Info Data Source
to date Private source Hatcher Index
1970 1974 storage source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1965 1965 Mrs. T. McCluskey source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1960 1960 Hugh McCluskey source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1950 1950 Desmond L. Rattray source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1935 1945 John Lyons source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1930 1930 Theo Raftopulos source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1920 1925 Daniel Wilson source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1910 1915 Thomas W. Johnson source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1900 1905 John A. Skehan source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1895 1895 Charles Bell source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.
1890 1890 Thomas Monaghan source: Sands & McDougall directory, transcribed by Anne Cronin in 2020.

Social History

1899. SKEHAN.—On the 2nd November, at 74 Capel-street, West Melbourne, the wife of John Skehan of a son (premature).

source: The Age 1899



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:

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.

Other Information

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